WASHINGTON — The top-ranking Republican on a Senate committee that oversees the military is calling for a “generational investment” in America’s defense, saying aggressive and significant spending increases are necessary to deter coordinated threats from U.S. adversaries such as Russia, Iran and China. The House Armed Services Committee this month approved with near-unanimous support an $884 billion proposal for the …
The Wicker Man: The disturbing cult British classic that can't be defined Alamy Crime thriller, disturbing fantasy, or folk horror – the 1973 cult hit The Wicker Man refuses categorisation. "It changed music, art and film," wrote British Film Institute curator William Fowler in a 2013 appreciation Why I Love The Wicker Man. The finale sees Howie trapped – while …
A Senate panel voted Thursday to subpoena the chief executive officers of Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google, and Twitter Inc. to testify on a legal shield that’s key to the business models of the internet giants. Provision under fire from lawmakers The panel’s GOP chairman, Senator Roger Wicker, wants the executives to address possible changes to a law known as …
