President Joe Biden is losing the support of black men at an alarming rate, according to a Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/biden-trump-black-men-support-election-2024-poll-a7d9da22?mod=hp_lead_pos11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> of seven swing states.
The 2024 election <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-trailing-trump-in-six-of-seven-battleground-states-new-poll-shows" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> released last week surveyed voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, all states widely viewed as “<a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/elections/president/2024/battleground-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">toss-ups</a>” heading into November. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that one major finding in the poll showed that Biden’s support among black men in the swing states is 30 points lower than the 2020 election&#8217;s national results.
In the poll, 57% of black men supported Biden, while 30% said they backed former President Trump. This is a drastic shift from 2020 when 87% of black men voted for Biden, and only 12% voted for Trump, according to the VoteCast national poll.
The WSJ poll found that Biden’s support among black women remained high, but it was significantly lower than just four years ago. In 2020, 93% of black women across the country voted for Biden, but in the poll, Biden’s support among the demographic in the battleground states sits at 77%, while Trump’s numbers among black women were higher, from the 6% he received nationally in 2020 to 11% in the swing states poll.
Adrianne Shropshire, head of Democratic political action committee BlackPAC, told the Wall Street Journal that the apparent shift in black support away from Biden means that Democrats must revamp their 2020 strategy of reaching out to black voters.
“In this particular election, the persuasion isn’t just to vote or not to vote,” said Shropshire. “The persuasion is actually to get people to come to Biden and away from third parties and away from Trump.”
The WSJ poll also found that while black women are less likely than black men to ditch their support of Biden in favor of Trump, they are more likely to explore third-party options or stay home altogether.
Commenting on the WSJ poll results, a spokesman for the Trump campaign told WSJ, “Our coalition message to black and Hispanic communities this election is simple: If you want strong borders, safe neighborhoods, rising wages, quality jobs, school choice and the return of the strongest economy in over 60 years, then vote for Donald J. Trump.”
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Michael Bocian, a Democratic pollster who conducted the WSJ poll, said that in many election cycles, black voters at first appear cold to the Democratic nominee before coming around and voting blue in November.
“That said, Biden is further off than where we have seen Democrats in the past,” Bocian remarked.
Biden was blasted during the 2020 campaign when he said that black voters “ain’t black&#8221; if they were considering backing Trump. The Democratic candidate later <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/us/politics/joe-biden-black-breakfast-club.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apologized</a> for his comment, saying, “I shouldn’t have been such a wise guy.”

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Highly conservative new Argentinian president Javier Milei stated bluntly, “Every single state company that I can sell I will do as soon as possible.&#8221;
Milei conducted an <a href="https://www.wsj.com/video/exclusive-argentine-president-milei-says-theres-no-plan-b-for-economy/553AA5B2-E861-4942-A852-E89BF4D203CE?mod=hp_trending_now_video_pos1">exclusive interview</a> with Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker, who asked, “I want to know how long you think the Argentine people can wait to see signs that your plan is working.”
“They understand that this process can take about two years,” Milei, who promised to change the currency from the peso to the U.S. dollar and close the Central Bank, answered. “And even if there’s a warning sign, saying it is hard to bear the austerity for more than a year, the truth is that when we begin to see the way in which the data is flowing and how inflation is moving, we ourselves are surprised at the speed with which we are achieving results.&#8221;
“You were just in Davos, and your speech in Davos generated a lot of attention,” Tucker noted. “I want to know, what else do you need from your supporters beyond words? Is, for example, Argentina receiving new investments?”
“It is true that we would need investments because one of the things that happens is that when you make fiscal adjustments, you increase savings. If those savings are not paired up with investments, economic activity drops, followed by employment rates, and finally real wages,” Milei replied.
“Privatization. How quickly do you plan to move forward with your agenda?” Tucker asked.
“As fast as I can,” Milei stated. “Every single state company that I can sell I will do as soon as possible. The thing is that there are institutional restrictions.”
“Where will you start? With Aerolineas Argentas? The trains?” Tucker pressed.
“Whatever we can we will privatize. I mean, it’s not a question of naming which companies; it’s just a matter of technical constraints in terms of time,” Milei said. “In the last month, we bought $5 billion and the monetary base in Argentina is close to $8 billion, around $7.5 billion, so that if we finished cleaning up all the interest-bearing liabilities of the Central Bank, we would be able to dollarize for very little money.”
