Hints and tips:
...“The US, EU, UK and our G7 partners have made clear that we do not want any of our key partners to become places where our sanctions are circumvented,” James O’Brien, US assistant secretary of state for...
...“The question based on how the regulations are written [is], ‘Will we continue to accelerate in the United States or put more emphasis in Europe?’”...
...It added that the decision by Kemi Badenoch, the UK’s business and trade secretary, breached the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which ended three decades of conflict in the region....
...“The United States is committed to the security of Israel, and it is vital to US national interests to assist Israel to develop and maintain a strong and ready self-defence capability,” the state department...
...Instead of considering the bipartisan package, the House voted on a bill to only fund aid for Israel, and whether to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, over his handling of immigration...
...“What we do matters, what we say matters and [the world is] watching closely whether or not the United States can deliver,” John Kirby, spokesperson for the White House National Security Council, told reporters...
...to mislead voters and undermine trust in democratic institutions in the United States and around the world”....
...Starting with his vice-president, we can add his chief of staff, John Kelly, both his defence secretaries, Jim Mattis and Mark Esper, his national security adviser, John Bolton, his first secretary of state...
...they can no longer rely on the United States”....
...“The United States will soon begin training Ukrainians to fly and maintain F-16 fighter aircraft in support of the international effort to develop and strengthen Ukraine’s long-term defences,” Pentagon press...
...The tanker’s owner, Athens-based Empire Navigation, said in October it had settled the dispute with the US Department of Justice....
...Gideon RachmanAs you say, Michael, you are a historian of the US. You’ve done a book on the New Deal, you’re doing a book on John F Kennedy....
...Before heading into an inaugural meeting of the new Nato-Ukraine Council, Zelenskyy said he was “grateful to President Biden and to Congress and to the people of the United States, who are truly the leaders...
...Actually, we would advocate for strong secretaries of state leading their departments. The role of the executive committee is not to make policy for different departments....
...The state began construction of the new floating barrier — made up of a series of orange buoys strung together — near the city of Eagle Pass earlier this month....
.../ From J F Siebert, Shetland, UK...
...“We thank the Biden administration and secretary of interior Deb Haaland for taking this step . . ....
...In an example of the fine line Biden appears to be seeking to tread as he remains supportive of Israel’s offensive, John Kirby, spokesperson for the US National Security Council, said Hamas was using hospitals...
...In one of the most prominent examples, Trump called secretary of state Brad Raffensperger asking him to “find 11,780 votes” that would allow him to win in the state. Raffensperger did not comply....
...After Andreessen Horowitz invested in Anduril in 2019, the mood changed fast. When he wrote on his website, “I believe in the United States of America. I believe in a strong national defence....
...Well, they’re supposed to defend the homeland,” said Ryan Berg of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “They’re not supposed to run an airport.”...
...Secretary of state Antony Blinken cancelled a trip to Beijing that would have included a meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping....
...United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States . . . to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have...
...Secretary of state Antony Blinken cancelled a visit to China two weeks ago following the discovery of the balloon....
...John Plumb, assistant secretary of defence for space policy, told the armed services committee last week that Russia and China’s nuclear co-operation is “very troubling”....
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