Rep. Lloyd Doggett Becomes First Sitting Democrat to Call for Biden to Withdraw
The first domino fell on Tuesday, when Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, called on President Joe Biden to withdraw from his campaign for reelection to the White House. Doggett’s announcement came after Biden’s dismal debate performance, which was panned by the media and voters alike. Few Democratic elected officials have defended Biden, but Doggett was the […]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett first House Dem to go public with calls for Biden to drop out
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) became the first sitting House Democrat to publicly call on President Biden to step down as the party’s standard-bearer in the aftermath of last week’s debate. Doggett, 77, praised Biden’s performance as commander in chief but stressed that “many Americans are unhappy with the choice made in this election” and suggested […]
Starlight Express review – Lloyd Webber’s bizarre juggernaut is bigger, camper and more OTT than ever | Stage
circleWas it the sheer audacity that led Andrew Lloyd Webber to dream up a show about the lives and loves of a train carriage that sings as it races along a nighttime track on roller skates? Is Starlight Express the most outlandish musical ever put on stage? Certainly, its 40-year revival seems like an even […]
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ‘shielded’ biotech firms in gain-of-function research audit, GOP senator claims
A recent audit of the Defense Department’s funding of gain-of-function research outside the United States “may have concealed” collaborations with Chinese biotechnology companies, at least one of which has ties to Beijing’s military, a Republican senator claimed Tuesday. In a letter obtained exclusively by The Washington Post, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) asked Defense Secretary Lloyd […]
Top Pentagon Official Who Came Under Fire During Lloyd Austin Hospitalization Fiasco Steps Down
A top Pentagon aide stepped down from her role on Wednesday after facing criticisms for her part in Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s concealed hospitalization in January. Kelly Magsamen served as chief of staff to Austin since the beginning of his tenure in 2021 and will leave her role at the end of June, the […]
Lloyd Austin says there is no evidence of an imminent war with China after meeting with Chinese defense minister
New York Post report that US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin President Trump told senior national security officials on Saturday that he saw no evidence that war with China was imminent, a move that came amid concerns about rising tensions between China and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Austin argued for the need to […]
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says war with China neither imminent nor unavoidable
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told a meeting of top security officials on Saturday that war with China is not imminent or inevitable despite rapidly escalating tensions in the Asia-Pacific region, and stressed the importance of renewed dialogue with Beijing to avoid “miscalculation or misunderstanding.” Austin’s remarks at the Shangri-La Defense Forum in Singapore came […]
Lloyd McClendon helped Darryl Strawberry find Mets greatness
After suffering a heart attack in March, Darryl Strawberry says he’s able to travel again and feel better, ending his eventful and all-too-brief tenure in Queens with a love that will soon be immortalized. I looked back with all my heart. “No matter how people look at me, I’ll always be a Met,” Strawberry said […]
Lindsey Graham says he trusts Israel more than Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R.S.C.) has more confidence in Israel than Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as the Biden administration has warned it will stop sending weapons if Israel invades Rafah said. “First of all, I trust Israel more than Austin. He still said [the] “Leaving Afghanistan was a good idea,” Graham said at a news conference […]
Lloyd Austin Confirms U.S. Withholding Arms from Israel over Rafah
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin acknowledged Wednesday before the Senate Defense Appropriations subcommittee that the United States is holding back arms shipments to Israel over concerns about the ongoing Hamas attack in Rafah. Austin said, asserting that the Biden administration’s approach to Israel’s security is “ironclad.” Said The United States said it was concerned that […]