“Are you still thinking about adopting the dollar?” Tucker queried.
“In reality, we have always talked about a free competition among currencies. It’s a matter of what Argentines choose, and it is likely that at an initial moment, they will choose the dollar,” Milei asserted.
“Do you have a plan B?” Tucker asked.
“No. there is no plan B. There is no plan B to do things right. You either do things right or you do them right. Because if plan B is to start doing things halfway or compromise, that’s the story of Argentina, and that’s where we are now,” Milei told her.

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Despite the consistent refrain from the Biden administration that they have no conclusive evidence that Iran helped plan or orchestrate Hamas&#8217; murderous attack on Israel last Saturday, another report has confirmed that Iran was indeed involved in the attack.
A Hamas official had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hamas-confirms-it-received-support-from-iran-for-terror-attacks-on-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> that the organization <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hamas-confirms-it-received-support-from-iran-for-terror-attacks-on-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received support</a> from Iran for the attack, and the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-israel-hamas-strike-planning-bbe07b25" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wall Street Journal</a> confirmed that report with multiple officials and provided more details.
The publication reported on Sunday that officers of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had been working with Hamas and other Islamic terrorists in planning the attacks, which included firing thousands of rockets and invading Israel by land, sea, and air.
“Details of the operation were refined during several meetings in Beirut attended by IRGC officers and representatives of four <a href="https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/israel-hamas-gaza-rockets-attack-palestinians/card/what-is-hamas-and-why-did-it-attack-israel-cOeqKvpaH1dEs10XvbtP?mod=article_inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-type="link">Iran-backed militant groups, including Hamas</a>, which holds power in Gaza, and Hezbollah, a Shiite militant group and political faction in Lebanon, they said,” the WSJ report stated.
On Monday evening, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/10/09/iran-support-hamas-training-weapons-israel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> that Iran played a &#8220;key&#8221; role leading up to the attack. “The Palestinian militants behind the surprise weekend attack on Israel began planning the assault at least a year ago, with key support from Iranian allies who provided military training and logistical help as well as tens of millions of dollars for weapons, current and former Western and Middle Eastern intelligence officials said Monday.”
“[C]urrent and former intelligence officials said the assault bore hallmarks of Iranian support, and noted officials in Tehran have boasted publicly about the huge sums in military aid provided to Hamas in recent years,” the Post stated. “Current and former intelligence officials confirmed that Iran had provided technical help to Hamas in manufacturing the more than 4,000 rockets and armed drones launched into Israel since Saturday.”
“The amount of training, logistics, communication, personnel, and weapons required provides a massive footprint,” former CIA Senior Operations Officer Marc Polymeropoulos told the Post, pointing out that Hamas’ use of paragliders “surely required training outside of Gaza.”
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Meanwhile, Jonathan Finer, the White House’s deputy national security adviser, said on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Monday, “I think what we can be quite clear about is that Iran is broadly complicit in these attacks for having supported Hamas going back decades, for having provided financial support, for having provided training, for having provided weapons to Hamas,” but protested, “What we don’t have is direct information that shows Iranian involvement in ordering or planning the attacks that took place over the last couple of days.”
Later on Monday, U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby doubled down on Finer’s remarks, “Iran has long supported Hamas and other terrorist networks throughout the region with resources, capabilities training,” Kirby <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch/john-kirby-discusses-what-support-u-s-will-provide-amid-attacks-on-israel-194753605734" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “And so in that regard, clearly, Iran is complicit here. But in terms of specific evidence on this, on these sets of attacks — no, we don’t have anything.”
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On Monday, Deputy National Security Adviser Jonathan Finer would not confirm a Wall Street Journal report that Iran was directly involved with the barbaric attack launched against Israel by Hamas. &#8220;[W]e’re looking into it,&#8221; he said, &#8220;but we do not have the ability to corroborate it at this time.&#8221;
A Hamas official <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hamas-confirms-it-received-support-from-iran-for-terror-attacks-on-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> that the organization <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hamas-confirms-it-received-support-from-iran-for-terror-attacks-on-israel">received support</a> from Iran for the attack and the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-israel-hamas-strike-planning-bbe07b25" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wall Street Journal report</a> gave more details and confirmed the report with multiple officials.
