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The two men were charged in 2017 with “complicity in the misuse of corporate assets” over the sale of submarines to Pakistan and frigates to Saudi Arabia between 1993 and 1995, when Balladur was prime minister in the final years of Francois Mitterrand’s presidency. … [Read more...] about Claim That Kickbacks from Arms Deals Funded French Presidential Election Campaign Goes to Court

If terrorist groups like Al Qaeda, ISIS, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah and others announce they are working to fight climate change in addition to fighting the U.S., Israel, and our other allies, will Kerry advocate disastrous concessions to them, as he did when he signed off on the badly flawed Iran nuclear deal?    … [Read more...] about Fred Fleitz: Biden, GOP and Dems must work together on these national security challenges

Suing the Trump administration more than 100 times increased Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s national profile, which helped him land a nomination as Biden’s health and human services secretary. Trump frittering away Republicans’ two Senate seats in the recent Georgia election gave Democrats control of the chamber, clearing what had looked like a tough confirmation path for Becerra. … [Read more...] about Five ways Trump changed California — including one that helped Democrats

Lopez’s son, Santiago, described his father as “someone who loved San Francisco and always considered it home.” Lopez, who was born in Guanajuato, Mexico, opened the first outpost of El Farolito in San Francisco’s Mission District in 1983. The mini-chain, which has 12 locations throughout the Bay Area, has long been considered one of the best taquerias in the region. … [Read more...] about Bay Briefing: New coronavirus variant on rise in California, tied to Kaiser ER outbreak

The part about “the problem’s not with Medicare” appears to be a reference from the Pelosi interview in which she states, “And I do think the challenge with Medicare is not Medicare, the challenge is rising medical health-care costs in general and prescription drugs and the rest of that, that drives those costs.” It is, again, simply a matter of fact that Medicare’s long-term financing gap is an outgrowth of rising health-care costs. Does America “know” the problem is with Medicare? In fact, poll after poll shows Americans, for better or worse, think just the opposite. … [Read more...] about Wow, Joe Scarborough Doesn’t Understand Economics at All