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‘Parental rights’: GOP warns Dem Senate bill is about more than contraception

Republicans slammed a bill being considered by the Senate Wednesday afternoon, claiming their Democratic counterparts are “fearmongering” over access to contraception in order “to score cheap political points.” “There is no threat to access to contraception, which is legal in every state and required by law to be offered at no cost by health insurers,” Read More

‘Godfathers of climate chaos’: UN chief calls for ban on fossil fuel ads

Antonio Guterres urges a 30 percent cut in global fossil fuel production and use by 2030 amid record high temperatures. Each of the past 12 months ranked as the warmest on record in year-on-year comparisons, the European Union’s climate change monitoring service has said, as United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for a global ban Read More

Thousands of Israelis march through Jerusalem, some attacking Palestinians

Islamic authorities say more than 1,100 Israelis encroached on Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during provocative annual parade. Thousands of Israelis have joined a march through occupied East Jerusalem, with some attacking Palestinians and shouting racist slogans, as part of an annual demonstration marking Israel’s occupation of the city. Footage shared by local journalists on Wednesday showed Read More

Slovak PM Robert Fico says could return to work ‘in several weeks’

In first public speech since surviving assassination attempt, Fico says he feels ‘no hatred’ towards his attacker. Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has posted a speech online, his first appearance since he was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt three weeks ago. In a prerecorded speech on his Facebook page on Wednesday, ahead of the Read More

‘National security issue’: Ex-WH doctor raises alarms on Biden’s mental health after bombshell report

FIRST ON FOX: A former White House physician-turned-Republican lawmaker says President Biden’s mental fitness is a matter of “national security.”  “The article’s just documenting what I’ve been saying all along: he’s not fit to be the commander-in-chief,” Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital on Wednesday. “He’s got significant issues, he shouldn’t have the Read More

Dems in hot seat for alleged ethics violations over Alito recusal demands

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., suggested Democratic lawmakers could have incurred ethical violations when they made recusal demands of the Supreme Court after news broke of flags that had flown at Justice Samuel Alito’s homes. Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., “potentially engaged in unethical professional conduct before the Court,” the Republican Read More

5 recent gaffes by President Biden

President Biden’s cognitive performance is once again being thrust into the spotlight following a new report from The Wall Street Journal that the 81-year-old is showing signs of slowing down during private meetings.  Many Republicans and even some Democrats said the president showed his age in those settings, according to The Wall Street Journal, citing Read More