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He was referring to so-called supercritical nuclear test explosions banned under the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, known as CTBT, where fissile material is compressed to start a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction that creates an explosion. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the following month that such tests would not include nuclear explosions. Shen said Beijing regrets the New START’s expiration and urged the U.S. to accept Moscow’s offer to stick to the treaty’s limits and resume nuclear talks with Russia. He said that “at this stage, China will not participate in nuclear disarmament negotiations” because its nuclear capabilities ”are not on the same scale as those of the United States or Russia.” “The U.S.’ continuous hyping up of China’s nuclear arsenal expansion is essentially aimed at shifting its own responsibility for nuclear disarmament and seeking excuses for promoting nuclear hegemony,” Shen said. Ambassador Shen Jian of China rejected what he called “false narratives and unfounded accusations by the United States,” saying that “we abide by our commitment to suspend nuclear testing.”

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Democrats, meanwhile, have zeroed in on the DOJ’s handling of the Epstein files, focusing in particular on how the department chose to redact the records, as well as the investigations into the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by immigration enforcement agents in Minnesota. Bondi said the department faced a tight timeline to review the huge number documents. Scanlon raised concerns that she believed the administration is “keeping lists of Americans who the White House says are engaged in domestic terrorism” that could include people who haven’t committed terrorist acts but simply disagree with the administration. “Do you think it would violate the domestic Emoluments Clause for the president to work out a deal from people or his subordinates under his unitary executive theory, to get money in one of these cases?” Raskin asked. Raskin noted that the president has repeatedly sued the federal government, including the suit against the IRS and Treasury Department. The ranking member pointed out to Bondi that the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause says that the president is limited to his salary in office and can’t receive any other money from the federal government while in office.

“Don’t jump in them,” Breezy Johnson, who won the gold medal in downhill skiing for Team USA on Sunday, told reporters after her race. Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. A picture surfaced the morning of Friday, Jan. 23 of Kapilovic at Central-Phenix City High School with head coach Cody Flournoy. Chris Kapilovic, who spent the first two seasons of the Kalen DeBoer era as the Crimson Tide’s offensive line coach, is leaving the program, a source confirmed to The Tuscaloosa News. Protests have broken out in Minnesota in response to Operation Metro Surge, which the Trump administration launched in December to ramp up immigration enforcement efforts in the state. “This man allegedly doxxed and called for the murder of law enforcement officers, encouraged bloodshed in the streets, and proudly claimed affiliation with the terrorist organization Antifa before going on the run,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement.

Rubio said the U.S. was “pursuing all avenues” to fulfill Trump’s “desire for a world with fewer of these awful weapons,” but insisted Washington would not stand still while Russia and China expand their nuclear forces. Beijing has balked at any restrictions on its smaller but growing nuclear arsenal, while urging the U.S. to resume nuclear talks with Russia. In his first term, Trump tried and failed to push for a three-way nuclear pact involving China.

“The journalists are not breaking the law. They are accessing the information they need to share with their audience,” Paulson said of the Minnesota case. It is much more unusual, they said, for the federal government to get involved. In video posted on her Facebook page on Jan. 30, Fort said that agents were at her door over her coverage and that she was advised by her attorney to go with them. “The First Amendment of the Constitution protects that work for me and for countless other journalists who do what I do,” Lemon told reporters outside the courthouse where he had his initial appearance, according to Politico. White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told USA TODAY on Feb. 3 that the administration “is committed to protecting all Americans’ First Amendment freedoms − whether that be worshipping in church or protesting in the streets.”

Lawmakers accused Bondi’s justice department of making improper redactions to Epstein files as she fired back. The jury found her guilty of murder, preventing a lawful burial, and perverting the course of justice after a three-week trial on Tuesday. The Trump administration said Wednesday that more than 4,000 people in the U.S. illegally were arrested as part of Operation Metro Surge. The New START treaty expired Thursday, leaving no caps on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century and fueling fears of an unconstrained nuclear arms race. “These major arrests are the result of significant investigative work, license plate reader and video technology, and extensive collaboration and assistance from our local, state, and federal law enforcement partners,” police said Tuesday.

• The US Attorney General faced lawmakers during a hearing that covered the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, among other investigations.
• “There is an old adage among lawyers,” Judge Reyes wrote.
• Yet the president also objected to Pretti being armed as federal authorities confronted him.
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“This is clearly, without question, what happened Monday in our hearing on antisemitism in America. “No member of the commission has the right to hijack a hearing for their own personal and political agenda on any issue,” Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the chair of the commission, said in a statement today. Prejean Boller, a model-turned-conservative activist, denied that Owens had ever said anything antisemitic, quoted a Bible verse that attributed the death of Jesus to Jews and pushed back against the idea that some people mask antisemitism in their criticism of Israel. A member of the federal Religious Liberty Commission has been ousted after a hearing this week that featured tense exchanges about the definition of antisemitism.

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Bondi initially pivoted to criticizing former Attorney General Merrick Garland, who served during the Biden administration, before Jayapal tried to cut her off to try to redirect her to the apology question. Bondi and Nadler then yelled over each other, and Raskin asked Jordan to stop the clock so Nadler could reclaim his time. “Your theatrics are ridiculous … Chairman Jordan, I’m not going to get into the gutter with these people.” “This has been around since the Obama administration. This administration released over 3 million pages of documents.”

There was such a lack of, honestly, humanity today,” Dani Bensky said on NBC’s “Hallie Jackson NOW.” She was specifically questioned about why released files were heavily redacted and why several https://roddenberryfoundation.org/our-work/plus-one-global-fund/1food-security/ survivors’ names were not. Several Epstein survivors and relatives were on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers grilled Bondi for over five hours about several matters, including the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein case. Six survivors of Epstein’s abuse and two members of another accuser’s family said they felt “degraded” during today’s contentious House Judiciary Committee hearing, in which Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to face them and apologize. President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One early Monday at Joint Base Andrews, Md., after returning from a trip to Florida. The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating a Clean Air Act finding from 2009 that is the basis for much of the federal government’s actions to rein in climate change.