Treacherous migration route through Panama to shut down under newly elected president
The incoming president of Panama has vowed to make big changes to help alleviate the U.S. border crisis. President-elect Jose Raul Mulino vowed to shut down a crucial migration gap through Panama that has been used by more than 500,000 migrants over the last year, signaling a shift in the country’s policy as the U.S. Read More
Trump team fires back at Biden campaign’s Mother’s Day video: ‘Sad, miserable, cowardly existence’
The Biden campaign is using Mother’s Day to cirticize former President Donald Trump in a new campaign video, urging Americans to “Stop Trump.” “Happy Mother’s Day. At the Biden campaign, we are asking Americans to do the moms in their lives a favor. Stop Trump,” the Biden campaign wrote in a press release. In the Read More
US offers Israel intel on Hamas leaders for pledge to hold back on Rafah
The Biden administration has been in tense talks with Israel in a bid to avoid a full-scale invasion of Rafah, the last city in Gaza to be spared the Israeli military’s offensive campaign. The U.S. has offered Israel sensitive intelligence and supplies if the country agrees to scale back a planned invasion of Rafah, according Read More
How the US State Department shields Israel from sanctions
Inside the labyrinth of the State Department’s mechanisms that allow the flow of weapons to Israel, despite violations. Over the years, the United States government has been creating special mechanisms to shield Israel from sanctions designed to punish countries for human rights abuses. President Joe Biden has paused a weapons shipment to Israel and acknowledged Read More
Week in pictures: From Brazil floods to spectacular northern lights
[unable to retrieve full-text content] A look at of some of last week’s events.
At least 6 killed in Belgorod building collapse, Russia says
Russian regional governor accuses Ukraine of shelling residential building in Belgorod city, near the border with Ukraine. At least six people have been killed and 20 others injured after a building collapsed in the Russian border city of Belgorod, according to Russian officials. A video released by the Russian Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Read More
JD Vance slams NY v. Trump trial as Dem effort to distract that the ‘world is on fire’ under Biden
Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance summed up the ongoing NY v. Trump trial as a Democratic effort to distract that “the world is on fire” under the Biden administration. “This is about the fact that President Joe Biden has a failed record as commander in chief and leader of this country, and the Democrats can’t talk Read More
Bernie Sanders says Israel shouldn’t receive ‘another nickel’ in US military aid after State Dept. report
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, said Israel shouldn’t receive “another nickel” in U.S. military aid despite the findings of a recent State Department report. “Any objective observer knows Israel has broken international law, it has broken American law, and in my view, Israel should not be receiving another nickel in U.S. military aid,” Sanders Read More
Netanyahu’s legacy could be ‘a break’ in relationship between US and Israel, Democratic senator says
The legacy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may be at a crossroads, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said Sunday, as Israel looks to launch a direct assault on the Hamas stronghold of Rafah. Coons appeared on ABC’s “This Week” and said he hopes Netanyahu is thinking about his legacy after President Biden threatened to withhold Read More
Massive Trump beach rally in deep blue NJ draws stark contrast to Biden’s beach weekend: ‘Biden could never’
Critics of President Biden are lambasting his beach vacation in Delaware, while contrasting the Mother’s Day weekend getaway to former President Trump’s massive rally in the historically blue state of New Jersey on Saturday. “Supporters camped out overnight at the beach for a Trump rally that starts at 5PM today in Wildwood. Joe Biden can’t Read More