The publication said that officers of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had been working with Hamas and other Islamic terrorists in planning the attacks, which included firing thousands of rockets and invading Israel by land, sea, and air. “Details of the operation were refined during several meetings in Beirut attended by IRGC officers and representatives of four <a href="https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/israel-hamas-gaza-rockets-attack-palestinians/card/what-is-hamas-and-why-did-it-attack-israel-cOeqKvpaH1dEs10XvbtP?mod=article_inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-type="link">Iran-backed militant groups, including Hamas</a>, which holds power in Gaza, and Hezbollah, a Shiite militant group and political faction in Lebanon, they said,” the report stated.
Finer — who <a href="https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/238818.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">served</a> as a foreign and national correspondent at The Washington Post before joining the Obama administration in 2009, where he rose to become Senior Advisor to Deputy National Security Advisor Antony Blinken, then Chief of Staff and Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State — <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/video/us-pledges-support-israel-after-deadly-surprise-attack-103827233">spoke</a> with ABC’s &#8220;Good Morning America&#8221; host George Stephanopoulos, who asked, “Can you confirm that report? Can you now confirm that Iran was behind this?”
“So taking a step back, I think what we can be quite clear about is that Iran is broadly complicit in these attacks for having supported Hamas going back decades, for having provided financial support, for having provided training, for having provided weapons to Hamas,” Finer admitted. He continued, “What we don’t have is direct information that shows Iranian involvement in ordering or planning the attacks that took place over the last couple of days. It’s something that we’re going to keep looking at closely. By the way, this is something that the Israeli government has said as well; broad complicity but no evidence of direct support although it’s something we are going to continue to watch.”
“So The Wall Street Journal report is not correct or you cannot confirm it?” Stephanopoulos pressed.
“What I can tell you is we have no direct information to confirm that report. We’ve obviously seen it; we’re looking into it, but we do not have the ability to corroborate it at this time,” Finer replied.
On Sunday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said: “We have not yet seen evidence that Iran directed or was behind this particular attack, but there is certainly a long relationship.”
Lina Khatib, director of the SOAS Middle East Institute at the University of London, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/israel-hamas-gaza-rockets-attack-palestinians/card/attack-of-this-scope-would-have-needed-months-of-planning-K4pM79bXyVFgSCNlUM3U" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>: “An attack of such scope could only have happened after months of planning and would not have happened without coordination with Iran.”
“Hamas, like Hezbollah in Lebanon, does not singlehandedly make decisions to engage in war without prior explicit agreement from Iran,” Khatib added.
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Ryan Saavedra and Tim Pearce contributed to this article.

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An IRS <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/whistleblower" target="_blank" rel="noopener">whistleblower</a> called for a special counsel to be appointed to look into the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a> criminal probe because he said the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-justice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Justice Department</a> had obstructed the investigation. 
Joseph Ziegler, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/irs-whistleblower-says-doj-waiting-to-pounce-in-retaliation-over-hunter-biden-investigation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">came forward</a> last week to testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, wrote in an <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-special-counsel-for-hunter-biden-justice-irs-tax-whistleblower-2fe10db1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opinion column</a> for the Wall Street Journal that Attorney General Merrick Garland should appoint a special counsel “so an independent reviewer can examine what I believe were deficient investigative steps and improper decisions.”
“Justice officials prevented investigators from following the evidence. Appointing a special counsel would create a path for the investigation to continue with integrity. I hope transparency will restore public confidence in the idea that every U.S. taxpayer receives equal treatment under the law. Sweetheart deals shouldn’t be handed out like candy to the rich, powerful and politically connected,” Ziegler wrote on Thursday. 
He said that Hunter Biden’s plea deal likely fell apart because the DOJ “rushed to charge the case and failed to follow standard investigative processes.”
On Wednesday, Delaware U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-plea-deal-almost-derails-after-questions-about-scope-of-deal-immunity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">put off a decision</a> on the plea deal after raising concerns about the terms of the agreement, including provisions about immunity for future prosecution. 
