A former Chinese soccer star and coach of the country’s national men’s team has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for corruption, state media reported on Friday. Li Tie, 47, who played for the…
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Russia launched a new widespread attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight, forcing the country to implement emergency power outages, Ukrainian authorities said on Friday. “The enemy continues its terror. Once again, the energy sector across…
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Former FBI source Alexander Smirnov has struck a plea agreement with the office of special counsel David Weiss, agreeing to plead guilty on several counts. The document notes that Smirnov is agreeing to plead guilty…
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Trudeau declares himself ‘proud feminist’ after lamenting Harris loss to Trump as setback for women
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday declared himself a ‘proud feminist’ as he lamented Vice President Harris’ loss to President-elect Trump in the 2024 presidential election as just one recent example of a setback for…
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House Pentagon funding bill would ban transgender treatments for minor children of military personnel
The GOP-controlled House of Representatives passed its annual defense spending bill Wednesday, including a key culture-war caveat: a ban on transgender medical treatments for minor children of U.S. service members. The provision in the 1,800-page…
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Conservative group debuts major ad buy in key senators’ states as ‘soft appeal’ for Hegseth, Gabbard, Patel
A top conservative grassroots group is launching a six-figure ad campaign to support the swift confirmation of President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees. The $150,000 static digital ad campaign will target nine states with a ‘soft appeal’…
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Jake Sullivan says Netanyahu ‘ready to do a deal’ as Hamas said to concede to Israel cease-fire demands
Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu is ‘ready to do a deal’ to secure the release of hostages still held in Gaza, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Thursday. ‘I got the sense…
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A conservative research group has sent a letter to President-elect Trump’s Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi calling on her to fire a number of Department of Justice (DOJ) workers who it says are ‘woke radical…
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Biden says the GOP doesn’t understand the importance of advancing women’s well-being: ‘I mean it’
President Biden slammed Republicans for not understanding how advancing women’s health not only improves the lives of women but also the prosperity of the entire nation. He made the remark during a first-of-its-kind conference on…
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The Biden administration on Thursday announced it is launching a national strategy to combat Islamophobia. The move, which the administration described as the first-ever Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate, comes a little more…