Xi Warns Trump That Differences Over Taiwan Could Lead to ‘Clashes and Conflicts’ Between the US and China

Times Square Stabbing Victim Was Bank of America VP One of the two victims of a Midtown Manhattan stabbing yesterday has been identified as a vice president in Bank of America's global corporate and investment bank division, the WSJ reports.  Erin Piacenti, 32, of New Jersey was in Times Square when an unhinged woman armed with knives attacked both Piacenti and a man shortly after 4:20 p.m. "We are shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic loss of our colleague. She was a valued teammate who will be greatly missed," a BofA spokesman said. "Our...

Chief Justice Roberts Has No Spine Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, He’s a judicial pimp who pragmatically defends the Establishment’s bottom line. I do not like Chief Justice John Roberts.  I think his loyalties lie more with defending the entrenched powers of the political Establishment than with defending the Constitution of the United States.  I find his jurisprudence squishy.  Although his decisions could be described as advancing, more often than not, conservative viewpoints, Roberts does not seem to have a consistent philosophy guiding his opinions. Roberts is a pragmatist.  He surveys the mood of the country and...

Kuwait Holds American Journalist After Reporting On 'Friendly Fire' Shootdown Incident Authored by Chris Hedges via Consortium News Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, a fearless Palestinian-American journalist (he's an American-born Kuwaiti of Palestinian descent) whose writing and reports are defined by unparalleled integrity, depth and eloquence, was arrested on March 3rd in Kuwait. He is charged with spreading false information and harming national security. His arrest took place following his reporting of the shooting down of three U.S. fighter planes by the Kuwaiti military in an act of friendly fire during the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. Ahmed, along...