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A new political action committee backed by a major New York hedge fund and Democratic politician turned cable news commentator Bakari Sellers plans to spend more than $1 million in a bid to oust progressive second-term Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib from the U.S. House of Representatives in November’s midterm elections. Politico reports...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish security forces killed 16 PKK fighters in northern Iraq and seven in northern Syria, the country’s National Defense Ministry said Friday. The men in Iraq were killed in a raid under the Operation Claw-Lock and those in Syria were killed after they opened “harassment fire” in the areas of the Euphrates […]...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – The man who gunned down six Muslims at a Quebec City mosque will be eligible for parole after 25 years rather than 40, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday. Andre Bissonnette was 27 when he went on a killing spree, shooting six worshippers at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Quebec […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has seized two Greek oil tankers in the Persian Gulf for committing “violations.” According to reports, Greek oil tankers Prudent Warrior and Delta Poseidon have been moved to Iranian waters a few miles off the Persian Gulf coast. It came shortly after a […]...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel on Friday to conclude its inquiry into the murder of veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Blinken “underscored the importance of concluding the investigations into the death of Palestinian-American Shireen Abu Akleh” during a call with Israeli Foreign Minister ...
Progressive challenger Jamie McLeod-Skinner was officially declared the winner Friday in the Democratic primary for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, ousting right-wing incumbent and Blue Dog Coalition member Rep. Kurt Schrader, a leading obstructionist in the U.S. House. In interviews throughout the primary campaign, McLeod-Skinner d...
In the wake of Tuesday’s massacre of 21 students and staff at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, thousands of people protested angrily in Houston Friday to protest outside the National Rifle Association’s annual convention to condemn the gun lobby’s deep complicity in the nation’s mass shooting epidemic. With sign...
A new Science editorial calls on scientists to get up from “the sidelines” of the national gun control debate and debunks arguments frequently used by right-wing politicians and media personalities to reject tightening limits on firearm access. “A nation of children threatened by gun violence does not have a future,” it...
When Ohio voters head to the polls on August 2 for a special primary election, the state legislative candidates on the ballot will be running under districts deemed unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court. Ohio’s high court struck down proposed state legislative districts as illegal Republican gerrymanders on five separate occasions,...
Organizers with the Debt Collective are planning a rapid response demonstration at the White House Friday following reports that President Joe Biden has reached a decision to cancel $10,000 of student debt for some borrowers—a plan that doesn’t go as far as his campaign promise, which critics had already denounced as inadequate. While ca...
