Trump would ‘come after’ people in media in 2nd term

Trump would ‘come after’ people in media in 2nd term

By Michelle L. Price | Associated Press NEW YORK — A Donald Trump ally who worked in his Justice Department said Tuesday that if the former president is elected again, his administration will retaliate against people in the media “criminally or civilly.” Kash Patel, who was also chief of staff in the Defense Department and … Read more

Blinken asks China to expect candid talk after Biden calls Xi ‘Dictator’

Blinken asks China to expect candid talk after Biden calls Xi ‘Dictator’

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the US will continue to say things that China doesn’t like, as he defended President Joe Biden’s remarks wherein he called his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping a “dictator”. Biden called Xi a “dictator”, just hours after they met for the first time in more than a year and … Read more

Russian artist gets 7-year sentence for anti-war message

Russian artist gets 7-year sentence for anti-war message

By Dasha Litvinova | Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia — A Russian court on Thursday convicted an artist and musician for swapping supermarket price tags with antiwar messages, sentencing her to seven years in prison in one of the highest-profile cases involving the recent crackdown on free speech. Sasha Skochilenko was arrested in her native St. … Read more