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‘What the hell is a Blizzard?’: Trump reveals he’s never been to a Dairy Queen Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email to receive exclusive US coverage and analysis delivered to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email A former Trump administration official has made shocking new claims about Donald Trump’s time in the White House. In his new book “Blowback,” former Trump administration official Miles Taylor claimed that Mr. Trump wanted to “tap the phones” of White House aides he suspected of leaking in 2018. The idea quickly shut down White House Chief of Staff John. Kelly…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to support Sweden’s bid to join NATO, the alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday. Stoltenberg tweeted that Erdogan met with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and reached an agreement on Sweden’s NATO membership, hours after Erdogan said the European Union should consider his country’s admission first in the EU. At a news conference on Monday, Stoltenberg said Erdogan intends to present the ratification documents to the Turkish parliament “as soon as possible,” but declined to provide “exact dates.” He added: “And then of course it’s up to parliament … to have…

Zelensky accompanies Azovstal commanders back to Ukraine For free real-time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox, sign up for our breaking news emails Sign up to our free emails for breaking news Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Wagner’s mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin and his commanders just five days after the aborted mutiny and pledged loyalty to his regime, the Kremlin said. The three-hour meeting took place on June 29, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said yesterday, in a likely attempt to portray a return to normalcy in ties between the two men who clashed in the military’s most…

Kourtney Kardashian is pregnant again. The mother-of-three announced she was expecting her fourth child with a handmade poster that showed her husband Travis Barker performing on stage. This will be her first child with Barker. Kardashian, 44, she shared a video of herself holding the sign and jumping into the audience on his Instagram page. Barker, 47, also shared the video. An Instagram video shared on Kardashian’s story shows Barker, the drummer for the band Blink-182, walking off stage to meet her in the audience and hug her. The simple sign read “Travis I’m Pregnant” in black capitals and appeared…

Microsoft will include Azure-related roles in its recently announced reduction of 10,000 employees, according to the report of The information. Today, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirmed rumors of layoffs, saying the company will incur $1.2 billion in costs related to downsizing. This move by the cloud service provider (CSP) giant aligns with signs of slowing demand for cloud services, as evidenced by a downgrade by UBS, competitors such as AWS reporting slower growth and strong reviews of cloud service pricing. While most price criticism is reserved for AWS, Azure’s main competitor, Azure, has at times been linked to such complaints….

The president heads to Africa a month after a three-country trip to Latin America. Tehran, Iran – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has embarked on his first tour of Africa, which Tehran wants to use to expand political and economic relations across the continent. Raisi left Tehran on Tuesday for a trip that will take him to Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe in the first by an Iranian president to Africa in 11 years. On Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani told reporters that Africa was a “continent of opportunity” that wants to engage with Iran and Tehran is eager to reciprocate….

CNN — President Joe Biden has already secured a powerful delivery from his trip to Europe: one that will weaken Russia’s strategic position in another damaging fallout from its invasion of Ukraine. Turkey’s lifting of its blockade of Sweden’s entry into NATO was a significant and surprising move on the eve of the NATO summit in Lithuania. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recall came hours after he warned that Sweden would be out in the cold until Turkey gained membership of the European Union. Once Sweden finally joins NATO, it will bolster Biden’s reputation as an American leader who revitalized and…

PARKERSBURG – A member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from Wood County has the most contributions so far among those running as pre-candidates, according to second-quarter financial disclosures filed with the Secretary of State. Delegate Vernon Criss, R-12th, reported a final balance of $14,414 from an excess fund transfer. The returns for the second quarter of 2023 were due on Friday. The pre-candidacy allows you to raise funds without committing to run for the intended position. The filing period for the 2024 election is in January. Criss filed to run for District 12 in April. He is president…