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 Alexander Ryumin/Pool via ReutersRussian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping put on the performance of a lifetime in Beijing on Thursday, playing peacemakers in the "Ukraine crisis" over a menu of peking duck and Maotai vodka even as Russian troops launch a new offensive.
In the Russian leader's first overseas trip in his fifth term as president and one of his first trips abroad since the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest, Putin gushed about Moscow's "limitless" bond with Beijing and lapped up the fanfare surrounding his arrival, saying: "I just feel right at home."
While he faces arrest if he were to set foot on the soil of many other countries, Putin was treated to a lavish ceremony at the Great Hall of the People that included a 21-gun salute, marching band, and an honor guard. Kremlin-controlled media was quick to seize on the optics of the ceremony for a flurry of reports apparently showing Putin still commands respect on the world stage.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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 Fox NewsIt didn't take long at all for some of Fox News' most-watched hosts to frame next month's debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, which was announced Wednesday morning, as unfair to the presumptive GOP nominee.
On The Ingraham Angle, Jesse Watters Primetime and Hannity, each host made a point to depict the moderators of the CNN debate, Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, in a negative light.
Laura Ingraham began by claiming the Biden campaign was in need of a "game changer," and they "hope they will get it with the help of" Tapper and Bash, two hard news anchors whose approach to broadcasting differs entirely from the Fox News model.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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