Saudi Arabia may be banking on Donald Trump’s return to the presidency. The oil-rich nation has refused to help punish Russia for invading Ukraine. It has also placed $2 billion in an untested investment fund run by Trump’s son-in-law and former senior advisor Jared Kushner. The Biden administration has been looking for ways to reassure [&hel...
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts delivered a sharp warning to members of her party on Sunday: “If we don’t get up and deliver, then I believe that Democrats are going to lose.” Warren’s remarks to CNN came months out from the 2022 midterms, elections that will determine whether Democrats maintain contro...
On a day billed as “Solidarity Sunday,” Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez visited Amazon workers in New York City less than 24 hours before they start casting ballots on whether to form a union. Voting at Amazon’s 1,500-employee LDJ5 facility—located across the street from the JFK8 warehouse that made hist...
ANKARA – Twitter has announced that it will ban advertisements that deny scientific consensus on climate change. “Misleading advertisements on Twitter that contradict the scientific consensus on climate change are prohibited, in line with our inappropriate content policy,” the company said in a statement. Stressing that misleading inform...
SANAA, Yemen – The United States and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) held talks on increasing humanitarian aid to war-torn Yemen during a two-month truce brokered by the United Nations. A statement by the US Department of State has said that the US envoy to Yemen- Tim Lenderking, and ICRC head Peter Maurer […]
Scores of people in communities around the United States took to the streets on Saturday to demand swift and bold legislative and executive action to tackle the fossil fuel-driven climate crisis as well as skyrocketing inequality. At “Fight for Our Future” rallies held in Washington, D.C., Phoenix, Atlanta, and more than 40 additio...
ISTANBUL – After the deployment of US soldiers in Taiwan was confirmed last year by President Tsai Ing-wen, new reports suggest American troops are setting up a “training ground” in Taiwan as well. Taiwanese troops are also reportedly getting lessons from US soldiers on how to operate the M1A2T Abrams tank. US military instructors have [&helli...
Mark Meadows—the chief of staff to former President Donald Trump and prominent purveyor of the “Big Lie” that the 2020 presidential election was rigged through widespread voter fraud—was, until last week, simultaneously registered to vote in three states and is still registered in two, The Washington Post reported Friday. According...
The Biden administration has unnecessarily—and often unlawfully—jailed tens of thousands of asylum-seekers, many of whom have suffered “severe” physical and psychological abuse and discrimination, according to a report published Thursday. The Human Rights First (HRF) report—entitled “I’m a Prisoner Here”—offers a ...
Democratic Rep. Katie Porter led a group of lawmakers this week in urging the Biden administration not to increase taxpayer funding for Medicare Advantage plans after a government report showed that the privately run program received $12 billion in overpayments in 2020—a problem driven by insurers exaggerating how sick their enrollees are. Des...
