The Associated Press: The US military decides not to shoot down a balloon that was flying off Hawaii

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The Associated Press: The US military decides not to shoot down a balloon that was flying off Hawaii The Associated Press reported that the US Department of Defense and the US Aviation Administration tracked a balloon that was flying off the coast of Hawaii last week, and the military took no action to shoot it down because there was no threat. "The balloon was detected for the first time by radar last Friday, and the Pacific Air Force launched three F-22s to assess the situation and visually identify a spherical object," said an official at the Department of Defense and the Department of Aviation. "We monitored the transit of the object and assessed that it did not pose any threat." "The balloon was flying at an estimated altitude of 36,000 feet (11,000 meters)," the defense official said, noting that "it did not fly over any vital defense infrastructure or sensitive sites." "After discussion and confirmation that the balloon did not pose a threat to people on the ground or to flying over Hawaii, the military took no action to shoot it down," the official said. Mark Milley: The United States does not want a war with Russia The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, said that the United States does not seek war with Russia, but is concerned about the possibility of an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine. Milley explained during an interview with "Foreign Affairs" magazine: "I think everyone is keen not to allow escalation. Russia does not want a war with NATO or the United States, and NATO and the United States do not want a war with Russia. This meets the interests of everyone, but Ukraine is also one of the It certainly does not want a war of this magnitude on its territory." Yet, in Milley's view, the risk of escalation between NATO and Russia is "very real". According to Milley: “There are serious possibilities for escalation. We are constantly making assessments of the potential for escalation after every step we or the Russians take”… “The consequences of an armed conflict between the United States and Russia or any country of NATO and Russia would be devastating for both sides. Everyone is careful not to let this happen." The White House: Biden will not negotiate the debt ceiling with the Republicans White House spokeswoman Karen Jean-Pierre announced that President Joe Biden will not "negotiate" with Republicans on raising the debt ceiling, which must be decided by the US Congress. The White House: Biden will not negotiate the debt ceiling with the RepublicansUS Treasury Secretary: The United States is threatened with defaulting on its debts To avoid the United States default. Jean-Pierre said: "This is not an issue that we will negotiate," noting that the decision is up to Congress, to avoid the country defaulting on its debts. Jean-Pierre considered that the Republican opposition should approve this increase in the debt ceiling "without conditions," while the US President offered a meeting on May 9 with Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in order for the United States to avoid a situation in which it would be unable to meet the payment of its debts in their dates. Without raising the debt ceiling, the federal government could run out of money and default on debt payments starting June 1, according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Jean-Pierre said Biden is willing to discuss "a separate process on budget cuts" but the issue of the debt ceiling will be spared. And she added, "Congress has the constitutional duty to prevent default ... Given the limited time available to Congress now, it is clear that the only practical way to avoid default is for Congress to suspend the debt ceiling limit without conditions." In addition, she said that Biden considers McCarthy's proposed spending cuts to be "unreasonable" and "dangerous". Republicans in the House of Representatives, where they have a narrow majority, have approved a proposed bill that would allow higher borrowing in exchange for deep spending cuts in a range of government programs, but the bill has almost no chance of passing in the Senate, where Democrats hold a majority of seats. The Pentagon: We seek to prevent the establishment of a military alliance between Russia and China The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, Mark Milley, announced that Washington will do everything in its power to prevent the establishment of a military alliance between Russia and China. "It is not in the interest of the United States to see the establishment of a strategic military alliance between Russia and China, and we will do everything we can to make sure that does not happen," Milley said in a statement to "Foreign Affairs" magazine on Tuesday. Milley pointed out that Washington sees signs of rapprochement between Moscow and Beijing, and intends to prevent the establishment of a "geo-strategic, political and military" alliance against the United States. He pointed out that unlike the Cold War period, when there was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, there are currently three superpowers in the world, namely the United States, Russia and China. He added that "everyone has a great capacity in terms of population, economies and military capabilities. All three countries possess large nuclear arsenals." Milley considered this "tri-polar" world to be more complex to manage. The US Army faces the problem of a shortage of recruits for military service US Secretary of the Army Christine Formott said that the United States will need more than a year to solve the problem of the shortage of draftees for military service. "It will take more than a year to rectify the situation," Formot said on Tuesday during a hearing in the US Senate. At the same time, the US Secretary indicated that the current difficulties in attracting recruits are being gradually resolved, although the goal of recruiting 65,000 recruits that was set for this year will not be possible to achieve. In January, Adam Smith, a member of the US House of Representatives, admitted that the US military is having trouble recruiting for military service. According to Smith, who previously chaired the House Armed Services Committee, the pandemic was one of the main reasons for the shortage of recruits. As Fox News wrote earlier, the US Army, in order to solve the problem of the shortage of recruits, launched an experimental training course intended for those wishing to join the army but whose physical fitness is not suitable for military service. A woman accuses Trump of sexually harassing her during his rape trial A woman named Jessica Leeds told a New York court that former US President Donald Trump sexually harassed her during a plane trip in the United States in the late 1970s. A woman accuses Trump of sexually harassing her during his rape trialTrump faces civil trial in rape and defamation cases Today, Tuesday, Jessica Leeds, now 81, recounted what she was exposed to during her testimony in the case of former American writer and journalist E. Jane Carroll, who is suing the former president for rape and defamation, while Trump denies the charges against him in a case that is only one of a series of legal procedures he faces. His candidacy for the 2024 US elections and his quest for a second term in the White House, where he spent four years between 2017 and 2021, were hampered. "Trump groped her in the business class passenger section during a trip to New York in 1978 or 1979," Leeds told Manhattan federal court. Leeds made this accusation for the first time during an interview with The New York Times before the 2016 elections that brought Trump to the presidency, since during that election campaign, about 12 women accused Trump of sexually harassing them. Leeds made her accusations publicly after Trump denied, during a debate with Hillary Clinton, the validity of the published information about his committing any sexual harassment, as Leeds commented at the time, saying: "I got angry because he was lying." And in early April, Trump appeared before the court in criminal cases related to paying money to a former porn star to buy her silence before the 2016 presidential election, which he won at Clinton's expense. Among the most prominent cases haunting the forty-fifth president of the United States are the accusations against him of exerting pressure on officials in the electoral process in the state of Georgia in 2020, in addition to an investigation regarding his handling of the White House archives. The Baden administration gives the green light to the controversial oil project in Alaska US President Joe Biden's administration has officially issued a resolution giving the green light to the massive "Willow" oil project in Alaska and an export project that environmental groups strongly oppose. The Baden administration gives the green light to the controversial oil project in AlaskaThe US government approves a controversial oil project in northern Alaska According to federal filings, the final decision by the Department of Energy (DOE) reaffirms the original 2020 approval of the project under former President Donald Trump's administration, with an amendment related to environmental protection. The $38.7 billion project, which includes an 807-mile pipeline through Alaska and an export terminal, will significantly boost US natural gas exports to Asia. The DOE decision, which prevents the venting of carbon dioxide and reaffirms previous environmental requirements, eventually allows the project developer to export LNG to non-free trade agreement countries. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved construction of the project in May 2020, years after it was first proposed in 2014. Under the proposal, the developer will build a pipeline from Alaska's natural gas-rich North Slope Borough to Cook Inlet in southern Alaska where an export facility will be built. The project will be among the only LNG export terminals anywhere in the West.