Republicans have taken different approaches to the question of whether a special counsel should be appointed to look into Hunter Biden and the investigation. 
“I have no confidence that Attorney General Merrick Garland would appoint an impartial special counsel,&#8221; Rep. James Comer (R-KY) <a href="https://justthenews.com/government/congress/house-and-senate-republicans-differ-special-counsel-after-hunter-biden-plea" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Just the News. &#8220;The Oversight Committee will continue our investigation into the Biden family’s influence peddling schemes to inform legislative solutions to prevent public officials and their families from abusing public office for private gain.&#8221;
Comer has been heading up the House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/timeline-of-alleged-biden-family-corruption" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigation of the Biden family</a>, and said he<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-expects-to-recommend-up-to-10-criminal-referrals-against-hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> expects to recommend</a> up to 10 criminal referrals against Hunter.
The Kentucky Republican added that Republicans in the House would continue to look into &#8220;politicization and misconduct at the Department of Justice and hold bad actors accountable.&#8221;
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Some Senate Republicans <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12194701/Senate-Republicans-demand-special-counsel-investigate-Hunter-Joe-Bidens-business-dealings.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have advocated</a> for Garland to appoint a special counsel to investigate the Biden family, specifically after one allegation that then-Vice President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alleged-5-million-to-biden-was-from-ukrainian-natural-gas-company-burisma-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accepted</a> a $5 million bribe from the Ukrainian gas company Burisma.
“Given these concerning allegations that continue to come to light with each passing day, we urge you to appoint a special counsel to investigate any wrongdoing by President Biden and his family in their business dealings,” several Republican senators, including Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) wrote to Garland last month.

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President Biden said he is “serious” about a potential prisoner exchange with Russia for Evan Gershkovich, an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal. 
During a press briefing Thursday in Helsinki, Finland, with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, Biden <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/07/13/biden-serious-on-a-prisoner-exchange-for-wsjs-evan-gershkovich/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the process for a prisoner exchange is already underway. Gershkovich has been detained in Russia <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/blinken-calls-for-immediate-release-of-american-reporter-and-paul-whelan-in-call-with-russian-counterpart" target="_blank" rel="noopener">since</a> late March, and the United States has labeled it a wrongful detention. 
&#8220;I&#8217;m serious about a prisoner exchange,&#8221; Biden said when asked for an update on Gershkovich. &#8220;I&#8217;m serious about doing all we can to free Americans who are being illegally held in Russia or anywhere else for that matter. That process is underway.&#8221;
Gershkovich was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/american-wall-street-journal-reporter-arrested-in-russia-after-being-accused-of-spying" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> in Yekaterinburg on March 29 on espionage charges. His detainment was the first arrest of an American journalist on espionage charges in Russia since 1986. Gershkovich, the U.S. government, and The Wall Street Journal all deny the charges.  
Last week, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan made similar comments on the matter, saying the U.S. has been in contact with Russia throughout the ordeal. 
“We remain in contact with Russian authorities at high levels on these cases to try to figure out a way to bring unjustly detained Americans home, including Evan,” Sullivan <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/politics/gershkovich-prisoner-exchange-biden/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “We have also made clear for months now – even before Evan was detained, as we were dealing with Paul Whelan – that we are prepared to do hard things in order to get our citizens home, including getting Evan home.” 
Whelan is a U.S. Marine veteran who has been detained in the country <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/he-would-have-gone-free-anyway-in-2029-john-kirby-responds-to-critics-of-swapping-viktor-bout-for-brittney-griner" target="_blank" rel="noopener">since</a> 2018. He’s currently serving a 16-year prison sentence in a penal colony on espionage charges, accusations which Whelan denies and the U.S. government says are baseless. 
In December, the Biden administration was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/he-would-have-gone-free-anyway-in-2029-john-kirby-responds-to-critics-of-swapping-viktor-bout-for-brittney-griner" target="_blank" rel="noopener">heavily criticized</a> when it traded Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout — known as the “Merchant of Death” — for WNBA player Britney Griner, who was arrested in February 2022. Whelan was not part of the deal. 
