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Bridging Borders: Uncovering the Ancient and Strategic Nexus between India and Nepal

This book explores the complex history and strategic location of India and Nepal, highlighting the importance of their shared history and cultural ties. It delves into the challenges facing the two nations, including water resources and military cooperation. The book also sheds light on the geopolitical considerations and strategic geography that place Nepal uniquely between two powers. It is a …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Hunter Biden’s conviction means Trump is lying

Raw Story

Hunter Biden was found guilty Tuesday of three felony charges in connection with lying on a federal gun-permit application. But even if there's doubt about whether Biden might have had something to do with Trump’s New York trial, Hunter Biden’s conviction should dispel it. Trump says he’s a victim of one set of rules being applied to Biden’s friends while …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

'This aged well': Experts resurrect Marjorie Taylor Greene's embrace of arrested informant

Raw Story

Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene was criticized online Wednesday after social media users dragged up an old post in which she fully endorsed a now-arrested informant accused of lying about Joe and Hunter Biden of taking bribes from abroad. Greene posted on the topic in July 2023, saying, "Joe Biden is a criminal and is compromised! "This is the FBI’s …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Informant who claimed Biden was guilty of bribery arrested by FBI for 'false statements'

Raw Story

An informant who made derogatory claims about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter has been arrested by the FBI after a grand jury charged him with false statements and obstruction, reported Politico's Kyle Cheney on Thursday. Alexander Smirnov, who was identified as a confidential human source in the investigation, was arrested at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Editorial: No evidence for Biden impeachment inquiry? No problem. The House GOP doesn’t seem to care

LA Times

Rep. Jim Jordan speaks during a House Oversight Committee hearing in September about an impeachment of President Biden. Deposed Speaker Kevin McCarthy launched the Biden impeachment inquiry in September without securing a floor vote, thus avoiding a scenario in which saner members of his fragile majority — including Republicans elected in districts where Biden is popular — might rebel. Republicans …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Trump's allegations at heart of Biden impeachment push

Raw Story

Donald Trump was impeached by Congress in late 2019 for extorting Ukraine in an unsuccessful effort to get up dirt on his reelection rival Joe Biden. Four years later, Republicans are moving to impeach now-President Biden, claiming they have the dirt Trump sought: that while vice president, Biden personally benefitted from his son Hunter's business dealings. - Hunter's lucrative jobs …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Kevin McCarthy impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden: Explaining the Hunter Biden, “corruption,” and budget gamesmanship of it all.

Slate

Republicans have threatened to impeach President Joe Biden so many times that it’s become natural to tune out every new attempt. In a press conference back in May, Comer claimed he had found evidence of “federal crimes committed,” noting with some sense of drama that whistleblowers “fear for their lives.” In March, he told Fox that there were “whistleblowers” who …

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1 year, 5 months ago

WaPo slams Fox News over Hunter Biden report that triggered GOP outrage

Raw Story

The Washington Post on Monday assailed Fox News over a report that prompted Republican outrage, and that the newspaper’s fact-checker determined lacked context. A report by the conservative network about a 2015 email chain that predated then Vice President Joe Biden’s trip to Ukraine in 2015 and which Fox said showed he threatened to withhold $1 billion in U.S. aid …

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1 year, 6 months ago

GOP had evidence disproving Biden bribery claims in 2019, top Democrat says

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a letter to House Oversight Committee chair James Comer, Maryland Representative Jamie Raskin …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Why are Republicans accusing Joe and Hunter Biden of bribery?

The Independent

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1 year, 11 months ago

Watch: Republican gets slapped down after calling on committee to ‘look into’ Dem’s remarks

Raw Story

During a House committee hearing this Wednesday on the subject of Twitter's response to the Hunter Biden laptop story, Rep. Gary Palmer accused Rep. Dan Goldman of making a "very troubling statement claiming that as vice president, Joe Biden fired the attorney general of Ukraine." In his response, Goldman pointed out that he did not say Biden fired the Ukrainian …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Joe Biden and Hunter Biden have been accused of corruption, but there's good reason to be sceptical

ABC

Something incredibly unusual has been happening this week — Australian news outlets have been getting global-first scoops on US presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. Keeping all that in mind, let us tell you about Hunter Biden's laptop, the new piece of the puzzle, which has made its way into Australian newspapers and led to the chants …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Fact-checking Trump’s massively dishonest weekend: The President made at least 66 separate false or misleading claims in three days

CNN

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump’s dishonesty is getting worse. Facts First: It’s just not true that Trump’s events the day prior – one in Georgia and two in Florida – were “largely” masked, as Trump claimed. Biden’s descriptions of rioters Trump claimed in Wisconsin that Biden was not only silent on “anarchists, arsonists and vandals” rampaged through cities but …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Hunter Biden emails: ‘Smoking gun’ discovery or Republican disinformation?

