Biden keeps U.S. refugee cap at Trump-era 15,000 – for now

President Joe Biden signed an order on Friday limiting U.S. refugee admissions this year to the historically low 15,000 cap set under his predecessor Donald Trump, shelving a plan to raise it to 62,500 and drawing the ire of refugee … Read More

US eyes major rollback in Iran sanctions to revive nuke deal

posted in: Middle East, News

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, on Dec. 9, 2020. The Biden administration is weighing a near wholesale rollback of some … Read More

Biden losing friends and gaining enemies

Biden’s unforced errors are killing America in the grand geopolitical game of the 21st century. US President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy at the State Department in Washington on February 4, 2021. Photo: AFP / Saul Loeb US President … Read More

John Kerry denies allegations he divulged Israel’s covert operations

Kerry called the claims – detailed in leaked audio obtained by several media outlets – ‘unequivocally false.’ U.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry on Monday denied allegations that while he was serving as secretary of state under Barack Obama informed … Read More

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Texas-led lawsuit seeking to protect a Trump immigration policy

The court declined to hear a Texas-led case that seeks to uphold a Trump-era “public charge” policy that could limit how many immigrants qualify for green cards. The U.S. Supreme Court building at sunset. Credit: REUTERS/Erin Scott Sign up for The Brief, … Read More

Biden admin. grants ‘blanket authorization’ to fly Pride flag at embassies

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The move overturns the Trump administration’s effective ban on Pride flags. U.S. missions overseas can once again fly the LGBT Pride flag on their official flagpoles, according to an internal State Department cable obtained Friday by ABC News. The policy, … Read More

Iran installed more advanced centrifuges at Natanz – IAEA

The report is the latest evidence that Iran is pressing ahead with the installation of advanced machines. A handout satellite image shows a general view of the Natanz nuclear facility after a fire, in Natanz, Iran July 8, 2020  -(photo … Read More

Biden to bring in asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico under Trump program

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government next week will begin to gradually process thousands of asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico under a controversial program put in place by former President Donald Trump, officials said. The moves are part … Read More

As Biden winds down Mexico program, many migrants on U.S. border left in limbo

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden has moved swiftly to start dismantling a cornerstone of former President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policy, a program that sent thousands of asylum seekers back to Mexico to await their immigration court … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 16 April 2021

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Greetings from Tyler, The pope is once again proving that he embraces communism as “perfect Christianity.”  He says the disciples shared all things in common, and there you go.  That is his justification for communist leanings.  He should have sung … Read More

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