At the time, then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2022/12/08/mccarthy_griner_was_jailed_for_a_trumped-up_charge_but_to_exchange_her_for_merchant_of_death_makes_us_weaker.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> the trade a “big win for [Russian President Vladimir] Putin” and said that Biden “left a Marine behind.”
Last week, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/07/politics/white-house-evan-gershkovich/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that they were in contact with the U.S. on the matter, but said Russia doesn’t want details of a potential Gershkovich prisoner swap to be “discussed in public. … They must be carried out and continue in complete silence.”
Earlier this month, U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy was able to meet with Gershkovich, who <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-serious-prisoner-exchange-wsj-reporter-detained-russia-process-underway" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the journalist is in &#8220;good health&#8221; and &#8220;remains resilient despite the circumstances.&#8221;

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Social media platform <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/instagram" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> has been accused of helping to facilitate connections between a “vast pedophile network,” according to a report from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wall-street-journal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Wall Street Journal</a> and academic researchers.
The Journal, alongside researchers at Stanford University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, reported that Instagram allowed and promoted accounts that openly buy and commission “underage-sex content.”
“Instagram connects pedophiles and guides them to content sellers via recommendation systems that excel at linking those who share niche interests, the Journal and the academic researchers found,” the outlet <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/instagram-vast-pedophile-network-4ab7189" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. “The researchers found that Instagram enabled people to search explicit hashtags such as #pedowhore and #preteensex and connected them to accounts that used the terms to advertise child-sex material for sale.”
Accounts would post “menus” that offered inappropriate content, including “imagery of the minor performing sexual acts with animals,” according to researchers from the Stanford Internet Observatory. Other “menus” reportedly offered videos of children hurting themselves or “meet-ups” with kids.
“Child exploitation is a horrific crime,” said Meta, the parent company of Instagram. “We’re continuously investigating ways to actively defend against this behavior.”
The social media giant added that it had removed 27 pedophile networks, and has reportedly taken down hashtags used by pedophiles in response to the Journal’s report. Instagram also reportedly took other steps to limit the reach of abusive content.
According to the Journal, the Stanford Internet Observatory identified 405 accounts that sold “self-generated” child sex material, accounts that claimed to be operated by children.
Stanford researchers also found that there was less child sex material on Twitter than on Instagram. The material on Twitter was also taken down faster, according to Stanford researchers.
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“Instagram’s problem comes down to content-discovery features, the ways topics are recommended, and how much the platform relies on search and links between accounts,” said David Thiel, the chief technologist at the Stanford Internet Observatory. “You have to put guardrails in place for something that growth-intensive to still be nominally safe, and Instagram hasn’t.”
In one instance, an activist said that Instagram responded to a report of a post of a young girl with a sexually graphic caption that the post did not violate the platform’s guidelines. The activist also received an automated message when reporting a post captioned “This teen is ready for you pervs,” the Journal reported.
One researcher described Instagram as an “on ramp” to the world of explicit child sexual material.
“Instagram is an on ramp to places on the internet where there’s more explicit child sexual abuse,” said Brian Levine, the director of the UMass Rescue Lab.
The report has elicited a large response, including from Republican North Carolina Rep. Dan Bishop, who called on the FBI to take action.
“Where is the [FBI]? Shouldn&#8217;t heinous crimes like this be its top priority? Or are they too busy classifying concerned parents as domestic extremists to bring down the hammer on these despicable criminals?” Bishop <a href="https://twitter.com/RepDanBishop/status/1666497203626467336" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>.

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A Moscow court extended the pre-trial detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich by at least another three months after Russian authorities arrested the American journalist on espionage charges.
Gershkovich, 31, was arrested while reporting in Yekaterinburg, located in the Ural Mountains, on espionage charges back in March and could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Investigators accused Gershkovich of acting on instructions from U.S. officials by collecting state secret information involving the Russian military, which the journalist, his employer, and U.S. officials have all denied.
&#8220;By the decision of the Lefortovsky District Court of Moscow dated May 23, 2023, the term of detention in respect of Evan Gershkovich, accused of committing a crime under Article 276 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, was extended for three months and one day, that is, until August 30, 2023,&#8221; the court decision <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/evan-gershkovichs-pre-trial-detention-extended-three-months-rcna85797" target="_blank" rel="noopener">read</a>.
