The White House referred to illegal immigrants as “newcomers” in a Thursday brief urging Congress to pass a bipartisan bill on border security and asylum restrictions. “The bill also includes $1.4 billion for cities and states who are providing critical services to newcomers, and would expedite work permits for people who are in the country
Russian president Vladimir Putin told Western countries on Thursday they risked provoking a nuclear war if they sent troops to fight in Ukraine, warning that Moscow had the weapons to strike targets in the West. The war in Ukraine has triggered the worst crisis in Moscow’s relations with the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Putin has previously
Renewable Energy Alaska Project demands local utility provider fork over consumer data to help form green plan High-voltage electric transmission lines pass through a wind farm in Spearville, Kansas (AP) A green energy advocacy group in Alaska is demanding a local utility provider fork over its consumers’ private energy consumption data. The group wants to
The chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer of Columbia University’s medical school, Alade McKen, plagiarized extensively in his doctoral dissertation, lifting entire pages of material, without attribution, from sources that include Wikipedia, according to a complaint submitted to the university on Wednesday. The allegations implicate approximately a fifth of McKen’s 163-page dissertation, “‘UBUNTU’ I am
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
Iran reportedly gave Hezbollah the green light to escalate its attacks on Israel. The Islamic Republic told the terror group that it could launch more attacks if it was certain that the Jewish state would attack southern Lebanon, according to the Jerusalem Post, citing the Arabic Post. The Arabic Post reported that sources in Iran said