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close Video US suspends nuclear arms treaty with Russia Russia on Saturday joined the U.S. in pulling out of a critical 32-year-old nuclear arms control treaty. The U.S. announced its withdrawal from the 1987 pact Friday, accusing Moscow of violating the ban on the use of short and medium missiles. "Our American partners announced that they are suspending their participation in the treaty, and we are suspending it too," Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday, according to the BBC. US PULLING OUT OF COLD WAR-ERA ARMS CONTROL TREATY WITH RUSSIA, POMPEO SAYS "All of our proposals in this sphere, as before, remain on the table, the doors for talks are open," he added. Earlier Saturday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told the BBC that all European allies agree with the U.S. because Russia has violated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty for a long time. “They are deploying more and more of the new nuclear-capable missiles in … [Read more...] about Russia bows out of nuclear arms pact in response to US withdrawal

close Video Rep. Stefanik: Democrats' case for impeachment is crumbling House Intelligence Committee member Elise Stefanik and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise discuss the public impeachment proceedings on 'Hannity.' House Democrats’ case for the impeachment of President Trump is “crumbling,” according to a key Republican member of the House Intelligence Committee. U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., made the claim Thursday night during an appearance on Fox News' "Hannity." She said the facts gleaned from witness testimony make clear that the Democrats' narrative that Trump tried to pressure Ukraine's president into conducting a political investigation into Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden by withholding military aid just doesn't pan out. TRUMP PRAISES REP. STEFANIK AFTER YOVANOVITCH HEARING: ‘A NEW REPUBLICAN STAR IS BORN' “Ukraine got the aid, there was no 'quid pro quo' and there was no investigation into the Bidens," … [Read more...] about Elise Stefanik says Democrats’ ‘crumbling’ impeachment inquiry ‘reeks of political desperation’

Hizb ut-Tahrir, the international Islamism group, held a rally Saturday in central London in protest of Israel’s security measures on the Temple Mount. The group – which agitates for the establishment of a global Muslim theocratic state, or Caliphate, and sharia law – has up to a million members worldwide.As an organisation, it is legal in the UK but is allegedly linked to terror and has been banned in Germany, Russia, China, Egypt, Turkey, and all but three Arab countries. Hizb ut Tahrir Britain demonstration outside Saudi Arabian Embassy London, 29th of July 2017 (Rachel Megawhat/Breitbart London) Hizb ut Tahrir Britain demonstration outside Saudi Arabian Embassy London, 29th of July 2017 (Rachel Megawhat/Breitbart London) This event, which was segregated by gender, was called ‘Stand, Struggle, and Sacrifice for Al-Aqsa’ – the mosque on Temple Mount in Jerusalem, which is the third most holy site in Islam and has been put under beefed up security … [Read more...] about Video, Pics: Extremist Hizb ut-Tahrir Islamist Group Rallies in London Against Israel

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) Good morning and welcome to Fox News First. Here's what you need to know as you start your Friday morning ... FBI employee altered key document related to surveillance of Trump adviser, DOJ inspector general says: reports  The development comes as Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told Fox News that Horowitz's comprehensive report on allegations of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant abuse against former Trump campaign aide Carter Page will be released on Dec. 9. The new evidence concerning the altered document, which was related to the FBI's FISA court warrant application to surveil Page, is expected to be outlined in Horowitz's upcoming report. Click here for more on our top story. Video Democrats could draw up four articles of impeachment against Trump, ex-NSC aide Fiona Hill clashes … [Read more...] about FBI employee altered key document in surveillance of Trump adviser, DOJ watchdog says

Iranian authorities slowly eased up their sweeping blockage of internet access on Friday, as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for Iranians to send the U.S. videos “documenting the regime’s crackdown” on protesters.“The U.S. will expose and sanction the abuses,” Pompeo tweeted early Friday, as pockets of Iran saw internet over landlines restored.Authorities have said the internet may be entirely restored soon, suggesting Iran’s government put down the demonstrations that began Nov. 15 over government-set gasoline prices rising.Amnesty International said Tuesday that protest unrest and a subsequent security crackdown killed at least 106 people. Iran disputes that figure without offering its own. A U.N. office earlier said it feared the unrest may have killed “a significant number of people.” Advertisement The jump in gasoline prices represents yet another burden on Iranians who have suffered through a painful currency collapse. … [Read more...] about Internet slowly returns to Iran; U.S. calls for videos of ‘regime’s crackdown’