Russian news agency TASS <a href="https://t.me/tass_agency/193157" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Federal Security Service (FSB) investigators requested the Lefortovo Court of Moscow extend Gershkovich&#8217;s detention.
The Wall Street Journal said the outlet was &#8220;deeply disappointed&#8221; in the court&#8217;s decision.
&#8220;Today, our colleague, and distinguished journalist, Evan Gershkovich, appeared for a pre-trial hearing in a Moscow court,&#8221; the statement <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/investigators-ask-russian-court-to-extend-evan-gershkovichs-pretrial-detention-d5281ffb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">read</a>. &#8220;While we expected there would be no change to Evan&#8217;s wrongful detention, we are deeply disappointed. The accusations are demonstrably false, and we continue to demand his immediate release.&#8221;
Legal experts told the outlet that Russia&#8217;s Criminal Procedure Code could permit defendants facing espionage charges to be detained for up to 12 months before trial begins.
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told CNN that Gershkovich &#8220;shouldn&#8217;t be detained at all,&#8221; calling for Russian authorities to release the reporter immediately.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/putin-authorized-wall-street-journal-reporter-arrest-spying-charges-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">formally declared</a> last month that Russian authorities had wrongfully detained Gershkovich, giving federal officials additional resources to secure his release, including providing the State Department access to &#8220;exert pressure on Moscow, monitor intelligence, build diplomatic coalitions, exert media pressure and fight for regular consular access.&#8221;
Blinken announced the official classification, giving control to the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs at the State Department.
&#8220;Journalism is not a crime,&#8221; Vedant Patel, a State Department spokesperson, told NBC in a statement. &#8220;We condemn the Kremlin&#8217;s continued repression of independent voices in Russia and its ongoing war against the truth.&#8221;
Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly authorized Kremlin officials to arrest Gershkovich.
Sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that Putin&#8217;s arrest of the reporter marks &#8220;the growing influence of Kremlin hardliners who push for deepening a confrontation with Washington they view as irreversible.&#8221;
The Russian Foreign Ministry claimed the United States was politicizing Gershokovich&#8217;s detention, saying, &#8220;It is unacceptable for officials in Washington and the Western media to whip up a stir with the clear intention of giving this case a political coloring.&#8221;
Gershkovich became the first American journalist arrested on espionage charges since the end of the Cold War.

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Jeffrey Epstein reportedly learned that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates had an affair with a young Russian woman and later appeared to threaten to expose the tryst if Gates refused to do business with him.
The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates-affair-russian-bridge-player-8b2022ff">reported</a> that Gates met Russian bridge player Mila Antonova in 2010 when she was in her 20s and he was in his mid-50s.
Epstein met Antonova in 2013 and paid for her to attend software coding school. After she graduated, and while Epstein was trying to get Gates to join a project he was working on, Epstein reportedly sent Gates an email asking to be reimbursed for her schooling.
The amount of money the schooling cost was trivial for people as wealthy as Epstein or Gates, the report said.
Sources told the publication that the email implied that Epstein could expose the affair if Gates cut off his ties to Epstein.
&#8220;Mr. Gates met with Epstein solely for philanthropic purposes,&#8221; a spokesperson for Gates said. &#8220;Having failed repeatedly to draw Mr. Gates beyond these matters, Epstein tried unsuccessfully to leverage a past relationship to threaten Mr. Gates.&#8221;
The spokesperson said that Gates did not make the payment.
Epstein reportedly sent the message after Gates declined to join a multibillion-dollar charitable fund that he was trying to create with JPMorgan Chase that would have paid Epstein millions of dollars in fees and would help to rehabilitate his image after he pled guilty to soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution in 2008.
Gates had over a half dozen meetings scheduled with Epstein beginning in 2011 that included trips to Epstein’s private residence in New York, according to the report.
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Maybe once the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-press-corps-doesnt-realize-its-the-joke" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House Correspondents&#8217; Association</a> sleeps off its hangover from Saturday night&#8217;s soiree, one of its members can ask the Biden administration why current CIA director William Burns met with the late uber creep Jeffrey Epstein even after his 2008 conviction.
