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New video evidence uncovered by CNN significantly undermines two Pentagon investigations, the latest of which was released last week, into an ISIS-K suicide attack outside Kabul airport, during the American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. The incident was a gruesome coda to America’s longest war, leaving dead 13 United States military service members and about 170 Afghans who were desperately …

NEW YORK — A longtime tabloid publisher was expected Tuesday to tell jurors about his efforts to help Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign as testimony resumes in the historic hush money trial of the former president. David Pecker, the former National Enquirer publisher who prosecutors say worked with Trump and Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, on a so-called “catch-and-kill” strategy to …

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial shifts to opening statements Monday, followed by the start of witness testimony. A jury of seven men and five women, plus six alternates, was picked last week. The trial centers on allegations the former president falsified his company’s internal records to obscure the true nature of reimbursement payments to his former fixer and lawyer Michael Cohen, …

The day after Iran attacked Israel, House Speaker Mike Johnson was on the phone with a man who suddenly held the keys to his legislative agenda and potentially his own future: House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries. In a phone call that has not been previously reported, Johnson said he was ready to act on foreign aid, even though that would enrage Republicans who …

Washington CNN — President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a bill that reauthorizes a key surveillance authority after the Senate passed the legislation late Friday night, avoiding a lapse in the controversial program. Lawmakers voted 60-34 for the bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act after the House passed the measure late last week, the CNN …

United States House of Representatives swiftly approved $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies in a rare Saturday session as Democrats and Republicans banded together after months of hard-right resistance over renewed American support for repelling Russia’s invasion, the Associated Press reports. With an overwhelming vote, the $61 billion in aid for Ukraine passed in …

United States Department of State, private sector, and civil society leaders today highlighted the potential of high-integrity carbon markets to generate finance needed for developing countries to address the climate crisis by combating deforestation and accelerating their transition from fossil-generated to clean electricity. The event featured recent progress on two U.S.-supported international carbon markets initiatives: the Lowering Emissions by Accelerating …

United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) between April 24 and 26, 2024. According to a statement by State Department Spokesperson, Matthew Miller and made available to Alltimepost.com, the Secretary will meet with senior PRC officials in Shanghai and Beijing to discuss a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues, …

Deserted streets, shuttered shops and silent restaurants. Damaged buildings and craters from missile strikes pockmarking the asphalt. Arrows on house facades signposting the nearest bomb shelters and stock of emergency supplies. The once-tranquil city of Belgorod, some 25 miles north of Russia’s border with Ukraine, has been transformed into a kind of ghost town, its eerie silence interrupted by the …

The Group of seven Industrialized Nation, popularly known as the G7 has weighed in on the situation in the Middle, issuing a blistering statement condemning Iran’s recent direct attack against Israel and reaffirming its commitment towards the security of the Jewish State. G7’s statement was issued by its foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and …