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In Trump's Service, Musk Goes After USAID. Is That Weird?
WASHINGTON -- "My uncle started USAID in 1961, for humanitarian purposes, to put our country on the side of the poor," Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pronounced Thursday at the White House as he was sworn in as Health secretary.
"It has been captured by the military industrial complex. It has become a sinister propagator of totalitarianism" across the...Read more
Israel Gets 3 Hostages, Hamas 183. Don't Do the Math
WASHINGTON -- Years ago, when I visited Pelican Bay State Prison on the northern coast of California, prison staff explained the rules. They gave me a stab vest and a handy piece of information: If I were taken hostage, prison officials would not negotiate for my release. I should know that before I entered the institution, they said.
Guess ...Read more
FCC Pulls a '60 Minutes' on '60 Minutes'
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission pulled a "60 Minutes" on "60 Minutes."
In a complaint filed against CBS, the FCC charged that "60 Minutes" and "Face the Nation" last year engaged in "news distortion" that involves "significant and substantial news alteration made in the middle of a heated presidential campaign." The FCC ...Read more
Trump Sees Israel's Iron Dome for America
WASHINGTON -- "We will build a massive missile defense shield to protect us," Donald Trump told a crowd at an Arizona campaign rally in October. "And it's going to be made in the USA, a lot of it right here."
It was a timely proposal given that in 2023, Americans spent more than a week watching a Chinese spy balloon travel from Asia to Alaska...Read more