Vladimir Putin has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to Moscow for a three-day state visit beginning March 20. The visit is seen as a show of support from Putin's biggest ally and is expected to be a major event with plenty of glad-handing and champagne toasts. The two leaders will discuss economic cooperation, military aid, and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, and are expected to sign important documents that will deepen relations and solidify economic cooperation.
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Former President Donald Trump has suggested that he will be arrested on Tuesday on charges relating to a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. NBC News reported that law enforcement agencies are prepping for a possible Trump indictment, and his lawyer Joe Tacopina has confirmed that Trump would surrender without complication if indicted. Trump has called on his supporters to "protest, take our nation back" in what some commentators have interpreted as a call to violence.
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has signed a bill prohibiting abortion pills in the state, allowing a separate measure restricting abortion to become law without his signature. This is the latest in a series of state-level restrictions on abortion access, with the Governor expressing concern that the issue should be decided as soon as possible with a vote of the people. His decision follows a federal judge in Texas raising questions about a Christian group's effort to overturn the decades-old U.S. approval of a leading abortion drug.
Law enforcement and security agencies are preparing for the possibility of former President Donald Trump being indicted as early as next week, due to an alleged hush money payment to Stormy Daniels. Joe Tacopina, Trump's attorney, has confirmed that he would concede to authorities without complication if Trump is indicted. If the grand jury decides to indict Trump, law enforcement agencies will follow normal procedure.
A new report released by the House Oversight Committee has revealed that the White House under former President Donald Trump failed to report over 100 gifts given to him and his family by foreign governments between 2017 and 2020, valued at over $300,000. These gifts, which included a painting from the president of El Salvador and golf clubs from the prime minister of Japan, remain unaccounted for and have prompted the Biden administration to push for more transparency and accountability. The report’s authors have called for further investigation into the matter to ensure that all gifts from foreign governments are properly reported and accounted for.
This filing from the Capitol Police's general counsel Thomas DiBiase reveals that only one of the more than 40 clips aired by Fox News' Tucker Carlson was approved beforehand. The filing also states that the Capitol Police had not been informed that the surveillance video would be passed on to Carlson, and that House Republicans had ignored requests from the Capitol Police to review and approve any Jan. 6 security footage that would be made public. This highlights the need for transparency and accountability when it comes to the media's access to sensitive information.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has suggested that the fentanyl overdose crisis in the United States is caused by a lack of family support, attributing the problem to a breakdown of family values. His comments have sparked a debate about the role of family in the opioid crisis, with some agreeing with his assessment and others arguing that the crisis is too complex to be attributed to a single cause. 70,000 overdose deaths per year in the United States have been blamed on the synthetic opioid, which is trafficked by Mexican cartels.
Thousands of French citizens took to the streets in protest on Thursday evening in response to President Emmanuel Macron's decision to pass pension reforms without a vote from the lower house. Polling from IFOP shows that the majority of French citizens find the decision unjustified, and protests have broken out in Paris and other cities. Smoke was seen rising early Friday over Gare du Lyon, a busy rail station in Paris, as the government faces increasing pressure to abandon the reforms.