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Senate stumped over COVID origins: What we know – and don’t know

Reel back to June 2021. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., did not yet wield the committee gavel. But he had questions about COVID-19, which gripped the planet. “For most of the pandemic, anyone who raised questions about the origin of the virus was dismissed as a crazy conspiracy theorist,” opined Green on Read More

U.S. lawmakers meet with Dalai Lama in India, sparking anger from China

A bipartisan United States congressional delegation met with the Dalai Lama Wednesday at his residence in India’s Dharamshala, sparking anger from China which views the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism as a dangerous separatist. This comes as Washington and Beijing have recently restarted talks after several years of turmoil that began after the imposition Read More

Attacks and rhetoric: Israel, Hezbollah could plunge Lebanon into war

A threat from Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah to strike Cyprus has ratcheted up tensions even further in the eastern Mediterranean, as the Lebanese Shia group’s conflict with Israel continues to threaten to turn into an all-out war. Nasrallah said on Wednesday that Hezbollah did not want an expanded war, but that it was ready – Read More

Canada lists Iran Revolutionary Guards as ‘terrorist’ group

Ottawa cites the IRGC’s ties to Hamas and Hezbollah, accusing Iran of ‘complete disregard for human rights’. Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a “terrorist” entity and urged its citizens in Iran to leave. The Canadian government made the announcement on Wednesday, saying that the move will help Ottawa with “countering Read More

Are Israel and Hezbollah on the verge of full-blown war?

Tensions between the Israeli military and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah are at an all-time high. They have been engaged in low-level hostilities for more than eight months. Israel’s assassination of one of Hezbollah’s most senior commanders last week, however, has led to an escalation. United States President Joe Biden sent a special envoy to Read More

Wisconsin Dem fighting re-election battle under fire for blasting same tax loopholes exploited by her partner

Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin has a long history of criticizing tax loopholes for the rich, despite her partner’s career reportedly helping ultra-high-net-worth clients pay less in taxes. Labeled by Morgan Stanley as one of its “private wealth advisors,” Maria Brisbane, Baldwin’s partner since 2018, works to deliver “tax minimization strategies” for her clients at Read More