Iraq’s Kurdish region has served as bulwark against Iranian efforts to infiltrate Iraq (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The president and vice president both declined face-to-face meetings this week with the prime minister of Iraq’s Kurdish region, Masrour Barzani, a U.S. ally who has served as a bulwark against Iranian efforts to infiltrate Iraq, according to sources
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Wednesday that President Joe Biden’s annual physical that day did not include a cognitive test because he “doesn’t need” one. “You were asking me about a cognitive test. As it relates to that, look, the president doesn’t need a cognitive test. That is not my assessment. That is
The Senate Veteran Affairs Committee holds a hearing on “Honoring America’s Veterans and their Families at VA Cemeteries” at 3:30 p.m. ET on Feb. 28. Witnesses: Panel 1: The Honorable Matthew Quinn, under secretary for Memorial Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs Panel 2: Kelly Ackerman, adm… Original News Source Link – Epoch
The Senate Veteran Affairs Committee holds a hearing on “Honoring America’s Veterans and their Families at VA Cemeteries” at 3:30 p.m. ET on Feb. 28. Witnesses: Panel 1: The Honorable Matthew Quinn, under secretary for Memorial Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs Panel 2: Kelly Ackerman, adm… Original News Source Link – Epoch
Fulton County prosecutors argued that Mark Meadows was engaging in political activity, not carrying out the duties of a federal official. Mark Meadows, codefendant and former chief of staff to former President Donald Trump, will have to go to trial in Georgia. A court on Feb. 28 rejected his last appeal to remove his case
The defendants have maintained that they did nothing wrong, and no party was harmed in the course of their financial transactions. Attorneys for former President Donald Trump have asked an appeals court to stay his civil fraud ruling, $363 million penalty, and injunctions on doing business in the state. “The urgency of this application is
The order came the same day defendants and state attorneys argued over enforcement of the Feb. 23 judgment. An appeals court stayed some penalties of former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud judgment but denied his request to delay enforcement of the monetary penalties. The court ordered arguments to be filed by March 18, granting in