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GOP demands answers as mystery over Iran envoy Rob Malley deepens
The Biden administration faced growing pressure Tuesday to explain the mystery around its top Iran envoy, Robert Malley, whose disappearance from his key position inside the State Department has plunged Iran policy into uncertainty and raised questions about whether the White House’s diplomatic outreach to Tehran might have jeopardized national security.
Sen. Tom Cotton: Taxpayers shouldn’t fund Pentagon’s ‘abortion tourism,’ DEI policies
A key Senate Republican said Sunday that it was President Biden, not congressional conservatives, who was guilty of playing politics with the troops, days after the House pushed through a massive $886 billion Pentagon policy bill containing several policy riders targeting what critics say are “woke” military policies under Mr. Biden.
Locked and loaded? $41.3B in U.S. military aid to Ukraine diminishes America’s weapons stockpiles
America’s guns are rapidly running out of ammunition, and there are serious questions about how quickly they can be reloaded.
Viewer-sponsored ‘Sound of Freedom’ flick stirs box-office revolution, say observers
It’s a classic cinematic setup: A scrappy underdog challenges an undisputed champ and scores a surprise victory. But this particular movie plotline pits Hollywood’s studio system against a small film distributor in Provo, Utah.
Growing share of teen girls visited ER for mental crises during pandemic
The number of teenage girls visiting emergency rooms for eating disorders, self-cutting and suicide attempts soared in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a study has found.
North Korea’s new missile tests exposes Kim’s limited options
North Korea test-fired a long-range ballistic missile on Wednesday, its first since the launch of a reconnaissance satellite that failed to reach orbit and splashed into the Yellow Sea on May 31.
Zelenskyy’s frustrations with NATO boil over at summit
Tensions over Ukraine’s desire to join NATO burst into the open as the alliance’s annual summit began Tuesday, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is a special guest, sharply criticizing the bloc’s failure to offer a firm date for his country to join.
Judge unmasks gang of Biden staffers who stifled speech on social media
A federal judge who excoriated the Biden administration for pressuring social media platforms to censor Americans’ speech shined a light on a group of obscure but powerful White House staffers who leaned on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other sites to remove posts and ban users whose content they opposed.
Thousands of Black churches could face Southern Baptist Convention expulsion over women pastors
As many as 4,000 Black churches with women pastors could be kicked out of the Southern Baptist Convention under the denomination’s new rules, warns the Rev. Gregory Perkins.
Five questions FBI Director Wray must answer when he’s grilled by the House Judiciary Committee
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray is set to face off Wednesday with angry lawmakers in Congress who will demand answers to burning questions about how the bureau’s top brass handled the Hunter Biden probe, targeted Catholic parishes and ignored protocols in their zeal to find Trump-Russia collusion.
Bloody clash over Bakhmut paying dividends for Kyiv, analyst says
The bloody battle for Bakhmut earlier this year proved costly for the Ukrainian military, with some Western observers questioning why Kyiv would dedicate so many troops and so much of its precious firepower for a city of relatively little strategic value.
To serve and reject: Distrust, stress leave top offices in U.S. police departments empty
An anti-police sentiment among politicians that feeds off an increasingly mistrustful — and vocal — public is convincing some of the nation’s top law enforcement officials to call it quits.
