President Biden on Monday morning said the US will respond militarily if China invades Taiwan, appearing to signal a major departure from America’s longstanding stance of “strategic ambiguity” concerning the island nation.
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Ukraine War Update: Russian soldier receives life sentence for war crimes; Polish PM visits Kyiv
by Chris LangeA Ukrainian court Monday morning sentenced a Russian soldier to life imprisonment for killing an unarmed civilian in the country’s first war crimes trial since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion.
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Over two decades ago, a Minneapolis mother’s kind gesture to two young strangers impacted their lives more than she ever could have imagined.
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Recent polling data shows that Democrats’ control of the House may be in more jeopardy than the party has previously let on.
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Gas prices predicted to hit $6 a gallon; GOP lawmakers call on Biden to take action
by Chris LangeNational average gas prices are on pace to surpass $6 by August, according to a recent JP Morgan research note, Fox News reports.
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Ukraine War Update: U.S. Embassy in Kyiv reopens; Russian soldier pleads guilty to war crimes
by Chris LangeFor the first time in three months, the American flag is flying once again in Kyiv with the official reopening of the U.S. embassy in Ukraine’s capital.
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Nearly two-thirds (64%) of Americans believe transgenderism – the belief that one can choose his or her own gender regardless of biology – is “not a healthy condition,” and 72% say transgender ideology should not be taught in schools, according to a new nationwide poll.
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The debate on gun reform has taken center stage again on Capitol Hill, with Democratic lawmakers renewing their calls for restrictive gun laws following a racially-motivated massacre in Buffalo, New York, one of a trio of mass shootings over the weekend.
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Republican candidates endorsed by Donald Trump won their party’s nominations for governor in Pennsylvania and for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina in Tuesday’s primary elections largely seen as the biggest test to date of the former president’s lingering influence among Republican voters ahead of November’s midterms.
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Ukraine War Update: Finland, Sweden officially apply to NATO; Mariupol fighters held as ‘war criminals’
by Chris LangeHistorically nonaligned Sweden and Finland both officially applied to join NATO on Wednesday, a move driven by security concerns over the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Court blocks Biden mandate forcing religious employers to cover transgender surgeries for employees
by Chris LangeA federal court sided with religious freedom on Monday, temporarily blocking the Biden administration’s mandate requiring religious employers and healthcare providers to pay for employees’ transgender surgeries and treatments in violation of their religious beliefs.
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Middle schoolers charged with sexual harassment for using wrong gender pronouns
by Chris LangeA Wisconsin middle school has accused three boys with sexual harassment for failing to use the preferred pronouns of a fellow student, according to reports.