War of Words: In a heated exchange at the UN Security Council, the US accused Russia of threatening world peace over Ukraine while the Russians dismissed concerns as fearmongering.   “This is as clear and consequential a threat to peace and security as …

Celebrity Suicide: Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst died a suicide in New York City yesterday. Her body was found outside her high rise apartment building.   Kryst was a super achiever, both a lawyer and a correspondent on the television show “Extra.” …

Reading Tea Leaves:  With more than 100,000 Russian troops surrounding Ukraine posed to invade, President Joe Biden told reporters yesterday he’s not sure what Russia’s Vladimir Putin is going to do. “It’s a little bit like reading tea leaves,” he said. “I …

High Alert: The Defense Department has put 8,500 American troops on “high alert” for possible deployment to Eastern Europe in preparation for a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine. The units involved are described as active-duty ground troops, including combat brigades, medical, aviation, …

Viral News: Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s top medical adviser for Covid-19, said yesterday that the current Omicron wave is peaking in the US and that new cases could fall to manageable levels in the coming months.   “What we would hope,” Dr. Fauci said …

The Coup That Wasn’t: The website Politico has revealed the draft of a December 2020 Donald Trump executive order that would have commanded the Pentagon to seize all the voting machines in the country, essentially staging a military coup to prevent Joe Biden …

The Brink of War: Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was meeting today with Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov amid fading hopes of heading off a Russian invasion of Ukraine. The US has described many Russian demands, including prohibiting Ukraine from joining NATO, as …

The Ukraine Certainty: President Biden said bluntly during a press conference yesterday that he thinks Russia’s Vladimir Putin will invade Ukraine and that the US and Western allies will be unable to talk him out of it.    “Do I think he’ll …

The Brink of War: Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to meet Friday with Russia’s foreign minister in an effort to head off what appears to be the increasing likelihood that Russia will invade Ukraine.    “We’re now at a stage …

  Anthony Fauci, the president’s chief medical adviser, said yesterday that, “I would hope that that’s the case. But that would only be the case if we don’t get another variant that eludes the immune response of the prior variant.” Even then, …