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The hearing began with the president’s son apparently surprising Republicans by appearing for the hearing as Rep. James Comer (R-KY) was eager to attack him for contempt for refusing to appear.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-NC) was so caught on the hop that her prepared remarks had her accusing theΒ youngerΒ Biden of not “having the balls” to appear β despite him sitting before the committee.
U.S. Central Command announced a Massive Attack by the Houthi Terrorist Group towards International Shipping Lanes in the Red Sea today, with at least 18 One-Way βSuicideβ Drones, 2 Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles, and 1 Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile launched from Yemen.
Former Polish interior minister Mariusz Kaminski and his deputy Maciej Wonsik have been arrested and are facing prison over accusations of abuse of power. The detention of the two Law and Justice party (PiS) MPs has sparked outrage among the Polish opposition, which has described them as βpolitical prisoners.β
The two politicians were arrested by police on Tuesday while they were staying at the presidential palace of Polish President Andrzej Duda. The two MPs were waiting to meet with Duda, who had not yet returned to the palace when police entered the building.
The arrest stems from a case that was brought against Kaminski and Wonsik back in 2015, when a court sentenced them to three-and-a-half years in prison for abuse of power. However, before the courtβs verdict took legal effect, President Duda pardoned them and the sentence was annulled.Β
Top security actors, including Swedish Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin and the countryβs Commander-in-Chief, Micael BydΓ©n, agree that Sweden could soon be facing a war and called for increased resilience, including among the civilian population.
As Sweden is expected to join NATO in 2024 and the broader context of Russiaβs war in Ukraine, Swedenβs Civil Defence Minister, Carl-Oskar Bohlin, urged his fellow citizens to prepare for war at the Folk och FΓΆrsvar conference in SΓ€len.
Bohlin expressed concern that the modernisation of the Swedish civil defence system was not happening fast enough and urged everyone, from managers and local councillors to private citizens, to take action.
The unrest came as authorities raided prisons in search of weapons and in an effort to disperse gang members to different facilities. During Sunday’s search of the Guayaquil prison, law enforcement officials failed to find the leader of the Los Choneros gang, Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar.
Ecuadorian Armed Forces Joint Command chief RADM Jaime Vela Eraso on Tuesday, following a security council meeting, declared 22 criminal groups operating in the country as a “military target” and said there would be no negotiations with them.
