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last book I wrote.
Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click on Cover) World & Nation Senate Approves Debt Ceiling Deal, Sending It to Biden Fending off a U.S. default, the Senate gave final approval late Thursday to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, grinding into the night to wrap up work on the bipartisan deal and send it to President Joe Biden's desk to become law before the fast-approaching deadline. The compromise package negotiated between Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy leaves neither Republicans nor Democrats fully pleased with the outcome. But the result, after weeks of hard-fought budget negotiations, shelves the volatile debt ceiling issue that risked upending the U.S. and global economy until 2025 after the next presidential election. Approval in the Senate on a bipartisan vote, 63-36, somewhat reflected the overwhelming House tally the day before, relying on centrists in both parties to pull the Biden-McCarthy package to passage — though Democrats led the tally in both chambers. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said ahead of voting that the bill's passage means “America can breathe a sigh of relief.” North Korea targets U.S. intel figures on a secret cyber hit list  Details of a secret North Korean cyber hit list are spreading in Washington, with a widening slate of high-level former and current U.S. intelligence officials, media executives and national security scholars finding themselves in the hackers’ crosshairs. The Biden administration is scrambling to respond. The FBI, the National Security Agency and the State Department are preparing a new cyber strategy to specifically counter what officials describe as a sophisticated North Korean “spear phishing” threat. The administration remains tight-lipped about the effort, although sources familiar with it say the strategy will be made public over the coming days. DHS says nurse refused family’s requests for medical treatment; 8-year-old migrant died  Homeland Security is blaming contract medical personnel for bungling the handling of an 8-year-old migrant girl who died in Border Patrol custody last month. The department said a nurse practitioner rejected repeated requests from the girl’s family that she be taken to a hospital. Customs and Border Protection, the agency that oversees the Border Patrol, revealed Thursday that the family was seen at least nine times by CBP’s contract medical team as the girl complained of fever, flu-like symptoms and pain. She was prescribed some medications and was given ice packs and a cold shower to bring down the fever, which peaked at 104.9 degrees. But despite her condition and her mother’s entreaties, “contracted medical personnel did not transfer her to a hospital for higher-level care,” CBP said in a statement. The death of the girl, whom The Associated Press identified as Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez, has sparked intense soul-searching and the investigation has already revealed troubling details. Unearthed Hunter Biden emails with Obama White House slammed by GOP: 'Worse than Watergate'  Unearthed emails between Hunter Biden and his business partners with the Obama White House may ramp up the House GOP's "influence peddling" investigations into the Biden family, lawmakers say. The heavily redacted trove of emails, released Wednesday by the conservative nonprofit group America First Legal, come as President Joe Biden has often denied knowledge of Hunter Biden's overseas business dealings. Records, for instance, indicate Hunter Biden's longtime business partner at the since-dissolved investment firm Rosemont Seneca Partners, Eric Schwerin, emailed Joe Biden's top aides to see if an associate could attend a State Department lunch in 2010 with Chinese government officials. "The Biden Department of Justice is scrambling to cover up the depth of the Biden family’s corruption because of the vast network of Democrat bureaucrats involved in their scheme," Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), ex-chairman of the Republican Study Committee, told the Washington Examiner. "This is a scandal far worse than Watergate, and they must be held accountable." Congressional Republicans, particularly on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, have been bolstering new pathways to investigate the Biden family's finances. Rep. James Comer (R-KY), the committee's chairman, said Thursday on Fox News he is drafting legislation to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress in connection to his outstanding subpoena in May for records purportedly detailing "a bribery scheme involving a foreign national and Joe Biden when he served as vice president." White House Official Left Speechless  National Security Council spokesman John Kirby was at a loss for words when he was asked by a reporter if President Joe Biden is "corrupt." "There have been many developments in the House investigations into the first family's international business dealings recently," New York Post reporter Steven Nelson said during a White House press briefing, where he referred to the Republican-led House Oversight Committee's ongoing investigation into the Biden family. Nelson spoke about how the committee is trying to get an FBI document that may have “an alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions," Politico reported, in addition to pointing out how the potential material came from a "highly credible whistleblower." "Wow," Kirby said before pausing and thinking about what to say next. U.S. halts Russian arms inspections, data exchange on missile launches Countermeasures announced in response to Moscow's suspension of New START treaty  Russian arms inspections under the New START arms accord were halted by the Biden administration Thursday in response to Moscow‘s suspension of the treaty, the State Department said. The countermeasures to the Russian suspension of the treaty were outlined in a department fact sheet that asserted that the steps are reversible and that the government is committed to mutual implementation of the treaty. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in February that his government is ending adherence to the provisions of the 2010 treaty that limited both the U.S. and Russia to 1,550 deployed warheads. Moscow was notified of the action earlier. Biden Trips, Falls During Air Force Graduation Ceremony President Joe Biden tripped and fell after handing out the last diploma at a graduation ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy on Thursday. The White House said he was "fine" after tripping over a sandbag. Biden had been greeting the graduates in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the front of the stage with salutes and handshakes, and turned to jog back toward his seat when he fell. He was helped up by an Air Force officer as well as two members of his U.S. Secret Service detail. Onlookers, including some members of the official delegation on stage, watched in concern before Biden, who at age 80 is the oldest president in U.S. history, returned to his seat to view the end of the ceremony. BIDEN FALLS DURING GRADUATION...
