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HuffPostDonald Trump Jr.'s Solution To Chinese Balloon Is Deservedly Mocked
The former president's eldest son suggested Montana residents shoot down the balloon themselves — despite that being logistically impossible.
- Miami Herald
Forsaken ‘ghost’ ship to be sunk on the high seas, Brazilian navy says. Here’s why
“The Brazilians seem largely to have bought her almost ‘sold as seen,’” a naval historian said.
- HuffPost
'It's Scary': Jordan Klepper Reveals What's So Worrisome About Trump Supporters
"The Daily Show" correspondent returned from his latest Trump event with alarming news.
- The Daily Beast
Trump Whines After McCarthy Praises Capitol Officer
Shannon Stapleton/ReutersIn a racially tinged Truth Social post Thursday night, former President Donald Trump once again smeared the Capitol police officer who shot Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt. Trump wrote that he disagreed with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who told a reporter earlier in the day that Lt. Michael Byrd “did his job.”Despite having been exonerated by the Capitol Police, the D.C. Metropolitan Police and the Justice Department, Byrd was nevertheless branded a “coward” and a “
- HuffPost
Maxine Waters Hilariously Shuts Down GOP Rep. By Focusing On Trump’s Love Of Dictators
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.) just kept stepping in it as he tried to get the California Democrat to condemn people admired by the former GOP president.
- HuffPost
Boris Johnson Reveals What ‘Horrified’ Him After Meeting Republicans In DC
The former British prime minister said it seems like Republicans are "frightened of a guy called Tucker Carlson."
- HuffPost
GOP Rep. Who Spoke At Pro-Hitler Event Goes After Ilhan Omar Because Of ‘Anti-Semitism’
Paul Gosar has repeatedly promoted the work of the prominent white nationalist Nick Fuentes.
- HuffPost
Matt Gaetz's Pledge Of Allegiance Proposal Gets A Reality Check From House Democrats
Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) spoke out against insurrection supporters during a long and chaotic debate in the House Judiciary Committee.
- Kansas City Star
‘Pleasantly surprised.’ Missouri marijuana sales start Friday. There’s just one catch
The news came as a surprise to some dispensary operators who were planning on big opening celebrations next week.
- Business Insider
2 House Republicans caught saying Ilhan Omar removal was the 'stupidest vote in world' before begging reporters to not tell GOP leadership what they said
Two House Republicans blurted out what they really thought about Thursday's vote to oust Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar in what they thought was private.
- The New Voice of Ukraine
Putin inventing “new type of military” after Ukraine liquidated almost his entire army
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has begun to invent a new type of military because his entire army has nearly been liquidated by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ivan Kyrychevsky, an expert writing for the Ukrainian Defense Express military news outlet, said in an interview with Radio NV on Feb. 3.
- NextShark
Chinese corn mill in North Dakota deemed ‘significant threat’ by US Air Force
The construction of a Chinese-owned corn mill in North Dakota will likely be halted after the U.S. Air Force flagged it as a “significant threat to national security.” Fufeng Group, an MSG and xanthan gum manufacturer based in Shandong province, China, previously bought 370 acres of farmland in Grand Forks through its American subsidiary. The city council approved the company’s $700 million proposal to build the mill last year, citing economic development success.
- HuffPost
Mitch McConnell May Have Just Pulled The Ultimate Revenge On 2 Rival Senators
The Senate minority leader previously said he had no hard feelings toward the men, but his actions said otherwise.
- The Daily Beast
Trump Is Still a Putin Stooge and a Traitor to His Country
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/ReutersAs the late great poet Maya Angelou might have said had she thought it was necessary, “When someone shows you over and over and over again that they are a traitor, believe them.”For further, completely appropriate emphasis, she might have elaborated: “When someone shows you over and over and over again, for their entire lives, in business and in government, that they are not only traitors, but corrupt, ignorant, pathologically disho
- Ukrayinska Pravda
Successful ambush behind enemy lines: Armed Forces of Ukraine destroy modernised tank and capture Russian marines
In the area of Vuhledar, Donetsk Oblast, soldiers of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) of Ukraine and the 72nd Separate Mechanised Brigade have destroyed Russian equipment and captured two Russian servicemen.
- The New York Times
Hard Drinking and Murky Finances: How an American Veterans Group Imploded in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — Andrew Milburn, a former American Marine colonel and leader of the Mozart Group, stood in a chilly meeting room on the second floor of an apartment building in Kyiv about to deliver some bad news. In front of him sat half a dozen men who had traveled to Ukraine on their own dime to work for him. “Guys, I’m gutted,” he said. “The Mozart Group is dead.” The men stared back at him with blank faces. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times One asked as he walked tow
- The Daily Beast
Top Russian Official Teases ‘the Next Ukraine’ in New Threat
Sean Gallup-Pool/Getty ImagesRussia’s top diplomat said the actions of Western nations could soon turn Moldova into the “next Ukraine,” according to TASS.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Moldovan President Maia Sandu of being “eager to join NATO.” Sandu, Lavrov said, is “ready to unite with Romania and in fact, to do almost anything.”Romania is a member of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which was created to provide collective security against Russia.Lavrov’s comments ap
- AFP
Pakistan 'to agree' to tough IMF conditions as crisis worsens
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Friday the government would have to agree to IMF bailout conditions that are "beyond imagination", as it battles a spiralling economic crisis.The conditions we will have to agree to with the IMF are beyond imagination.
- The New Voice of Ukraine
Russia must leave occupied Georgian territories after defeat in Ukraine, Georgian president says
Once Russia is defeated in Ukraine, the peace treaty should include provisions for Moscow’s forces to leave occupied Georgia’s South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said on Feb. 1.
- The Daily Beast
Trump Org Pays $1.6 Million Fine for Tax Fraud Conviction
REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File PhotoFormer President Donald Trump’s family company—notorious for stiffing contractors and dodging bills—has paid the $1.6 million fine it received for its tax fraud conviction in December.The New York County Clerk received the payment in two separate checks on Jan. 24, according to a clerk who confirmed matter-of-factly that the checks didn’t bounce.In recent days, according to a court spokesman, the clerk’s office notified Justice Juan Merchan, the judge who sent