North Korea fires projectile it says is ‘space launch vehicle’: Yonhap

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New: FBI Refuses to Turn Over Subpoenaed Biden Bribe Document; Comer Says He Will ‘Take Steps” to Seek Contempt of Congress Vote

Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Rep. James Comer (R-KY) issued a statement Tuesday afternoon reporting that the FBI informed the committee it will not comply with a May 30 deadline to turn over a subpoenaed FBI document, FD 2013, that a whistleblower says contains allegations that then Vice President Joe Biden took a $5 million bribe from a foreign national to make favorable policy decisions. Comer said in response he will be “taking steps” to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress.

DeSantis vows to ‘destroy leftism’ in US

The Florida governor promised his constituents he would do what former president Donald Trump couldn’t

Japan issues brief missile alert on North Korea launch

Japan briefly activated its missile alert warning system for the Okinawa region on Wednesday morning after South Korea’s military said North Korea had launched what it called a “space launch vehicle”. The launch initially prompted the activation of a missile warning system for the southern region. “Missile launch. Missile launch. North Korea appears to have […]

11 dead in Chicago holiday weekend carnage

At least 58 people, including two toddlers, were shot in the city over a three-day period

Chinese jet performed risky maneuver near American surveillance plane: US

A Chinese fighter pilot performed an “unnecessarily aggressive maneuver” near an American surveillance aircraft operating over the South China Sea last week, the US military said Tuesday. The incident — which the Pentagon says is part of a pattern of behavior by China — comes at a time of already heightened tensions between Washington and […]

New research reveals harrowing stories of murdered Indigenous women and the failure of police to act

Readers please be advised this article mentions acts of intimate partner violence against First Nations people.