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“Fox News Sunday” anchor Chris Wallace said former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’sHouse hearing has turned into a “disaster” for Democrats and for the former FBI director’s reputation. Responding after the first few hours of the hearing before the House Judiciary Committee hearing, Wallace … Read More

Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller was frequently tripped up and forced to ask lawmakers to repeat their questions during his rapid-fire questioning on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, though he reportedly prepared at length for the hearings. At one point, he even said he wasn’t … Read More

Congressional Republicans accused former Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday of operating under a double standard in his Russia investigation, alleging during a heated Hill hearing that Mueller threw the book at Trump associates while ignoring wrongdoing by others. Republicans, for years, have … Read More

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II welcomes newly elected leader of the Conservative Party Boris Johnson during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London on Wednesday. (Victoria Jones / Pool) LONDON — Boris Johnson became Britain’s new prime minister Wednesday, vowing to lead the … Read More

British Prime Minister-elect Boris Johnson speaks to supporters in London Tuesday after he was announced as the winner to take over for Theresa May. Photo by Neil Hall/EPA-EFE July 23 (UPI) — Tens of thousands of Conservative Party members voted Tuesday … Read More

LAST year, 22 central banks, situated largely to the east of Germany, bought the largest amount of gold since 1967 – the year that the London Gold Pool collapsed. The gold repatriations by many European countries of the last few … Read More

Washington: Russia is determined to interfere in US elections despite sanctions and other efforts to deter such actions before the next presidential election in 2020, FBI Director Christopher Wray says. “The Russians are absolutely intent on trying to interfere with our … Read More

Rights activists protesting against ICE near the organization’s headquarters in Washington DC last week – Reuters The US government is introducing a new fast-track deportation process that will bypass immigration courts. Under the new rules, migrants who cannot prove they … Read More

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and German chancellor Angela Merkel at Farmleigh House in April. Photograph: Maxwell Photography A female German as president of the European Commission should be a major political victory for Berlin. Wrong. The collateral damage has been huge, … Read More

| Business Insider –Three of Europe’s largest economies are under threat of recession, which could spell a crisis across Europe. –Dozens of companies in Germany have turned to “short-time” work — cutting employee hours — a canary in the coal … Read More

In the vast U.S. alliance network, there are few tasks as prone to disappointment as managing the Japan-South Korea bilateral relationship. Just ask staffers at the National Security Council, the Pentagon and the State Department, who must continually push for … Read More

On July 22nd, at around 4:30 p.m., the fourth nationwide blackout spread through 21 out of the 23 states in Venezuela. This happened just before the rush hour in the afternoon, so many people were stranded in Caracas without subway … Read More

FBI Director Christopher Wray warned Congress on Tuesday that China poses “a more severe counterintelligence threat” to the United States than any other country. Wray, who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, discussed the threat when asked about whether the bureau was prepared to … Read More

Last month President Trump briefly described what in his vision war with Iran would look like if launched: it “wouldn’t last very long” and “we’re not talking boots on the ground,” he said in an interview. “I hope we don’t but we’re in a … Read More