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Tucker Carlson mocked media coverage of QAnon in his monologue on Friday Argued QAnon threat is overblown after predictions of March 4 invasion fizzled Streets of DC were quiet on Thursday despite warnings of a looming attack Carlson mocked new decoration for Guardsmen who deployed to the Capitol Presidential Inauguration Support Ribbon will go to members who participated Some 26,000 National Guard troops have deployed to Washington since January

Guard Members Who Deployed for the Inauguration Are Getting a Brand-New Award Virginia National Guard soldiers render a salute during the National Anthem at the 59th Presidential Inauguration Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C (U.S. Army National Guard/Staff Sgt. Lisa M. Sadler) 5 Mar 2021 Tens of thousands of National Guard troops who deployed to Washington, D.C., ahead of a 2021 inauguration under threat of violence are eligible for a brand-new award in recognition of their service, Military.c...

By CAITLIN M. KENNEY | STARS AND STRIPES Published: March 5, 2021 WASHINGTON — National Guard troops who deployed to the nation’s capital to provide security following the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol Building will be awarded local service ribbons, a defense official said Friday. The District of Columbia National Guard plans to award at least one of two ribbons to all soldiers and airmen who supported the security mission before, during and after the 59th presidential inauguration in recog...

Saturday, 6 February 2021, 1:29 pm Following the disappearance in Paraguay of a teenage girl and killing of two 11-year-olds, the UN human rights chief has expressed her deep concern, also noting on Friday other disturbing elements of abuse against women and girls, surrounding the cases. According to Marta Hurtado, spokesperson for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), 14-year-old Paraguayan citizen Carmen Elizabeth Oviedo Villalba, has reportedly been missing since early December. ...

“We can’t go home,” Vinicio said after getting off the bus at the El Florido border crossing, keeping an eye on his two youngest children. The girls, ages 2 and 3, were laughing and playing on a railing outside the Honduran immigration offices. Their father was wracked with stress. “We will hide out until we can leave again,” he said. Crackdowns on migrant caravans in recent years have come amid U.S. pressure on Mexico and Central American countries to stop migrants ...

U.S. airstrikes kill 3 al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia By (0) U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of U.S. Africa Command, inspects an F-35B aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island during a multi-day engagement Jan. 16-18. Photo by MC2 Michael J. Lieberknecht/AFRICOM Jan. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. forces conducted two airstrikes on al-Shabaab operatives in Somalia, killing three members of the Islamist terrorist group, U.S. Africa Command said Tuesday. No civilians were injured or k...

After the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attack over the 2020 election's results, President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president on Wednesday at noon.

NBC 6s Willard Shepard has the latest from D.C., where officials are preparing for the inauguration. The riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 8  triggered a call from Capitol police to the Pentagon for help. Each day more high fences are going up -- and troops are stationed behind them. There were always plans for the D.C. guard to be deployed in Washington for the inauguration of Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, but the Capitol riots and the threat of more violence from right...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday announced that retired Lt. General Russel Honoré will lead a review of the "security infrastructure" of Capitol Hill, following a violent riot that left five people dead earlier this month.

PNP CIDG contributed photo CALOOCAN CITY, Jan. 8 (PIA) -- Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, General Debold Sinas said on Friday said joint police and military operations resulted in the capture of a ranking official of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New Peoples Army (CPP-NPA) in Quezon City.  In a statement, Sinas said the suspect Allan Morales a.k.a. Joseph Erwin Rimando, Alvin Advincula, Budlat, and Dante Morales was arrested by members of the Criminal Investigation and Dete...