A bill aimed at giving President-elect Donald Trump sweeping powers to target political foes has made significant progress in the U.S. House of Representatives. The “Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act” passed on Thursday with 219-184 votes, with 15 Democrats breaking ranks to support the Republican majority. Initi...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Senate overwhelmingly rejected Wednesday evening a trio of resolutions that would have halted three offensive arms sales to Israel in response to ongoing “atrocities” being carried out in the besieged Gaza Strip. The measures, known formally as joint resolutions of disapproval, were introduced by Indepen...
U.S. Capitol Police arrested at least 50 demonstrators during a “Free Palestine” protest inside the Hart Senate Building in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. Protesters called for a cease-fire in Gaza, as well as an end to U.S. arms sales to Israel. Israel has launched a large-scale ground operation in northern Gaza to allegedly prevent...
ISTANBUL (AA) – More than 500,000 households lost power in northwestern US states as a powerful “bomb cyclone” struck the region, bringing dangerous winds and heavy rainfall to the region. Puget Sound Energy reported 314,000 customers without electricity, while Snohomish PUD and Seattle City Light recorded 119,000 and 105,000...
President Joe Biden has urged world leaders to address worldwide hunger and poverty as global crises worsen. Addressing the G20 summit in Brazil this week, the president said Washington has invested $160 billion in global development since he assumed office Biden said global crises including the COVID-19 pandemic, spiraling wars and increasing...
HOUSTON, US (AA) – Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk had a “massive blow-up” with one of Donald Trump’s top advisors regarding the president-elect’s Cabinet selections, according to a report by Axios. The “heated discussion” apparently took place at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida last Wednesd...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen says he will support measures blocking certain offensive arms sales to Israel amid its ongoing wars on Gaza and Lebanon. Van Hollen said he has chosen to support the joint resolutions of disapproval because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly violated US laws governi...
Progressives are fiercely opposing the possibility of Rahm Emanuel becoming the next chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Reports surfaced that Emanuel, a former congressman, Chicago mayor, and President Joe Biden’s ambassador to Japan, is considering the role. Current DNC Chair Jamie Harrison is not seeking re-election. While Ema...
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has filed a lawsuit against Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell and former supervisor Marn’i Washington. The suit accuses them of civil rights violations in the aftermath of hurricanes Helene and Milton. The hurricanes, which struck Florida in late September an...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that he plans to use the US military to carry out what he has promised to be the largest mass deportation of undocumented migrants in history. Trump shared a post from right-wing foundation Judicial Watch President John Fitton, saying, “GOOD NEWS: Reports are the incoming @...
