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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Russian naval intelligence ship sank off Turkey’s Black Sea coast on Thursday after colliding with a vessel carrying livestock and all 78 personnel on board were evacuated, Turkey’s coastal safety authority said.
The ship, identified as the Liman, collided with the Togo-flagged Youzarsif H, the authority said on its website. Continue reading “Russian intelligence ship sinks off Turkey’s Black Sea coast: authorities”
Bloomberg – by David Wethe and Alex Nussbaum
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. dropped the most since August after the oil and natural gas explorer said it will shut more than 3,000 Colorado wells as part of an investigation into a deadly house explosion.
Shares slipped as much as 5.6 percent to $56.59 in New York trading, their biggest intraday slide since Aug. 1, and were down 4.8 percent to $57.07 as of 10:15 a.m. in New York. Anadarko will close and inspect the wells as a precaution after the April 17 blast, The Woodlands, Texas-based driller said in a statement Wednesday. Colorado authorities said they have yet to determine a cause for the tragedy. Continue reading “Anadarko shuts down thousands of Colo. wells”
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – An unknown amount of stolen radioactive material has prompted an alert in nine Mexican states, the head of national emergency services said on Monday.
The alert and search for the stolen material covers the states of Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Michoacan San Luis Potosi, Durango and Zacatecas, according to a post on Luis Felipe Puente’s Twitter account. Continue reading “Officials are searching for radioactive material stolen in Mexico”
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump told the leaders of Canada and Mexico Wednesday he was not immediately planning to end the North American Free Trade Agreement, a pact which he railed against as a candidate and as recently as last week declared was harmful to US workers.
In a description of Trump’s phone calls to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Enrique Peña Nieto, the White House said Trump “agreed not to terminate NAFTA at this time and the leaders agreed to proceed swiftly, according to their required internal procedures, to enable the renegotiation of the NAFTA deal to the benefit of all three countries.” Continue reading “Trump agrees ‘not to terminate NAFTA at this time’”
New York Times – by Alan Rappeport and Julie Hirschfeld Davis
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday proposed sharp reductions in both individual and corporate income tax rates, reducing the number of individual income tax brackets to three — 10 percent, 25 percent and 35 percent — and easing the tax burden on most Americans, including the rich.
The Trump administration would double the standard deduction, essentially eliminating taxes on the first $24,000 of a couple’s earnings. It also called for the elimination of most itemized tax deductions but would leave in place the popular deductions for mortgage interest and charitable contributions. The estate tax and the alternative minimum tax, which Mr. Trump has railed against for years, would be repealed under his plan.
Continue reading “White House Proposes Slashing Tax Rates for Individuals and Businesses”
Conservative Republican News – by Katie
The Department of Homeland Security has officially opened an office that will provide quarterly reports on the effects of illegal immigrant crime.
The office is called the Victims of Illegal Immigrant Crime Engagement Office, or VOICE: Continue reading “Office For Victims Of Illegal Immigrant Crimes Opens”
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Legal Insurrection – by Mary Chastain
Can you imaging finding something like this? One of the greatest pieces of writings in history has a second copy…in England. Harvard University researcher Emily Sneff came across it back in 2015 when she searched for the Declaration of Independence in Britain. She found something in a West Sussex record office when an item struck her “as odd because it mentioned parchment, a material suggesting a document made for a special occasion and not simply a broadside copy.” From The Guardian: Continue reading “Rare Copy of Declaration of Independence Discovered in England”
As reported on Tuesday evening, overnight the US Air Force conducted a test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM from Vanderberg Air Force base near Lompoc in California, in what was a clear signal of nuclear deterrence aimed squarely at North Korea.
Col John Moss, 30th Space Wing commander, who oversaw the launch of the long range missile, said that “Team V is once again ready to work with Air Force Global Strike Command to successfully launch another Minuteman III missile. These Minuteman launches are essential to verify the status of our national nuclear force and to demonstrate our national nuclear capabilities. We are proud of our long history in partnering with the men and women of the 576th Flight Test Squadron to execute these missions for the nation.”
Continue reading “In Warning To North Korea, US Releases Video Of Overnight Minuteman III ICBM Launch”
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Wednesday directing his interior secretary to review the designation of tens of millions of acres of land as “national monuments,” an action that could upend protections put in place in Utah and other states as Trump tries to rack up accomplishments in his first 100 days.