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “What he will do and say is out …

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4 years, 3 months ago

GOP Senate report on Biden son alleges conflict of interest

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Two Republican-led Senate committees issued a politically charged report Wednesday alleging that the work Joe Biden’s son did in Ukraine constituted a conflict of interest for the Obama administration at a time when Biden was engaged in Ukraine policy as vice president. The document says that work created conflict-of-interest concerns, including among two Obama administration officials, but acknowledged …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Biden audio first shared by ‘Russian agent’ thrives online

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The leaked recordings were hardly a political bombshell: The apparent phone conversations between Joe Biden and Ukraine’s then-president largely confirm Biden’s account of his dealings in Ukraine. Social media posts and videos about the recordings have been viewed millions of times, according to an Associated Press analysis, even though Trump’s own administration says they rely on “false and …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Russian Allies Helping Trump Win Reelection Have A Partner In Wisconsin Republican

Huff Post

President Donald Trump and Sen. Ron Johnson leave Air Force One upon arrival in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on April 27, 2019, before a Trump campaign rally. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON ― Allies of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin hoping to give President Donald Trump a second term in office appear to have a new partner: Republican Ron Johnson, who …

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4 years, 11 months ago

Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani

NPR

Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani Enlarge this image toggle caption Saul Martinez/Getty Images Saul Martinez/Getty Images In a wide-ranging interview Tuesday in New York with Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep and NPR Justice Correspondent Ryan Lucas, President Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, talks about investigating Joe Biden, his work in Ukraine and whether Trump's actions regarding Ukraine were …

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4 years, 11 months ago

Giuliani Says Trump Should '100%' Investigate Biden After Expected Senate Acquittal

NPR

Giuliani Says Trump Should '100%' Investigate Biden After Expected Senate Acquittal Enlarge this image toggle caption Steve Inskeep/NPR Steve Inskeep/NPR Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's personal attorney, says the president should not back away from investigating Joe Biden even after Trump's expected acquittal Wednesday by the U.S. Senate. Sponsor Message Politics Biden Probe Should Follow Trump's Expected Senate Acquittal, Giuliani Says …

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5 years, 1 month ago

Joe Biden calls Iowa voter who pressed him on Ukraine a "liar," challenges him to a push-up contest

Salon

Joe Biden on Thursday called an Iowa voter a "damn liar" and challenged him to a push-up contest after the man questioned the former vice president's age and his son's business dealings in Ukraine. The man said the presidential hopeful was "too old" to be president and likened Biden's diplomatic dealings with Ukraine to President Donald Trump's. Biden also appeared …

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5 years, 1 month ago

Rudy Giuliani pursued business interests in Ukraine while pushing for inquiries on Donald Trump's behalf

Firstpost

As Rudy Giuliani waged a public campaign this year to unearth damaging information in Ukraine about President Donald Trump’s political rivals, he privately pursued hundreds of thousands of dollars in business from Ukrainian government officials, documents reviewed by The New York Times show As Rudy Giuliani waged a public campaign this year to unearth damaging information in Ukraine about President …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Trump, Ukraine And The Path To The Impeachment Inquiry: A Timeline

NPR

Trump, Ukraine And The Path To The Impeachment Inquiry: A Timeline Enlarge this image toggle caption AFP/Getty Images and Getty Images AFP/Getty Images and Getty Images Updated Oct. 25, 2019 When President Trump spoke to Volodymyr Zelenskiy on July 25, Trump held the keys to two things the new Ukrainian president needed in order to demonstrate he had full U.S. …

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5 years, 2 months ago

A Lot Of Trump's Ukraine Conspiracy Theories Come From One Right-Wing Columnist

Huff Post

John Solomon in 2008, when he was executive editor of the conservative Washington Times. Gerald Martineau/The Washington Post via Getty Images Many of the allegations and fuzzy “facts” that President Donald Trump and his allies have cited to defend pressuring Ukraine to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden gained traction in the press thanks to one journalist: John Solomon, whose stories …

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5 years, 3 months ago

Viktor Shokin: The inside story on Ukraine’s ‘very good’ prosecutor at centre of Trump scandal

The Independent

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Bridging Borders: Uncovering the Ancient and Strategic Nexus between India and Nepal

Hunter Biden’s conviction means Trump is lying

'This aged well': Experts resurrect Marjorie Taylor Greene's embrace of arrested informant

Informant who claimed Biden was guilty of bribery arrested by FBI for 'false statements'

Editorial: No evidence for Biden impeachment inquiry? No problem. The House GOP doesn’t seem to care

Trump's allegations at heart of Biden impeachment push

Kevin McCarthy impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden: Explaining the Hunter Biden, “corruption,” and budget gamesmanship of it all.

WaPo slams Fox News over Hunter Biden report that triggered GOP outrage

GOP had evidence disproving Biden bribery claims in 2019, top Democrat says

Why are Republicans accusing Joe and Hunter Biden of bribery?

Watch: Republican gets slapped down after calling on committee to ‘look into’ Dem’s remarks

Joe Biden and Hunter Biden have been accused of corruption, but there's good reason to be sceptical

Fact-checking Trump’s massively dishonest weekend: The President made at least 66 separate false or misleading claims in three days

Hunter Biden emails: ‘Smoking gun’ discovery or Republican disinformation?

GOP Senate report on Biden son alleges conflict of interest

Biden audio first shared by ‘Russian agent’ thrives online

Russian Allies Helping Trump Win Reelection Have A Partner In Wisconsin Republican

Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani

Giuliani Says Trump Should '100%' Investigate Biden After Expected Senate Acquittal

Joe Biden calls Iowa voter who pressed him on Ukraine a "liar," challenges him to a push-up contest

Rudy Giuliani pursued business interests in Ukraine while pushing for inquiries on Donald Trump's behalf

Trump, Ukraine And The Path To The Impeachment Inquiry: A Timeline

A Lot Of Trump's Ukraine Conspiracy Theories Come From One Right-Wing Columnist

Viktor Shokin: The inside story on Ukraine’s ‘very good’ prosecutor at centre of Trump scandal