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The original statement reads: “We do not take a stand neither for or against vaccines, we just wanted to express our appreciation and support for every real truck driver out there who have been facing a very challenging times since pandemic situation began.” The press release did state its support for lockdown measures, saying: “We though that we might support the safety of our community if we provide them some entertainment they might see as a good reason to stay home a bit more longer during these difficult times the world is going through....

According to this multicultural form of wisdom, the world’s religions are merely different paths up the same mountain. But are they? Religious people do agree that there is something wrong with this world. But they disagree as soon as they start to diagnose the problem, and diverge even more when it comes to prescriptions for the cure. Christians see sin as the human problem and salvation from sin as the religious goal....

The issue was famously one of the first things the former president brought up as a candidate in 2016, although he did not prioritize it in his 2020 race. But the placement of immigration at the top of his agenda to bash Biden comes just days after former senior adviser Stephen Miller, a dutiful architect of Trump’s zero tolerance and family separation policies, told Republican members of Congress that immigration, more than any other issue, would be their ticket to bludgeoning Democrats during the midterms and wresting control of Congress....

Federal officials asked about crowd control devices, including a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) and an Active Denial System (ADS), hours before the protesters were cleared from the square near the White House on June 1, according to a military whistleblower. At the time, demonstrations sparked by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis had roiled cities across the U.S. including Washington, D.C. D.C. National Guard Maj. Adam DeMarco’s written remarks to the House Natural Resources Committee, which is investigating the use of force against protesters in Lafayette Square on June 1, were first reported by NPR and The Washington Post....

Six pictures posted to Instagram by Linton for the July 4th holiday showed her and several friends lounging at a pool in Los Angeles and featured one picture revealing the 56-year-old Mnuchin appearing to caress his 38-year-old wife in a sunbathing chair. Instagram and Twitter users immediately pounced on the post as the latest example of Trump administration excesses as the pair also celebrated model Shay Londre’s birthday. “The loveliest and most relaxing 4th of July with family and friends....

Under the new policy, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents will be able to collect samples from migrants booked into detention and store their data in a federal database, meaning hundreds of thousands of people could see their data kept in U.S. records. Condemning the move, the House Homeland Security Committee warned that “not only does it criminalize migrants who are fleeing violence and persecution, but it also propagates the abuse of mass surveillance....

Amid reports Saturday of U.S. military helicopters over Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, a senior Pentagon official familiar with the operation and Army official briefed on the matter told Newsweek that Baghdadi was the target of the top-secret operation in the last bastion of the country’s Islamist-dominated opposition, a faction that has clashed with ISIS in recent years. A U.S. Army official briefed on the results of the operation told Newsweek that Baghdadi was killed in the raid, and the Defense Department told the White House they have “high confidence” that the high-value target killed was Baghdadi, but further verification is pending DNA and biometric testing....

Trump, who has repeatedly voiced his opposition to the infrastructure package, questioned why McConnell supports the bill. “Nobody will ever understand why Mitch McConnell allowed this non-infrastructure bill to be passed. He has given up all of his leverage for the big whopper of a bill that will follow,” he wrote in a statement. “I have quietly said for years that Mitch McConnell is the most overrated man in politics— now I don’t have to be quiet anymore....

The campaign’s communications director, Tim Murtaugh, tweeted images of the front page under the banner of The Washington Times, a conservative publication founded in 1982. “Greeting staff at Team Trump HQ this morning, a reminder that the media doesn’t select the president,” wrote Murtaugh in his tweet. A headline from that page read “President Gore,” a reference to Al Gore’s presidential race against George W. Bush in 2000. However, Gore lost to Bush in the election that year....

Ellis’ tweet linked to a Penn Live article published in May. The article focused on Dr. Levine, who is transgender, calling out a Pittsburgh reporter during an interview in which he misgendered her several times. Alongside the link to Penn Live’s report, Ellis wrote: “This guy is making decisions about your health.” Ellis targeted other public health authorities on Twitter since then. Later on Monday, the Trump attorney reposted a tweet that suggests Dr....

Director Bong Joon-ho’s dark comedy won four Academy Awards during this year’s ceremony, the most awards handed out to an individual film. “By the way, how bad were the Academy Awards this year?” Trump asked. “Did you see them? And the winner is a movie from South Korea. What the hell was that all about?” “We got enough problems with South Korea with trade,” Trump added. “On top of it, they give them the best movie of the year....

Trump’s foreword calls McConnell an “ace in the hole” and says that he “couldn’t have asked for a better partner” than the Kentucky Senator while in Washington D.C. But now Trump disputes writing any of it. In a story published Monday in The Washington Post, Trump said he didn’t pen the positive words for The Long Game, McConnell’s book. Trump told the Post he said to McConnell when asked about providing the foreword: “‘Why don’t you write it for me and I’ll put it in, Mitch?...

Sondland told House impeachment investigators behind closed doors that he was initially unaware of the intentions of Trump and Giuliani to pressure newly elected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden—a political opponent of Trump’s—and that foreign military aid should not “have been delayed for any reason.” Sondland’s testimony represented a sharp break from Trump, who heavily pushed for Giuliani to be involved in diplomatic discussions with Ukraine, despite the personal attorney having no official government role and the move being against the wishes of Sondland and other top officials....

James, a Democrat up for reelection this year, announced Wednesday the civil lawsuit against Trump that seeks at least $250 million in repayment from allegedly fraudulent practices and to remove all of the Trumps from their positions within the Trump Organization. Three of Trump’s children—Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump—and two senior executives at the Trump Organization were also mentioned in the lawsuit. She alleged that the Trumps enriched themselves with “numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentations” and that Trump “grossly” inflated his net worth by billions of dollars....

Minutes before kickoff of Saturday afternoon’s annual game, the public address announcer at Army’s Michie Stadium in West Point asked everyone to welcome “the 45th President of the United States.” Once Trump’s name was announced, the socially-distanced crowd made it sound like a full stadium cheering a Black Knights touchdown. The CBS cameras panned the crowd, shown both Army cadets and Navy midshipmen cheering and jumping up and down....

The federal government has additionally directed thousands of law enforcement and intelligence officers—from the FBI and various components of the Department of Homeland Security—to assist state and municipal authorities. “Our coronavirus response program, which has been stabilizing and even winding down since the first week of May all of a sudden has turned into a frenzy of activity,” says a senior military officer assigned to NORTHCOM, the military command that is responsible for domestic military intervention....

That Trump is politically toxic has been evident for some time now. He lost the popular vote in both general elections by large margins and only won the Electoral College in 2016 by less than 80,000 votes spread across three highly contested states. The 2018 midterm election during his presidency saw his party lose control of the House and his failed 2020 re-election campaign ultimately cost his party control over the Senate as well....

NEPA has been called the cornerstone of environmental protection in this country. It has been emulated by states and other countries to promote inclusive, science-based decision-making on projects that are federally funded, on or near federal lands, or that require federal permitting. It requires federal managers to look at a broad range of reasonable, common-sense alternatives to accomplish project or planning goals, and analyze their effects on local communities and the environment....

In a Facebook post, Trump Jr. promoted a comedy clip of Jonathan Pie—a fictional news reporter portrayed by British comedian Tom Walker who frequently rants in videos about the state of Australian, U.K. and U.S. politics. “Check this out, this is one of the most real videos I seen talking about the insanity of modern cancel culture and the stupidity of our society today, where we can’t even fathom that maybe things that were written 100 years ago have some less than awesome language in them, less than awesome innuendo....