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The Biden administration on Thursday announced sanctions against Russia for its involvement in a recent major cyber espionage operation against the U.S., foreign influence operations around U.S. elections and other concerns. As part of an executive order signed by President Biden Joe Biden House panel approves bill to set up commission on reparations Democrats to offer bill to expand Supreme Court Former Israeli prime minister advises Iran to 'cool down' amid nuclear threats MORE , the administration through the Treasury Department will block U.S. financial institutions from purchasing bonds from Russia's Central Bank, National Wealth Fund or Ministry of Finance after June 14 and from lending funds to these institutions. The directive also leaves open the possibility for the administration to expand the sanctions on Russian sovereign debt. Additionally, the Biden administration is expelling 10 personnel from the Russian diplomatic mission in Washington, some … [Read more...] about Biden administration sanctions Russia for SolarWinds hack, election interference

close Video NASA to perform first ever Mars helicopter test Head of NASA’s Science Division Thomas Zurbuchen provides insight on ‘Fox News Live.’ New data released by a team of hundreds of international scientists offers a more comprehensive understanding of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy M87 and the system it powers. A dramatic video announcing the findings promises "unparalleled insight" into the black hole and suggests that the observations could also help to improve tests of prolific mathematician Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity . NASA SATELLITE DATA COULD DETECT VOLCANIC UNREST YEARS BEFORE ERUPTIONS In order to measure and observe black hole behavior, researchers gathered information from 19 observatories, using imagery from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) , Chandra X-ray Observatory , the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), … [Read more...] about NASA, international astronomers announce unprecedented data on famous supermassive black hole M87

The Biden administration said Thursday they could assess “with low to moderate confidence” that Russia was behind bounties placed on U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan in 2019. “The United States Intelligence Community assesses with low to moderate confidence that Russian intelligence officers sought to encourage Taliban attacks against U.S. coalition personnel in Afghanistan in 2019, including through financial incentives and compensation,” a senior administration official said during a phone call with reporters. The New York Times first reported in June that the intelligence community concluded months earlier that a unit within the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, secretly offered payments to Taliban-linked militants for attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan last year. Several other news outlets later confirmed the report. ADVERTISEMENT The news ignited a firestorm on Capitol Hill, largely from Democrats who demanded answers from the … [Read more...] about Biden administration says with ‘low to moderate confidence’ Russia behind Afghanistan troop bounties

President Biden Joe Biden House panel approves bill to set up commission on reparations Democrats to offer bill to expand Supreme Court Former Israeli prime minister advises Iran to 'cool down' amid nuclear threats MORE is coming under fire from housing advocates who say his administration is turning a blind eye as landlords seek to boot tens of thousands of cash-strapped renters from their homes despite a nationwide eviction freeze. Tenant rights groups say the Department of Justice (DOJ) has yet to file a single criminal charge for violations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) eviction moratorium, which carries penalties of up to $200,000 and a year in jail. “I think it would be helpful if they prosecuted landlords who are violating the law,” said Isaac Sturgill, an attorney at Legal Aid of North Carolina. “From my knowledge, DOJ hasn’t been enforcing the order. It does make it look more like a paper tiger.” ADVERTISEMENT … [Read more...] about Advocates hammer Biden over landlords defying eviction ban

After Anti-Defamation League (ADL) head Jonathan Greenblatt called for Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s dismissal after Carlson was falsely accused of antisemitism and defending the white-supremacist “great replacement” theory, the Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV) slammed the ADL for “grossly misplaced charges of antisemitism. ” In a letter published Wednesday and representing over 1,500 “traditional, observant rabbis in American public policy,” CJV — the largest rabbinic public policy organization in America — claimed it was “distressed” by the ADL’s accusations against Carlson. “Your recent attack on Tucker Carlson of Fox News, calling it ‘white supremacist’ to question whether particular policy choices enable illegal immigrants to nullify the votes of American citizens, is merely one example,” the letter reads. A coalition of 1,500 Orthodox Jewish rabbis condemned the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) after it called for Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson/ … [Read more...] about Coalition of 1,500 Rabbis Blasts ADL Call for Tucker Carlson Firing, Ignoring Left Antisemitism