The following is a transcript of an interview with former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates that aired Sunday, May 22, 2022, on “Face the Nation.” The full interview transcript can be found below. MARGARET BRENNAN: You’ve said that you’ve been disappointed in Republican leaders for not standing up for traditional …
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The “Greatest Show on Earth” is making a comeback — minus animals. Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, which ceased production in 2017 after a 146-year-run, will relaunch in September 2023, owner Feld Entertainment said on Wednesday. Tickets will go on sale in April of next year for a tour that …
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Republican Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger are criticizing members of their own party in the wake of what officials are investigating as a racially-motivated mass shooting in Buffalo, New York. The alleged shooter, a white man, reportedly posted a conspiracy theory-filled white supremacist “manifesto” online prior to the attack and …
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A 60-year-old man who strangled his girlfriend died of a heart attack while burying her body in their South Carolina backyard, investigators said. Deputies found Joseph Anthony McKinnon’s body Saturday after neighbors called and reported an unconscious man in a yard in Trenton, the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office said in …
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Former Attorney General Eric Holder says Americans’ voting rights are in serious danger, and that partisan gerrymandering – especially as practiced by Republicans redrawing electoral maps to splinter Democratic bases of support – is part of the reason that our democracy is “in need of serious renovation.” Holder (who is …
Read More »Google is now letting people to remove their personal contact information — phone numbers, physical addresses and email addresses — from its search results. The Alphabet-owned search giant said on Wednesday that it is making the change to protect users from “unwanted direct contact or even physical harm.” Google said …
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The National Women’s Soccer League is embarking on its 10th season this year by welcoming two new teams to the field. One of them is Los Angeles’ Angel City Football Club, which was founded by actress Natalie Portman and is backed by a star-studded group of female investors. The club, …
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An Alabama sheriff’s office said Tuesday that escaped murder suspect Casey Cole White and missing corrections official Vicky White, who is suspected of helping him escape, had a “special relationship.” The sheriff’s office did not provide any additional information about the alleged relationship. “Investigators received information from inmates at the …
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Washington — For much of the past two years, America has been first in line for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. Now, as drugmakers develop the next generation of therapies, the White House is warning that if Congress doesn’t act urgently the U.S. will have to take a number. Already the …
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San Antonio — Fifteen migrants and another person were injured after the truck they were in rolled over following a high-speed chase with Texas deputies on Sunday, according to authorities. A deputy had pulled over the truck around 8 a.m. in Medina County, west of San Antonio, when one occupant fled …
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