White House officials are furious that the House on Thursday passed its defense funding bill — now headed to the Senate — with a provision that would force the Pentagon to end its coronavirus vaccine mandate for members of the military.
It is unclear how many soldiers have been deployed, as the Texas Military Department, Department of Public Safety, and Governor Greg Abbott have not responded to requests for comment.
According to a report by Michael Shellenberger, the FBI made an "organized effort" to target social media and news companies, including Twitter, that reported on the Hunter Biden laptop story in the lead-up to the 2020 election, and Twitter received repeated requests for information from the FBI that it had previously stated it would not share outside of normal legal channels.
The European Union announced on Dec. 18 a provisional agreement that reforms the bloc’s carbon market, successfully expanding a crucial component of the region’s broader green agenda.
A large anti-NATO rally was held in Paris, France on Saturday by the right-wing Les Patriotes party, with protesters calling for a review of France's policies towards the US-led bloc and Moscow and denouncing anti-Russia sanctions.