New Book: Top US Military Leader Moved to Thwart Possible Overseas Attack

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The top U.S. military leader, fearful that former President Donald Trump could “go rogue” in the final weeks of his White House tenure, acted unilaterally to assure China that the U.S. would not launch an attack during Trump’s last days in office, according to a new book.  In two secret phone calls, General Mark Milley, chairman of the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, assured his counterpart, Chinese General Li Zuocheng of the People’s Liberation Army, that the United States would not attack, according to the account in “Peril,” a book about the last days of Trump’s presidency, by longtime Washingtonmore

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California Voters to Decide Fate of Governor Gavin Newsom in Recall Election

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Voters in the western U.S. state of California are heading to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to remove Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom in a recall election.   Newsom was joined by U.S. President Joe Biden late Monday in a final campaign rally in the southern city of Long Beach to urge Democrats to turn out in the polls and reject the recall.       “The eyes of the nation are on California,” President Biden told the crowd, “because the decision you’re going to make isn’t just going to have a huge impact on California, it’s going to reverberate aroundmore

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Biden Comes to California to Help Newsom Fight off Recall

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President Joe Biden is providing last-minute help Monday to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is only the fourth governor in U.S. history and the second in California to face a recall election. The only other time a recall election for a California governor was held, in 2003, voters removed Democratic Gov. Gray Davis and replaced him with Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger. Voting ends Tuesday in the race that could oust Newsom, a first-term Democrat, and it’s being watched ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, when control of Congress and more than half of governorships are in play. “We can show the rest of the nation that wemore

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Out West, Biden Points to Wildfires to Push for $3.5 Trillion Rebuild

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President Joe Biden on Monday used his first Western swing since taking office to hold out the wildfires burning across the region as an argument for his $3.5 trillion rebuilding plans, calling year-round fires and other extreme weather a climate change reality the nation can no longer ignore. “Even some of my less believing friends are all of a sudden having an altar call,” Biden said of those who have sought to minimize the risks posed by climate change. “They’re seeing the Lord.”  With stops in Idaho and California, Biden sought to boost support for his big rebuilding plans, saying everymore

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