Russia Accuses Ukraine of Shooting Down a Military Transport Plane, Killing 65 Ukrainian POWs aboard
Russia’s Defense Ministry accused Ukrainian forces Wednesday of shooting down a military transport plane, killing all 74 people aboard, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were to be swapped. The POWs were being transported to Russia’s Belgorod region, the ministry said. Ukrainian officials did not comment on the crash and The Associated Press could […]
Democrat Phillips Pulls Solid 20 Percent, Vows to Continue
Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., after securing 20% of the vote in New Hampshire’s unsanctioned Democratic Party primary on Tuesday, insisted that he will continue his campaign for the nomination. Phillips, who spent a great deal of time and personal finances in his bid to mount a challenge to President Joe Biden, pointed out at his […]
Trump-Haley Battle To Be Continued — For Now
Barely 20 minutes after the polls closed in New Hampshire on Tuesday and the major networks began projecting Donald Trump the winner of the Granite State’s GOP presidential primary (and thus the first Republican in history to win both the Iowa caucuses and the first-in-the-nation primary), opponent Nikki Haley left no doubt she would continue […]
Online Retailer eBay Cutting 1,000 Jobs
Online retailer eBay Inc. will cut about 1,000 jobs, or an estimated 9% of its full-time workforce, saying its number of employees and costs have exceeded how much the business is growing in a slowing economy. It marks the latest layoffs in the tech industry. CEO Jamie Iannone said in a message to employees on […]
Trump Wins N.H. GOP Primary in Rare Back-to-Back After Iowa
Former President Donald Trump was given the projected victory in the New Hampshire GOP primary Tuesday night right at 8 p.m. ET by Decision Desk HQ. Trump won New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation Republican primary, while President Joe Biden won the Democrat primary, despite having to rely on write-in votes and skipping out on campaigning in the […]
Shouting Match at Senate Lunch Ensues Over Border Deal
On Tuesday, during a lunch break, Senate conservatives voiced their frustrations with their GOP colleagues’ negotiation tactics over an emerging border security deal, which could tie funding for the border with foreign aid to Ukraine and other countries as well as allow the equivalent of 5,000 migrants to enter the United States daily, The Hill […]
Sen. Cornyn Does About-Face, Endorses Trump
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, endorsed Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night, just minutes after the former president was projected by Decision Desk HQ to win the New Hampshire primary. “I have seen enough. To beat Biden, Republicans need to unite around a single candidate, and it’s clear that President Trump is Republican […]
DeSantis Warns GOP About Lack of Voter Enthusiasm
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday he observed a “lack of enthusiasm” among Republican voters during last week’s Iowa caucuses and called it a “huge warning sign” for the GOP’s prospects for this year’s election. DeSantis suspended his presidential campaign Sunday after finishing a distant second to former President Donald Trump in Iowa on Jan. […]
US Strikes Targets in Iraq After American Forces Wounded
The United States is carrying out strikes in Iraq against targets linked to Iran-backed militia, U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday, with one saying it was a response to a weekend attack on an Iraqi air base that wounded U.S. forces. U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria have been attacked about 150 times by Iran-aligned […]
Turkey’s Parliament Approves Sweden’s NATO Membership, Lifting a Key Hurdle
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish legislators on Tuesday endorsed Sweden’s membership in NATO, lifting a major hurdle on the previously nonaligned country’s entry into the military alliance. The legislators ratified Sweden’s accession protocol by 287 votes to 55, with four abstentions. The ratification will come into effect after its publication in the Official Gazette, which […]