On Sunday, The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/jeffrey-epstein-calendar-cia-director-goldman-sachs-noam-chomsky-c9f6a3ff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Burns met with Epstein three times in 2014. The international sleazebag of mystery pleaded guilty in 2008 to procuring for prostitution a minor. Epstein, of course, received a sweetheart prison sentence in exchange for his plea. Everybody in America knew who this monster was in 2014.
Well, almost everybody knew who Epstein was, if Burns&#8217; alibi is to be believed.
From 2011 to 2014, Burns was the United States Deputy Secretary of State. He served under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama.  Now, a spokesperson for the public servant told The Journal that he had no idea who Epstein was during that time.
CIA spokeswoman Tammy Kupperman Thorp said in a statement to the paper, &#8220;The director did not know anything about him, other than that he was introduced as an expert in the financial services sector and offered general advice on transition to the private sector. They had no relationship.&#8221;
That doesn&#8217;t exactly exude much confidence in Burns&#8217; competence. What sort of high-ranking government official has several meetings — once in D.C.  and twice in Epstein&#8217;s New York City townhome — without running a background check on the individuals accompanying them?
Of course, rumors and conspiracy theories have long suggested that Epstein was secretly working for either the CIA itself or a foreign intelligence agency. There has been no concrete proof of that, but there hasn&#8217;t really been any solid explanation for what exactly Epstein did — and how he was able to run his &#8220;business&#8221; of pimping out underage girls to prominent individuals from around the globe for so long.
Burns, who was confirmed to the CIA in March 2021, should have to explain why he was really meeting Epstein in 2014.
Surely the lapdog media will get to the bottom of this, right? After all, they promise to &#8220;speak truth to power&#8221; on a daily basis.
We&#8217;ll hold our breath on that actually happening.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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The Wall Street Journal editorial board, which has remained the only major news publication’s editorial board that is staunchly conservative, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-florida-ron-desantis-2024-primary-d277a175?mod=hp_opin_pos_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized</a> former President Trump’s characterization of Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis’ record.
Trump issued a <a href="https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/bdcf19e1-cc6e-4fc3-8c5b-c64e4a7707ce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> last Friday in which he made various claims about DeSantis’ tenure which the Journal found untenable. “As the 2024 primaries near, Mr. Trump has suddenly decided it’s in his interest to claim that Florida is really a high-tax hellhole,” the Journal noted in an editorial published Monday, adding, “Mr. Trump knows that Gov. Ron DeSantis could be a formidable rival, and Mr. Trump will apparently say anything to trash him.”
Trump’s statement began by asserting, “The real DeSantis record is one of misery and despair. He has left a wake of destruction all across Florida.” The Journal offered this riposte: “Which is no doubt why the Governor was re-elected last year with 59.4% of the vote.”
The Journal pointed out that the Trump release utilizes Left-leaning studies as well as ESPN. “Is Mr. Trump in the habit of taking policy advice from ESPN? Or was some intern told to do a Google search for this amateur hit job?” the Journal questioned.
Noting that Trump cited a 2022 Oxfam report stating Florida was the 29th best state for workers, the Journal clarified that the scorecard “dings states” that have right-to-work laws and that the report forces Florida to lose points because it doesn’t permit “localities to implement their own minimum wage laws.”
The Journal noticed that Trump cited the Florida Policy Institute, which wants undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses. “Mr. Trump’s one-night stand with this outfit is bizarre,” the Journal commented.
Trump utilized many rankings from the website WalletHub, prompting the Journal to declare, “Not mentioned by Mr. Trump are many WalletHub rankings that put Mr. DeSantis’s state near the top. Florida has been listed as the No. 2 best state in which to retire, No. 2 for starting a business, No. 2 for fewest coronavirus restrictions, No. 2 ‘most fun’ state, No. 4 best for teachers, No. 6 for low taxes, and No. 7 for best state to live in overall.”
“Whatever WalletHub says, hundreds of thousands of Americans are moving to Florida because they think they can build better lives there,” the Journal pointed out. “The latest Census Bureau numbers <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-blue-state-exodus-census-data-red-blue-lockdowns-pandemic-florida-california-economy-progressive-11671993469?mod=article_inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">say that Florida gained</a> a net 318,855 people via migration from July 2021 to July 2022, making it the top state by far in the competition for U-Hauls. People see opportunity in Florida, and competent conservative leadership is one reason.”
