Author: Freedom Watch

Biden revels in Trump’s absence from the world stage By Anita Kumar POLITICO June 12, 2021 CARBIS BAY, England — Joe Biden had many messages for U.S. allies during his first foreign trip as president. But perhaps none were more pronounced than this: I’m not Donald Trump. Biden’s predecessor spent four years disparaging world leaders — in public and on Twitter— accusing their countries of freeloading off the United States. He pulled out of international agreements, refused to sign others and scoffed at the trans-Atlantic alliances that served as a bedrock of U.S. foreign policy in the post-WWII…

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FBI Director Suggests ‘Serious Charges’ Coming in Probe of Capitol Attack By Jan Wolfe US News June 11, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – FBI Director Chris Wray on Thursday suggested “serious charges” are still coming in the criminal investigation of the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump. “This is a very ongoing investigation and there’s a lot more to come,” Wray said during an oversight hearing held by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. “I would expect to see more charges — some of them maybe more serious charges.” Wray…

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FBI Director Wray Testifies on Oversight of the Bureau C-SPAN June 11, 2021 FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before the House Judiciary Committee on oversight of the FBI. Following a short break, the committee concluded its questioning of Director Wray. Lawmakers asked about the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, combating hate crimes, foreign influence in U.S. elections, domestic violent extremism and cybersecurity threats. Continue Reading…..

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Dem leaders look to deescalate Omar drama By Sarah Ferris POLITICO June 11, 2021 Top Democrats on Thursday attempted to quickly defuse a fraught dispute within their caucus after comments by Rep. Ilhan Omar that compared war crimes committed by the U.S. and Israel to Hamas and the Taliban incensed some Jewish Democrats. Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s leadership team took the unusual step of issuing a statement that both rebuked Omar for her comments and thanked her for later clarifying her remarks — taking a more nuanced approach than the last major uproar over the Minnesota Democrat’s comments on…

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France is sending a second Statue of Liberty to the US Yahoo News June 10, 2021 New Yorkers have a surprise gift to look forward to for this Independence Day: a second Statue of Liberty sent by France. This new bronze statue, nicknamed the “little sister,” is one-sixteenth the size of the world-famous one that stands on Liberty Island. On Monday, during a special ceremony, the smaller sibling was lifted and loaded into a special container at the National Museum of Arts and Crafts (CNAM) in central Paris, where it has been installed since 2011 in the museum’s…

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House Judiciary releases McGahn testimony on Trump By Rebecca Beitsch, Harper Neidig and Morgan Chalfant TheHill June 10, 2021 Former White House counsel Don McGahn confirmed to congressional investigators a key account in ex-special counsel Robert Mueller’s report that former President Trump directed him to try to get Mueller removed, according to a transcript of his closed-door testimony released Wednesday. The 241-page transcript follows a long fought-for interview the House Judiciary Committee finally secured with McGahn on Friday after the Trump White House challenged a subpoena seeking his testimony during Trump’s first impeachment investigation. The transcript shows that…

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Federal appeals court blocks Missouri ban on abortions after 8 weeks By Gabriella Borter Reuters June 10, 2021 A panel of federal appeals court judges blocked a Missouri law on Wednesday that banned abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy, saying the provisions of the law violated the constitutional right of women to end their pregnancies. The law is among more than a dozen gestational age abortion bans that have been passed in recent years by Republican-led legislatures and challenged for their violation of the United States Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, which said women have a…

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