The Associated Press reported that the US Department of Defense and the US Aviation Administration tracked a balloon that was flying off the coast of Hawaii last week, and the military took no action to shoot it down because there was no threat.

"The balloon was detected for the first time by radar last Friday, and the Pacific Air Force launched three F-22s to assess the situation and visually identify a spherical object," said an official at the Department of Defense and the Department of Aviation. "We monitored the transit of the object and assessed that it did not pose any threat."

"The balloon was flying at an estimated altitude of 36,000 feet (11,000 meters)," the defense official said, noting that "it did not fly over any vital defense infrastructure or sensitive sites."

"After discussion and confirmation that the balloon did not pose a threat to people on the ground or to flying over Hawaii, the military took no action to shoot it down," the official said.


Mark Milley: The United States does not want a war with Russia

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, said that the United States does not seek war with Russia, but is concerned about the possibility of an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine.

Milley explained during an interview with "Foreign Affairs" magazine: "I think everyone is keen not to allow escalation. Russia does not want a war with NATO or the United States, and NATO and the United States do not want a war with Russia. This meets the interests of everyone, but Ukraine is also one of the It certainly does not want a war of this magnitude on its territory."

Yet, in Milley's view, the risk of escalation between NATO and Russia is "very real".

According to Milley: “There are serious possibilities for escalation. We are constantly making assessments of the potential for escalation after every step we or the Russians take”.  “The consequences of an armed conflict between the United States and Russia or any country of NATO and Russia would be devastating for both sides. Everyone is careful not to let this happen."


