Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he spoke with President Joe Biden, who himself ordered the downing of an unidentified object over remote Alaska on Friday.
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A U.S. military fighter jet shot down an unknown object flying off the coast of Alaska on Friday on orders from President Joe Biden, White House officials said.
The search followed the discovery last month of documents with classified markings by attorneys at the residence.
The subpoena is an aggressive step from a prosecutor who for years led the Justice Department’s public corruption section.
The quake that razed thousands of buildings was one of the deadliest worldwide in more than a decade. The 20,700 deaths have surpassed the toll from a 2011 earthquake off Fukushima, Japan, killing more than 18,400.
The statement from a senior State Department official offered the most detail to date linking China’s military to the balloon that was shot down by the U.S.
He was an eight-time Grammy winner, a prize-winning Broadway composer for “Promises, Promises” and a three-time Oscar winner.
With thousands of buildings toppled, it was not clear how many people might still be caught in the rubble.
A NASCAR spokesperson said Tuesday that the Las Vegas driver informed the sanctioning body of the incident and is not facing any punishment.
Joint Base Andrews is home to the fleet of blue and white presidential aircraft, including Air Force One.
The State of the Union address tends to have a ritual rhythm. Grand entrance. Applause. Platitudes. Policies. Appeals for Unity, real or imagined. President Joe Biden checked those boxes, and a few more.
With the damage spread over a wide area, the massive relief operation often struggled to reach devastated towns.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that the U.S. military has begun collecting debris from the balloon.
A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and neighboring Syria on Monday, killing more than 2,800 people and injuring thousands more.
Twenty of the more than 100 train cars were classified as carrying hazardous material, rail operator Norfolk Southern said.