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“Florida is a model of successful GOP governance, and Republicans should be arguing they can do the same for the country if voters put them in charge of Washington,” the Journal wrote. “Instead Mr. Trump is borrowing lefty tropes and sources and making the same kinds of attacks on Florida that President Biden would. Who needs Democrats with Mr. Trump around?”
“The funniest part about Mr. Trump’s effort to claim Florida is a dump?” the Journal concluded. “He still lives there. If he’s really miserable, why not relocate to one of his homes in New York or New Jersey?”

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Fox News Settles With Dominion
Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fox-settles-landmark-defamation-suit-spares-murdoch-from-witness-stand" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Tuesday that they have reached a settlement agreement just moments before opening arguments were set to begin. The deal ends a months-long legal battle in which Dominion accused Fox of spreading false information about the 2020 election, specifically relating to Dominion voting machines. Fox agreed to pay Dominion $787.5 million.
Wall Street Journal Reporter Detained In Russia
Wall Street Journal reporter <a href="https://www.wsj.com/topics/person/evan-gershkovich?mod=article_inline">Evan Gershkovich</a>, the American journalist arrested in Russia in March, was denied bail Tuesday and ordered to be held in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison as he awaits his trial. Russian authorities have accused Gershkovich of spying — a claim that both his employer and the U.S. State Department have strongly denied. The Biden administration has said that his release is a top concern and priority. Here’s U.S. Special Presidential Envoy Roger D. Carstens recently addressing the international fiasco:
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“We’ve had kind of a full court press within the State Department and the U.S. government writ large”: The U.S. has determined Russia has wrongfully detained WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich.<a href="https://twitter.com/StateSPEHA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StateSPEHA</a> says officials are working on bringing both Evan and Paul Whelan home. <a href="https://t.co/aW3PhXKSfW">pic.twitter.com/aW3PhXKSfW</a>
&mdash; CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSMornings/status/1646140113775210496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Taiwan Buying Anti-Ship Missiles
Taiwan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taiwan-prepares-for-potential-china-invasion-set-to-purchase-400-u-s-land-launched-missiles-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">will purchase roughly 400 Harpoon land-launched anti-ship missiles</a> — crafted by Boeing — as a measure of protecting its coastal zones against a potential invasion from China. Daily Wire reporter Brandon Drey has more:
<blockquote>The pending agreement comes after Congress approved a deal in 2020. Pentagon officials announced a $1.7 billion contract with Boeing earlier this month. However, the contract did not mention Taiwan as the buyer. This comes as U.S.-China tensions are high, specifically over Taiwan, the self-governed island that China claims as part of its territory. Beijing criticized the deal on Tuesday, saying that it would “undermine China’s sovereignty and security interests.”</blockquote>
Elon Warns About AI
In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk revealed he will create a third option to challenge Microsoft and Google’s artificial intelligence platforms, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-warns-of-grave-danger-that-ai-could-pose-to-humanity">warned that the technology could cause “civilizational destruction</a>” without proper guardrails.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a>: &quot;[AI] has the potential of civilizational destruction&#8230;It wouldn&#39;t quite happen like Terminator&#8230;
If we put in regulations after something terrible has happened, it may be too late to&#8230;put the regulations in place. The AI may be in control at that point.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/CZVDZDPHtk">pic.twitter.com/CZVDZDPHtk</a>
&mdash; Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1648286249453752320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Last month, Musk — who co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and then stepped down from the company’s board in 2018 — registered a firm named X.AI Corp. The move came after he and other experts called for a six-month pause on advanced AI development.
SCOTUS Hears Religious Freedom Case
A <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/supreme-court-and-doj-find-points-of-agreement-in-religious-freedom-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dispute over package delivery</a> on Sundays between a Pennsylvania postal worker and the postal service has reached the nation’s highest court and is being considered today.
Gerald Groff is a Christian and told his employer that he could not deliver packages on the Lord’s Day. Lower courts have sided with the Postal Service, saying that a demand for Sundays off meant extra work for other employees and caused tension. Groff argues employers can too easily turn down employees’ requests for religious accommodations, and if he wins, that could change.
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