Bush, George W
Iraqi Man Helped Plot to Kill Bush, F.B.I. Says
WASHINGTON — A man accused of being a member of the Islamic State helped plot to murder former President George W. Bush in retaliation for waging war against Iraq, the F.B.I. said on Tuesday. Law enforcement officials said they had arrested an Iraqi citizen living in Columbus, Ohio, Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab, 52, and charged […]
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Justice Thomas Says Leaked Opinion Destroyed Trust at Supreme Court
Justice Thomas said the left has adopted tactics that conservatives would not employ. “You would never visit Supreme Court justices’ houses when things didn’t go our way,” he said. “We didn’t throw temper tantrums. It is incumbent on us to always act appropriately, and not to repay tit for tat.” He added that conservatives have […]
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Indicted. Under F.B.I. Investigation. And Still Popular With Texas Republicans.
There have been signals that Mr. Paxton’s litany of controversies has tested the limits of Texas Republicans’ patience with him. Representative Chip Roy, a conservative who used to work for Mr. Paxton, called for his resignation in 2020. Along with Mr. Bush, Mr. Paxton’s primary challengers included Representative Louie Gohmert, who gave up a safe […]
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Ally, Member or Partner? NATO’s Long Dilemma Over Ukraine.
BRUSSELS — Ukraine presents NATO with a dilemma many years in the making — one the alliance, itself, helped create. In 2008, NATO — an American-led alliance explicitly created to counter the Soviet Union — promised membership to two former Soviet republics, Ukraine and Georgia, but without specifying when or how. Russia saw the offer […]
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