House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announced trip to Taiwan has become a game of nuclear chicken. China has threatened military action if Pelosi goes through with her visit, but the Biden administration may feel it can’t risk being seen as weak.Continue Reading

The FBI’s efforts to interfere in the last two presidential elections on behalf of Democrats brings to mind the Praetorian Guard in the Roman Empire. Once the Guard realized it had the power to make and break emperors, who learned to play ball—or else.Continue Reading

A year ago, President Biden told Americans, “You’re not going to get COVID if you have these vaccinations.” Now, former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx admits  they knew at the time that was untrue.Continue Reading

Right out of dystopian TV series Black Mirror and War of the Worlds, China has demonstrated a robot dog fitted with an automatic weapon—and adorned with insignia of Russian special forces.Continue Reading

A pair of Russian lawmakers investigating biolabs in Ukraine claim that Ukrainian POWs show evidence of military experiments. The deputy chair of the State Duma says the goal is to create “cruel killing machines.”Continue Reading

Russia’s energy giant Gazprom has claimed force majeure, essentially declaring that gas deliveries to Germany through the crucial Nord Stream 1 pipeline are suspended indefinitely.

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Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt plan to join BRICS, the economic alliance of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The timing is awkward for President Biden as he prepares to meet with the Saudis, but Turkey’s membership is potentially more significant.Continue Reading