Day: April 14, 2023
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Watch: 21-Year-Old Suspect Jack Teixeira Arrested In Pentagon Leak
Watch: 21-Year-Old Suspect Jack Teixeira Arrested In Pentagon Leak Update (1445ET): 21-year-old National Guardsman Jack Teixeira has been arrested in connection with the leak of hundreds of classified documents, according to the Washington Examiner and several other outlets. Teixeira was identified by the NY Times ahead of his arrest at his home in Dighton, Mass…
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US Slaps Sanctions On Hungary Bank Over Russia Ties
US Slaps Sanctions On Hungary Bank Over Russia Ties Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The US on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a bank based in Hungary over its ties to Russia, a move that further strains ties between Washington and Budapest. According to Reuters, the sanctions targeted three top officials in the International Investment Bank in Budapest, two Russian…
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US Criticizes China’s Death Sentence of ‘Wrongfully Detained’ American Citizen
The United States on Thursday expressed its “disappointment” over China’s decision to uphold a death sentence of an American man who had been “wrongfully detained” for over a decade on drug-related charges. Mark Swidan, a Houston resident, was detained on Nov. 13, 2012, while on a business trip to China. He was accused of being…
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Iran, Russia, China, Pakistan FMs Hold Meeting To Deal With Afghan Economic Collapse
Iran, Russia, China, Pakistan FMs Hold Meeting To Deal With Afghan Economic Collapse Via The Cradle, The foreign ministers of Iran, Russia, China, and Pakistan held four-way talks on 13 April in the Uzbek city of Samarkand, on the sidelines of the fourth regional meeting of Afghanistan’s neighbors – where various issues and concerns regarding Afghanistan were…
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Coalition Sues California Attorney General Over Alleged Social Media Censorship
A coalition including satirical website The Babylon Bee, social media company Minds, Inc., and podcaster Tim Pool has sued California Attorney General Rob Bonta for enforcing a state law they claim is unconstitutional on the grounds it violates free speech. The legislation, authored by Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino), regulates social media platforms, requiring them to…
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China Sanctions House Foreign Affair Committee Chairman McCaul
China Sanctions House Foreign Affair Committee Chairman McCaul So much for a diplomatic detente between the world’s two superpowers. China has banned US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul from entering the country, along with other countermeasures after the politician’s recent visit to Taiwan, Bloomberg reported. The government is freezing any property or other…