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In response to the fatal shooting that took place at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, Biden offered the “full support of the Federal government” to local and state officials. “Jill and I are shocked by the senseless gun violence that has yet again brought grief to an American community on this Independence Day,” Biden said in a Monday statement. “I recently signed the first major bipartisan gun reform legislation in almost thirty years into law, which includes actions that will save lives,” the president added....

It is for this reason that in his brief, no questions-allowed White House remarks on Monday, the president created the ultimate straw man, defending the decision to withdraw rather than his disastrously executed withdrawal itself. Waging war in Afghanistan—the Taliban having harbored the al-Qaeda jihadist group responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks—was an eminently reasonable decision at the time. We should have struck al-Qaeda and its Taliban protectors with such shock and awe that neither would ever dare so much as think to touch an American again....

For one thing, Russia has objected to this encroachment almost to the point of paranoia, regarding it as a threat to its own security interests. This is particularly true in the former Soviet states of Ukraine and Georgia. With about 130,000 Russian troops currently gathered near Ukraine’s border, the state of affairs in that part of the world could hardly be any more fraught. Even in the face of this crisis, however, U....

Last Thursday, two Israeli tourists in Istanbul, Natalie and Mordi Oaknin, became the regime’s latest hostages. The two were arrested at a tourist site for the “crime” of taking a photo of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s palace. The ridiculousness of the charge is stunning. Thousands of tourists photograph Erdogan’s palace every day. As one Israeli official put it, “Google has better pictures [of Erdogan’s palace] than those taken from afar by the Israeli couple....

President Joe Biden made a promise that he would nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court during a March 2020 presidential candidates debate in Washington, D.C. as part of his commitment to creating a government “that reflects the nation.” I am committed that if I’m elected president and have an opportunity to appoint someone to the courts, I’ll appoint the first Black woman to the courts, Biden said. “It’s required that they have representation now....

On November 2, 2022, six days before the midterm elections, Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Biden Justice Department learned that Biden’s personal lawyers found documents with classified markings inside his personal files in his abandoned office at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington. This means then-Vice President Biden stole these classified documents before he left the Obama White House on January 20, 2017, and moved them at least once to his new Penn Biden office after its opening in February 2018....

The impetus for allowing these visa-less Afghans to enter the country is the notion that some of them may be eligible for a Special Immigrant Visa (SIV), an immigration carrot for those who meaningfully assisted the U.S. effort during the forever war. One small SIV program is for interpreters and translators, roles that are clear cut and beneficial. Recent media coverage of the evacuation scramble might give the impression that hundreds of thousands of Afghans served in this capacity....

Brandon Trosclair, who employs nearly 500 workers across 15 grocery stores in Louisiana and Mississippi, is one of many business owners caught in the administration’s crosshairs. His business would be subject to the mandate, but he has chosen to stand up for his—and his employees’—rights. A lawsuit filed by the Pelican Institute and the Liberty Justice Center on Mr. Trosclair’s behalf was instrumental in convincing the court to suspend the mandate on November 6....

“[The insurrectionists] launched a violent and deadly assault on the people’s house, on the people’s representatives, and on the Capitol police sworn to protect them, as our duly elected Congress carried out the sacred ritual of our republic and certified the Electoral College vote,” Biden wrote. “While it shocked and saddened the nation and the world,” he continued, “six months later, we can say unequivocally that democracy did prevail—and that we must all continue the work to protect and preserve it....

“Terry’s opponent has made all of his private pledges of loyalty to Donald Trump,” Biden said while speaking at Tuesday evening’s campaign event for McAuliffe in Arlington, Virginia. “But what’s really interesting to me, he won’t stand next to Donald Trump,” Biden continued. “Think about it. He won’t allow Donald Trump to campaign for him in this state. He’s willing to pledge his loyalty to Trump in private. Why not in public?...

Democrats have regularly controlled the governor’s mansion, as well as both of the state’s seats in the United States Senate. Republicans have not controlled the state House of Representatives since 2006; the state Senate since 2002. Even the state flag is blue, matching the partisanship not only of incumbent Governor Kate Brown, but of Oregon’s attorney general, its secretary of state, and the mayors of four out of five of its largest cities....

Senior U.S. administration officials confirmed the news in a press call that Abdullatif Nasser had been transferred to his home country of Morocco after having been detained 19 years without charge at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. A leaked Pentagon memo from October 2008 alleged that he had been “in search of the perfect Islamic society” and traveled to Sudan and Afghanistan, where he was said to have been trained by Al-Qaeda as an explosives expert and fought on behalf of the group....

The National Defense Authorization Act has measures in it that change how the military justice system manages sexual assault and other related crimes, essentially removing military commanders’ prosecutorial jurisdiction over those cases. Republicans were able to prevent attempts to include women in the draft and added a measure that prohibits dishonorable discharge for service members who refuse to take the COVID vaccine. The authorized $768.2 billion includes a number of items for defense, such as a 2....

“Relying upon volatile sources of fuel from countries that may not have our best interests at heart hurts the American people,” she said. Granholm said diversifying U.S. energy sources to include more clean energy is “the best strategy long term.” She pointed to the Build Back Better and Infrastructure plan to cut energy costs, invest in the supply chain and create more jobs in the clean energy sector. “Our administration is deeply committed to tackling this existential threat by transitioning to clean energy,” she said....

On Tuesday, Biden announced he will issue an executive order, beginning on the first day of his term, that will require mask wearing in all federal buildings as well as on airplanes, trains and buses. The mandate will last for his first 100 days in office. The president-elect also said that 100 million vaccines would be distributed within that period and that he would ramp up efforts to get every American child back in school....

That starts with No. 9 Iowa State, which will try to break a four-game losing streak against No. 10 Iowa in their rivalry series. The Cyclones are getting the ESPN GameDay treatment, and the atmosphere at Jack Trice Stadium should be off the charts. No. 15 Texas travels to Arkansas to renew an old-school rivalry, and the Longhorns are looking to go 2-0 under first-year coach Steve Sarkisian. The Razorbacks and Longhorns have not played since 2014 and it is only Texas’ second trip to Fayetteville since the Razorbacks left the Longhorns and the rest of the Southwest Conference in 1992....

Sunday’s opening matchup will feature two former NBA All-Stars, as Rashard Lewis and the 3 Headed Monsters will battle Joe Johnson and the Triplets. Later in the day, Tri-State, the team sitting atop the Big 3 standings, will face Trilogy and look to extend a three-game winning streak. Here’s everything you need to know about the Big 3, including updated standings and rosters for each team. MORE: The Basketball Tournament Viewer’s Guide...

In the new calculus of American crime, you have a higher statistical chance of being murdered if you live in Memphis, Tenn., or St. Louis than New York. Though the pattern is erratic, crime rates are skyrocketing in many midsize cities nationwide (chart). The FBI says the number of murders and other violent crimes jumped 16 percent last year in cities with populations of 500,000 to 1 million. That is double the rise recorded in the largest U....

This is an anomaly, as anyone familiar with long-term statistics will tell you. Since 1926, small-company stocks have beaten the market by about 20 percent, and that’s the way it’s supposed to be. Small caps–“little” companies with market values of around $1 billion or less–are feisty, risk-taking and worth a premium, because when they catch fire, they really blaze. From 1991 to 1993 they returned 27.2 percent a year, while larger stocks returned less than 17 percent....