THIRD PUBLIC STUMBLE THIS YEAR... Later bumps head while exiting helicopter... US: Tanks, F-16 Jets Won't Be Ready for New Ukraine Offensive Training for Ukrainian forces on advanced U.S. Abrams tanks has begun, and while those systems will not be ready in time for the imminent counteroffensive, those weapons will be critical in the longer-term to Ukraine ultimately pushing Russia out of its occupied territories, Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Mark Milley said. Tank training began as the U.S. and allies began to work out agreements to train Ukrainians on F-16 fighter jets — another long-wished-for advanced capability. Ultimately, while the tanks are needed to expel Russian forces from Ukrainian territory, the F-16s would be part of a longer-term security plan to deter future attacks, Milley said Thursday. Milley said detailed planning on class sizes, the types of flying tactics and locations for training was underway now between the U.S. and allies such as the Netherlands and the U.K. that have already pledged to provide F-16s. The U.S. has not said yet whether or not it will provide jets, but President Joe Biden has said the U.S. will support F-16 training.
Trump, DeSantis in open warfare as they hit the trail in early states Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Thursday with a torrent of attacks on Ron DeSantis, mocking his rival’s repeated reminders that he can serve two terms to Trump’s one; belittling DeSantis’s alternating pronunciations of his own last name; and criticizing use of the word “woke,” a cornerstone of DeSantis’s stump speeches. Supporters of former president Donald Trump wait for his arrival at the Machine Shed restaurant in Urbandale, Iowa, on June 1. © Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images Supporters of former president Donald Trump wait for his arrival at the Machine Shed restaurant in Urbandale, Iowa, on June 1. DeSantis renewed his sharpened criticism of Trump, accusing the former president of being “petty” and dismissing Trump’s vow to turn the country around within six months of taking office. “Anyone who says they can slay the deep state in six months should be asked, ‘Why didn’t you do that when you had four years?’” he said in New Hampshire, a reflection of his more hostile stance toward Trump since kicking off his campaign earlier this week. Comer launches probe into FTC chair over allegations of abuse made by former commissioner The House Oversight and Accountability Committee launched an investigation Thursday into the conduct of Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Commissioner Christine Wilson recently resigned from the panel after concerns about the integrity of the FTC under Ms. Khan’s leadership, citing abuses of power and disregard for the rule of law and federal ethics standards. In a letter to senior officials at the FTC, Sen. James Comer, Kentucky Republican and the panel chairman, requested documents and communications to review these accusations and whether and how Ms. Khan might be implicated. Thankfully, SCOTUS Still Sees Our Homes as Castles Last week we saw a huge win at the U.S. Supreme Court for property owners — especially elderly property owners. And it was a clean sweep — all nine justices agreed. It centered on a dispute over a Minnesota condominium owned by Geraldine Tyler, a 94-year-old grandmother, who fell behind on her property taxes. The county sold the unit for $40,000, paid off her outstanding tax lien and then pocketed the $25,000 excess. And Tyler’s case isn’t even the most egregious example, according to Billy Binion, Reason associate editor.. America must never become a socialist country Unfortunately, that's exactly where the left wants America: Freedom & Opportunity for All. Put an American flag on a T-shirt with this slogan, and you have apparel you can wear any month of the year. It is what brings the nation together. Ironically, today it’s those on the left who seem to be working against unity in our country. They talk about tolerance yet disrespect anyone who does not fall in lockstep with their radical views. Instead of arguing the merits of their ideas, Marxists attempt to destroy their opposition through character assassination. They do not have a defense for the fact that communism and socialism have failed throughout the history of the world. Even the Danish prime minister acknowledges that Denmark has a market-based economy, not a socialist one. Remove the incentive for people to work or invest, and you remove the ability to prosper outside of a system rigged for the powerful elites.
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