Iran’s president claims ‘big victory’ in legal efforts to end US sanctions

Rouhani applauds UN court’s decision to hear case filed in 2018 over the legality of sanctions reimposed by Trump. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech before the heads of banks, in Tehran, Iran, January 16, 2020. (Office of the … Read More

Factbox: What Biden plans to do next on refugees, separated families and regional migration

(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to issue executive orders on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, refugee resettlement, and the reunification of migrant families, according to a Biden transition team memo shared with lawmakers and recent comments by … Read More

Gordon Chang: China testing Biden with incursions against Taiwan, India: ‘This is a very dangerous time’

‘We know from comments from members of the Chinese elite that they’re not afraid of Biden,’ expert tells ‘Your World.’ Recent confrontational action by China toward regional rivals Taiwan and India are examples of the Communist regime in Beijing challenging the new … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 29 January 2021

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Greetings from Tyler, This was a week of records, and news outlets are very impressed with them.   Not high temperatures to bolster the climate crisis theology, but that’s coming.  Not only does every report begin with important COVID claptrap, but … Read More

‘Fragile change’: Biden signs executive orders but many lack force

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Trump used executive orders on several issues and Biden has sought to simply reverse his predecessor. President Joe Biden signs a series of executive orders on health care, in the Oval Office, on Jan. 28, 2021.Evan Vucci / AP President … Read More

Forty-five Republicans vote against proceeding with Senate impeachment trial

Only five GOP senators voted against move to declare impeachment unconstitutional. Senators were sworn in as jurors to President Trump’s impeachment trial Tuesday as the Senate voted 55-45 to end debate on Sen. Rand Paul’s point of order arguing that the impeachment trial is unconstitutional … Read More

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