The Antiquities Act of 1906 authorizes the president to declare federal lands as monuments and restrict how the lands can be used. Continue reading “Trump to order review of national monuments”
Science Alert – by Jacinta Bowler
It’s something that wouldn’t be out of place in a sci-fi movie – a lamb inside a plastic bag with tubes and fluids helping it grow.
But researchers have shown it’s possible to nurture and protect lambs in late stages of gestation inside an artificial womb; technology which could become a lifesaver for many premature human babies in just a few years. Continue reading “Researchers Have Successfully Grown Premature Lambs in an Artificial Womb”
More than 30 U.S.-backed Syrian and Iraqi Kurdish fighters were killed in a series of airstrikes carried out by Turkish jets on Monday, two American defense officials confirmed to Fox News.
Dozens of fighters were also wounded in the strikes. Both officials said there were no U.S. troops among the fighters who were hit. The closest U.S. soldiers were about six miles from the site of the strikes. Continue reading “Turkish jets bomb US-backed forces in Iraq, Syria, US officials say”
A San Francisco judge has blocked enforcement of President Trump’s executive order barring federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities.
San Francisco and Santa Clara County won preliminary injunctions to block Trump’s January order to withhold federal funds from cities that refuse to comply with federal authorities in enforcing immigration laws, according to multiple reports. Continue reading “Federal judge blocks Trump’s sanctuary cities order”
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Gateway Pundit – by Cristina Laila
On August 6, 2011, 30 US service members were killed when a CH-47 Chinook helicopter they were being transported in crashed in Wardak province, Afghanistan. It was the deadliest single loss for U.S. forces in the decade-long war in Afghanistan. 17 members of the elite Navy SEALs were killed in the crash. Continue reading “Ret. Air Force Captain and Whistleblower: Pentagon Covered Up Real Story on ‘Extortion 17’ Navy SEAL Helicopter Crash”
North Korea conducted what various media outlets have dubbed as its largest ever live-fire exercise on Tuesday to mark the 85th anniversary of the foundation of its military, as a U.S. submarine docked in South Korea in “a show of force” amid growing concern a showdown between the US and North Korea may be imminent.
The port call by the USS Michigan, first reported by Reuters, came as the USS Carl Vinson carrier group steamed toward Korean waters and is expected to arrive over the next 24 hours, while top envoys for North Korea policy from South Korea, Japan and the United States met in Tokyo.
Continue reading “North Korea Conducts Largest-Ever Live Fire Drill As US Nuclear Sub Docks In South”
A caterpillar that munches on plastic bags could hold the key to tackling plastic pollution, scientists say.
Researchers at Cambridge University have discovered that the larvae of the moth, which eats wax in bee hives, can also degrade plastic. Continue reading “Plastic-eating caterpillar could munch waste, scientists say”
A federal judge declared a mistrial Monday after jurors deadlocked in the case of six men accused of taking up arms against federal agents during the Bundy Ranch standoff in 2014.
Jurors convicted two defendants on multiple counts but could not reach a unanimous verdict against four others.
Jurors told lawyers after court Monday they never came close to convicting four defendants, voting 10-2 in favor of acquitting two and splitting on the others, according to one of the defense lawyers. Continue reading “Judge declares mistrial in Bundy Ranch case”
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Ron Paul Institute – by Ron Paul
“I love Wikileaks,” candidate Donald Trump said on October 10th on the campaign trail. He praised the organization for reporting on the darker side of the Hillary Clinton campaign. It was information likely leaked by a whistleblower from within the Clinton campaign to Wikileaks. Continue reading “Candidate Trump: ‘I Love Wikileaks.’ President Trump: ‘Arrest Assange!’”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top Trump administration officials will hold a rare briefing on Wednesday at the White House for the entire U.S. Senate on the situation in North Korea, senior Senate aides said on Monday.
All 100 senators have been asked to the White House for the briefing by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the aides said. Continue reading “Entire U.S. Senate to go to White House for North Korea briefing”
US Vice President Mike Pence said Saturday that the United States would “honor” a refugee resettlement agreement forged with Australia in the closing days of the Obama administration, despite it previously being described by US President Donald Trump as a “dumb deal.”
Pence made the commitment — subject to the refugees passing stringent US vetting procedures — at a joint news conference in Sydney with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, with whom Trump reportedly had a testy first call because of the refugee issue. Continue reading “Pence says US will honor refugee deal with Australia”