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Culture 3 months The U.S. Space Force, Americas newest military branch, made headlines on Friday with the news that its members will henceforth be known as "Guardians." The name, whose selection caps off a process that lasted a year, officially owes its existence to an Air Force motto from 1983: "Guardians of the High Frontier." (The Space Force is technically a part of the USAF.)  But unofficially, nerds for Marvel Comics and the video game Destiny alike see a somewhat different connection....

Biden’s internationalism The writer is a former caretaker finance minister and served as vice-president at the World Bank From what he said during his presidential campaign and what can be discerned from the background and beliefs of the people who will be in his cabinet and staff important positions in the White House, President-elect Joe Biden would be an internationalist in managing his country’s relations with the world outside. He will not have America work alone but will be looking f...

Members of the US Space Force will be known as "guardians", it was announced on the military services first birthday. US Vice President Mike Pence said: "It is my honour, on behalf of the president of the United States, to announce that henceforth the men and women of the United States Space Force will be known as guardians. "Soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and guardians will be defending our nation for generations to come." The announcement drew a quick response on social media, much of it ...

In March 2016 as Donald Trump looked likely to be the Republican party’s nominee to run for president, more than 100 foreign policy professionals signed a letter vowing not only that they wouldn’t work for him should he become president but that they would work ‘energetically’ to prevent his election. As the months wore on, the light in which the signatories appeared often shifted. Once Trump became the nominee, and then the President, these representatives of the ‘national se...

Space Force Personnel Get New Name: Guardians Slate 12/19/2020 Daniel Politi © Provided by Slate Space Force Senior Enlisted Advisor CMSgt Roger Towberman, with President Donald Trump, presents the Space Force Flag on May 15, 2020, in the Oval Office of the White House. MANDEL NGAN/Getty Images Members of the United States Space Force finally have an official name. From now on, members of the force that President Donald Trump created will be known as guardians, Vice Preside...

© Getty Images "Guardians of the Galaxy" trended on social media Friday night after Vice President Pence announced that U.S. Space Force members will be called "guardians." In pursuit of the perfect name for members of the new military branch, the United States Space Force evaluated "hundreds of submissions" made by both professional researchers and the general public. Today, after a yearlong process that produced hundreds of submissions and research involving space professionals and members ...

A lot of powerful people have a lot to be embarrassed about. Last week, President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team released a statement acknowledging the existence of an investigation under the Delaware U.S. attorney’s office probing Hunter Biden’s tax affairs. The investigation joins a broader probe examining Hunter’s finances underway by the securities fraud unit in the Southern District of New York, reported by Politico, and another targeting James Biden, Joe Biden’s brother, in P...

It is quickly becoming an amusing dose of karma that the loudmouthed and acerbic crowd of GOP purists who boldly declared they hated President Trump now find themselves bereft of a home after they have gotten their way. This cabal of cranks has spent years declaring themselves the noble warriors battling a scourge against their ideals, and now that the election result they insisted upon has been delivered they are encountering a problem.  Nobody wants them. When former RNC chairman and current...

This article has been corrected to show Richard Fishers name and correctly state Melissa Francis previous speaking engagements.  The University of North Texas spent at least $691,095 to bring 14 different speakers to its Kuehne Speaker Series over the past seven years. Speakers have included business magnates, Fox News personalities, military officers, authors, celebrity lawyers and members of President Donald Trump’s inner circle. The series is funded by private donors and sponsorships...

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