The White House: Biden will not negotiate the debt ceiling with the Republicans

White House spokeswoman Karen Jean-Pierre announced that President Joe Biden will not "negotiate" with Republicans on raising the debt ceiling, which must be decided by the US Congress.

The White House: Biden will not negotiate the debt ceiling with the RepublicansUS Treasury Secretary: The United States is threatened with defaulting on its debts

To avoid the United States default.

Jean-Pierre said: "This is not an issue that we will negotiate," noting that the decision is up to Congress, to avoid the country defaulting on its debts.

Jean-Pierre considered that the Republican opposition should approve this increase in the debt ceiling "without conditions," while the US President offered a meeting on May 9 with Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in order for the United States to avoid a situation in which it would be unable to meet the payment of its debts in their dates.

Without raising the debt ceiling, the federal government could run out of money and default on debt payments starting June 1, according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. 

Jean-Pierre said Biden is willing to discuss "a separate process on budget cuts" but the issue of the debt ceiling will be spared.

And she added, "Congress has the constitutional duty to prevent default ... Given the limited time available to Congress now, it is clear that the only practical way to avoid default is for Congress to suspend the debt ceiling limit without conditions." 

In addition, she said that Biden considers McCarthy's proposed spending cuts to be "unreasonable" and "dangerous".

Republicans in the House of Representatives, where they have a narrow majority, have approved a proposed bill that would allow higher borrowing in exchange for deep spending cuts in a range of government programs, but the bill has almost no chance of passing in the Senate, where Democrats hold a majority of seats.



