Tag: Middle East Policy
Trump meeting with Netanyahu coincides with new hospital strikes and mass...
As White House talks tout a cease-fire framework and a new Gaza governance plan, fresh attacks hit al-Shifa and Al Helou and tens of thousands flee Gaza City.
Sanders moves to block Trump’s arms sales to Israel amid Gaza...
Citing mass civilian deaths, famine, and potential violations of U.S. law, Senator Bernie Sanders is forcing Senate votes to halt billions in bombs and rifles destined for Israel’s military.
GOP leaders met with Israeli minister who called for bombing Gaza...
Israeli national security minister claims Republican leaders supported his calls to target humanitarian supplies in Gaza, a move condemned as a war crime by international experts.
Watch: Palestinian American lawmaker gives speech the DNC wouldn’t allow on stage
Ruwa Romman, a Palestinian American and Georgia state representative, shares the speech she was barred from giving at the Democratic National Convention after the Harris campaign refused to allow a Palestinian voice onstage.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.