Iran has stepped up its fiery rhetoric towards the United States and the West amid concerns that the Israel-Hamas war could spill over into the wider region. Tehran gives moral and financial support to Hamas which controls the Gaza Strip and whose militants attacked southern Israel, killing over 1,400 people and taking 200 hostages, according […]
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US desperate to contain Israel-Hamas War
The US and its allies are ratcheting up efforts to prevent the war between Israel and Hamas from engulfing the wider region, acting on concerns that an invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces could prompt Iran to enter the conflict. The US has warned Iran in recent days through back-channel talks about the […]
Will Jim Jordan be the next Speaker ?
Rep. Jim Jordan has such a reputation as a political brawler that former House Speaker John Boehner once said he’d never met someone “who spent more time tearing things apart.” Now, nearly a decade after Boehner stepped down in the face of a conservative revolt, it is Jordan who is trying to bring the Republican […]
FBI warns of domestic threat related to Israel war
FBI Director Chris Wray warned during a speech in California Saturday of a spike in domestic threats linked to Israel’s war against Hamas militants. “I want to take a moment to offer my heartfelt condolences to the people of Israel, and share the outrage I know we all feel at the sheer brutality and disregard […]
Jordan faces uphill battle for House Speaker win
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) became the second House Republican to secure the nomination to be the next House speaker this week, but he faces an uphill battle to win the gavel. After Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) withdrew from the race following hours of meetings, the conference selected Jordan as its new nominee one day later. […]
Gaza strikes ‘No Longer Self Defense’ says China
Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip have gone “beyond the scope of self-defense,” China’s foreign minister has said, as the encroaching possibility of an Israeli ground attack threatens to further endanger Palestinian civilians who have been caught up in the fighting. Protecting “the basic needs of the people in Gaza” is a priority and […]
Catch 22; Israel says leave Gaza, but many can’t
The Israeli military called for the evacuation of Gaza City Friday ahead of an expected ground invasion against Hamas, which controls the territory. Israel’s order calls for people living in north Gaza to move south of the Wadi Gaza area, located in the middle of the Gaza strip. Hamas, which launched the deadly incursion into […]
U.N.; Israel order to evacuate Gaza ‘Impossible’
The fighting between Israel and Hamas entered a seventh day on Friday with fears of a ground offensive growing stronger following an Israeli order to evacuate the northern region of the Gaza Strip. Israel’s military told the United Nations late Thursday that all of northern Gaza’s population needs to evacuate to the southern portion of […]
Biden announces preparation for “Day of Jihad”
The Biden White House has announced that the country is preparing for the so-called “Day of Jihad” on Friday, October 13, after a former leader of Hamas called for Muslim communities around the world to protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza. On Thursday, Khaled Mashaal, a former leader of the Palestinian paramilitary group which […]
Scalise bails; House speakership in limbo
House Republicans are once again left scrambling for a leader after Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., stepped back from being speaker-designate on Thursday night. Scalise won a closed-door secret ballot vote to be the House GOP’s new candidate for speaker on Wednesday afternoon. However, it quickly became clear that he did not have the 217 […]
Fetterman says Congress is not ‘best or brightest’
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., joined late night host Stephen Colbert on Wednesday and said Americans weren’t sending their “best and brightest” to Capitol Hill, arguing that it is “scary.” “Is it awkward to be in the Capitol and then run into people that you have put up a devastating meme about because you’ve got excellent […]
20k emails shared by VP Biden & Hunter’s Biz
Then-Vice President Joe Biden’s office exchanged 19,335 emails with Hunter Biden’s investment firm Rosemont Seneca, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request revealed Tuesday. The emails call into question President Biden’s repeated claims that he never discussed business with his son. Former Hunter Biden business associate Devon Archer previously testified that then–vice president Biden joined […]