The Associated Press: The US military decides not to shoot down a balloon that was flying off Hawaii The Associated Press reported that the US Department of Defense and the US Aviation Administration tracked a balloon that was flying off the coast of Hawaii last week, and the military took no action to shoot it down because there was no threat. "The balloon was detected for the first time by radar last Friday, and the Pacific Air Force launched three F-22s to assess the situation and visually identify a spherical object," said an official at the Department of Defense and the Department of Aviation. "We monitored the transit of the object and assessed that it did not pose any threat." "The balloon was flying at an estimated altitude of 36,000 feet (11,000 meters)," the defense official said, noting that "it did not fly over any vital defense infrastructure or sensitive sites." "After discussion and confirmation that the balloon did not pose a threat to people on the ground or to flying over Hawaii, the military took no action to shoot it down," the official said. Mark Milley: The United States does not want a war with Russia The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, said that the United States does not seek war with Russia, but is concerned about the possibility of an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine. Milley explained during an interview with "Foreign Affairs" magazine: "I think everyone is keen not to allow escalation. Russia does not want a war with NATO or the United States, and NATO and the United States do not want a war with Russia. This meets the interests of everyone, but Ukraine is also one of the It certainly does not want a war of this magnitude on its territory." Yet, in Milley's view, the risk of escalation between NATO and Russia is "very real". According to Milley: “There are serious possibilities for escalation. We are constantly making assessments of the potential for escalation after every step we or the Russians take”… “The consequences of an armed conflict between the United States and Russia or any country of NATO and Russia would be devastating for both sides. Everyone is careful not to let this happen." The White House: Biden will not negotiate the debt ceiling with the Republicans White House spokeswoman Karen Jean-Pierre announced that President Joe Biden will not "negotiate" with Republicans on raising the debt ceiling, which must be decided by the US Congress. The White House: Biden will not negotiate the debt ceiling with the RepublicansUS Treasury Secretary: The United States is threatened with defaulting on its debts To avoid the United States default. Jean-Pierre said: "This is not an issue that we will negotiate," noting that the decision is up to Congress, to avoid the country defaulting on its debts. Jean-Pierre considered that the Republican opposition should approve this increase in the debt ceiling "without conditions," while the US President offered a meeting on May 9 with Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in order for the United States to avoid a situation in which it would be unable to meet the payment of its debts in their dates. Without raising the debt ceiling, the federal government could run out of money and default on debt payments starting June 1, according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Jean-Pierre said Biden is willing to discuss "a separate process on budget cuts" but the issue of the debt ceiling will be spared. And she added, "Congress has the constitutional duty to prevent default ... Given the limited time available to Congress now, it is clear that the only practical way to avoid default is for Congress to suspend the debt ceiling limit without conditions." In addition, she said that Biden considers McCarthy's proposed spending cuts to be "unreasonable" and "dangerous". Republicans in the House of Representatives, where they have a narrow majority, have approved a proposed bill that would allow higher borrowing in exchange for deep spending cuts in a range of government programs, but the bill has almost no chance of passing in the Senate, where Democrats hold a majority of seats. The Pentagon: We seek to prevent the establishment of a military alliance between Russia and China The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, Mark Milley, announced that Washington will do everything in its power to prevent the establishment of a military alliance between Russia and China. "It is not in the interest of the United States to see the establishment of a strategic military alliance between Russia and China, and we will do everything we can to make sure that does not happen," Milley said in a statement to "Foreign Affairs" magazine on Tuesday. Milley pointed out that Washington sees signs of rapprochement between Moscow and Beijing, and intends to prevent the establishment of a "geo-strategic, political and military" alliance against the United States. He pointed out that unlike the Cold War period, when there was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, there are currently three superpowers in the world, namely the United States, Russia and China. He added that "everyone has a great capacity in terms of population, economies and military capabilities. All three countries possess large nuclear arsenals." Milley considered this "tri-polar" world to be more complex to manage. The US Army faces the problem of a shortage of recruits for military service US Secretary of the Army Christine Formott said that the United States will need more than a year to solve the problem of the shortage of draftees for military service. "It will take more than a year to rectify the situation," Formot said on Tuesday during a hearing in the US Senate. At the same time, the US Secretary indicated that the current difficulties in attracting recruits are being gradually resolved, although the goal of recruiting 65,000 recruits that was set for this year will not be possible to achieve. In January, Adam Smith, a member of the US House of Representatives, admitted that the US military is having trouble recruiting for military service. According to Smith, who previously chaired the House Armed Services Committee, the pandemic was one of the main reasons for the shortage of recruits. As Fox News wrote earlier, the US Army, in order to solve the problem of the shortage of recruits, launched an experimental training course intended for those wishing to join the army but whose physical fitness is not suitable for military service. A woman accuses Trump of sexually harassing her during his rape trial A woman named Jessica Leeds told a New York court that former US President Donald Trump sexually harassed her during a plane trip in the United States in the late 1970s. A woman accuses Trump of sexually harassing her during his rape trialTrump faces civil trial in rape and defamation cases Today, Tuesday, Jessica Leeds, now 81, recounted what she was exposed to during her testimony in the case of former American writer and journalist E. Jane Carroll, who is suing the former president for rape and defamation, while Trump denies the charges against him in a case that is only one of a series of legal procedures he faces. His candidacy for the 2024 US elections and his quest for a second term in the White House, where he spent four years between 2017 and 2021, were hampered. "Trump groped her in the business class passenger section during a trip to New York in 1978 or 1979," Leeds told Manhattan federal court. Leeds made this accusation for the first time during an interview with The New York Times before the 2016 elections that brought Trump to the presidency, since during that election campaign, about 12 women accused Trump of sexually harassing them. Leeds made her accusations publicly after Trump denied, during a debate with Hillary Clinton, the validity of the published information about his committing any sexual harassment, as Leeds commented at the time, saying: "I got angry because he was lying." And in early April, Trump appeared before the court in criminal cases related to paying money to a former porn star to buy her silence before the 2016 presidential election, which he won at Clinton's expense. Among the most prominent cases haunting the forty-fifth president of the United States are the accusations against him of exerting pressure on officials in the electoral process in the state of Georgia in 2020, in addition to an investigation regarding his handling of the White House archives. The Baden administration gives the green light to the controversial oil project in Alaska US President Joe Biden's administration has officially issued a resolution giving the green light to the massive "Willow" oil project in Alaska and an export project that environmental groups strongly oppose. The Baden administration gives the green light to the controversial oil project in AlaskaThe US government approves a controversial oil project in northern Alaska According to federal filings, the final decision by the Department of Energy (DOE) reaffirms the original 2020 approval of the project under former President Donald Trump's administration, with an amendment related to environmental protection. The $38.7 billion project, which includes an 807-mile pipeline through Alaska and an export terminal, will significantly boost US natural gas exports to Asia. The DOE decision, which prevents the venting of carbon dioxide and reaffirms previous environmental requirements, eventually allows the project developer to export LNG to non-free trade agreement countries. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved construction of the project in May 2020, years after it was first proposed in 2014. Under the proposal, the developer will build a pipeline from Alaska's natural gas-rich North Slope Borough to Cook Inlet in southern Alaska where an export facility will be built. The project will be among the only LNG export terminals anywhere in the West.

