Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was admitted to a critical care unit in Washington on Sunday for treatment of “symptoms suggesting an emergent bladder issue,” officials of Walter Reed Military Medical Center said. Austin, 70, later transferred the duties of his office to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, Pentagon press pecretary Major General Pat Ryder said
UN Global Compact calls on members to ‘make sure’ they are ‘not complicit in human rights abuses’ The Chinese flag flies behind a surveillance camera (Reuters) A Chinese state-owned surveillance giant that provides equipment used in the communist nation’s mass surveillance and detainment of Uyghur Muslims is joining a United Nations “sustainability initiative” aimed at
Samantha Power would not meet with ambassador until ceasefire reached Samantha Power (Alex Wong/Getty Images) A senior Biden administration official refused to meet with Israel’s ambassador in 2021, during the last conflict with Hamas, until the Jewish state reached a ceasefire with the Iran-backed terror group, according to internal government emails reviewed by the Washington
A young woman I know broke it off with a young man after three dates but declared that it was a pretty successful relationship anyway. “He showed me a couple of great Amazon Prime series,” she told me. “And he turned me on to Derry Girls.” Derry Girls, for the record, is a British comedy
In his latest work, War Against the Jews: How to End Hamas Barbarism, Alan Dershowitz, a distinguished legal scholar and New York Times bestselling author, delves into the profound impact of the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas, Israel’s consequential battle for its own survival, the “victory of humanity over barbarity,” and what we can
I find that just about any topic related to food is the secret sauce of social interaction. At a loss for words or in need of redirecting a prickly conversation? Mention restaurants, culinary prowess, equipment reviews, fitness fueling, intolerances, recipes. To that end, boy have I got grist for you. It occupies The Core of
What a brutal week for President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party. A special counsel appointed by Biden’s own administration concluded that the president, 81, was too old and incompetent to stand trial for mishandling classified information. The bombshell report from Special Counsel Robert Hur described Biden as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor