New Mexico official ordered removed from office over Jan. 6 participation
A federal judge ordered that "Cowboys for Trump" founder Couy Griffin be removed from his position as Otero County commissioner on Tuesday over his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. New Mexico District Court Judge Francis J. Mathew found that Griffin had engaged in insurrection during the Jan. 6 riot and was constitutionally disqualified from holding federal or state office, including his current position. “This is a historic win for ac
Read MoreWhite House stresses need for new COVID funding as fall booster campaign rolls out: ‘Congress has not stepped up’
White House officials on Tuesday reiterated calls for new COVID-19 response funding to be approved by Congress as the fall vaccination campaign begins, with officials warning that there are currently not enough resources to respond should a new surge emerge. White House officials like COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra praised the newly authorized variant-specific booster as safe and effective. Joined by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky and President Biden's chief medical ad
Read MoreWhat will NATO do if radiation from Zaporizhzhia reaches its members?
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, has warned that if Russia were to launch a cyber-attack on Ukraine, the effects could spread to Poland — a NATO member — triggering NATO’s collective defense principle, Article 5, and leading to a larger war. Until recently, cyber was the big threat, and NATO was slow to respond. But it has made great progress over the last decade, including establishing a Cyberspace Operations Centre and designati
Read MoreWhite House: People likely to need annual COVID-19 boosters
Top White House health officials indicated Tuesday that the public is likely to need annual COVID-19 booster shots, making this year's updated booster similar to an annual flu shot. "It is becoming increasingly clear that, looking forward with the COVID-19 pandemic, in the absence of a dramatically different variant, we likely are moving towards a path of vaccination cadence similar to that of the annual influenza vaccine, with annual updated COVID-19 shots matched to the currently circulating strains for most of the population,” Anthony Fauci, the country's top infectious diseas
Read MoreUS military to test launch ICBM on Tuesday
The U.S. military will hold a test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Tuesday, less than a month after the last such test, the Pentagon’s top spokesperson said Monday. Air Force Global Strike Command will hold an “operational test launch” of an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM in the early morning of Sept. 7 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters. “This launch is a routine test which was scheduled far in advance and consistent with previous tests. This ICBM launch will validate and verify effe
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