The Pentagon: We seek to prevent the establishment of a military alliance between Russia and China

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, Mark Milley, announced that Washington will do everything in its power to prevent the establishment of a military alliance between Russia and China.

"It is not in the interest of the United States to see the establishment of a strategic military alliance between Russia and China, and we will do everything we can to make sure that does not happen," Milley said in a statement to "Foreign Affairs" magazine on Tuesday.

Milley pointed out that Washington sees signs of rapprochement between Moscow and Beijing, and intends to prevent the establishment of a "geo-strategic, political and military" alliance against the United States.

He pointed out that unlike the Cold War period, when there was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, there are currently three superpowers in the world, namely the United States, Russia and China.

He added that "everyone has a great capacity in terms of population, economies and military capabilities. All three countries possess large nuclear arsenals."

Milley considered this "tri-polar" world to be more complex to manage.



The US Army faces the problem of a shortage of recruits for military service

US Secretary of the Army Christine Formott said that the United States will need more than a year to solve the problem of the shortage of draftees for military service.

"It will take more than a year to rectify the situation," Formot said on Tuesday during a hearing in the US Senate.

At the same time, the US Secretary indicated that the current difficulties in attracting recruits are being gradually resolved, although the goal of recruiting 65,000 recruits that was set for this year will not be possible to achieve.

In January, Adam Smith, a member of the US House of Representatives, admitted that the US military is having trouble recruiting for military service. According to Smith, who previously chaired the House Armed Services Committee, the pandemic was one of the main reasons for the shortage of recruits.

As Fox News wrote earlier, the US Army, in order to solve the problem of the shortage of recruits, launched an experimental training course intended for those wishing to join the army but whose physical fitness is not suitable for military service.


A woman accuses Trump of sexually harassing her during his rape trial

A woman named Jessica Leeds told a New York court that former US President Donald Trump sexually harassed her during a plane trip in the United States in the late 1970s.

A woman accuses Trump of sexually harassing her during his rape trialTrump faces civil trial in rape and defamation cases
Today, Tuesday, Jessica Leeds, now 81, recounted what she was exposed to during her testimony in the case of former American writer and journalist E. Jane Carroll, who is suing the former president for rape and defamation, while Trump denies the charges against him in a case that is only one of a series of legal procedures he faces. His candidacy for the 2024 US elections and his quest for a second term in the White House, where he spent four years between 2017 and 2021, were hampered.

"Trump groped her in the business class passenger section during a trip to New York in 1978 or 1979," Leeds told Manhattan federal court.

Leeds made this accusation for the first time during an interview with The New York Times before the 2016 elections that brought Trump to the presidency, since during that election campaign, about 12 women accused Trump of sexually harassing them.

Leeds made her accusations publicly after Trump denied, during a debate with Hillary Clinton, the validity of the published information about his committing any sexual harassment, as Leeds commented at the time, saying: "I got angry because he was lying."

And in early April, Trump appeared before the court in criminal cases related to paying money to a former porn star to buy her silence before the 2016 presidential election, which he won at Clinton's expense.

Among the most prominent cases haunting the forty-fifth president of the United States are the accusations against him of exerting pressure on officials in the electoral process in the state of Georgia in 2020, in addition to an investigation regarding his handling of the White House archives.


The Baden administration gives the green light to the controversial oil project in Alaska

US President Joe Biden's administration has officially issued a resolution giving the green light to the massive "Willow" oil project in Alaska and an export project that environmental groups strongly oppose.

The Baden administration gives the green light to the controversial oil project in AlaskaThe US government approves a controversial oil project in northern Alaska
According to federal filings, the final decision by the Department of Energy (DOE) reaffirms the original 2020 approval of the project under former President Donald Trump's administration, with an amendment related to environmental protection.

The $38.7 billion project, which includes an 807-mile pipeline through Alaska and an export terminal, will significantly boost US natural gas exports to Asia.

The DOE decision, which prevents the venting of carbon dioxide and reaffirms previous environmental requirements, eventually allows the project developer to export LNG to non-free trade agreement countries.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved construction of the project in May 2020, years after it was first proposed in 2014.

Under the proposal, the developer will build a pipeline from Alaska's natural gas-rich North Slope Borough to Cook Inlet in southern Alaska where an export facility will be built. The project will be among the only LNG export terminals anywhere in the West.
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