78-year-old Palestinian-American Omar Assad died after being detained, gagged, and bound by members of Israel’s Netzah Yehuda battalion. The U.S. government has cleared foreign military assistance to go to an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) unit that was implicated in the 2022 death of a Palestinian-American man. Deputy U.S. State Department spokesman Vedant Patel confirmed at
The Biden administration is appealing a Texas judge’s ruling that Congress unconstitutionally passed the 2022 $1.7 trillion omnibus bill using proxy voting. The Biden administration has mounted a legal challenge to a Texas judge’s ruling that Congress unconstitutionally passed a $1.7 trillion omnibus funding bill in 2022 because lawmakers cast votes without being physically present,
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Monday that Vice President Kamala Harris is “aligned” with President Joe Biden and will continue building on his administration’s policies. “[Biden and Harris] have been aligned for the last three and a half years. There’s not been any daylight,” Jean-Pierre said during a White House press briefing
President Joe Biden discussed his reasons for dropping out of the presidential race in his first interview since making that announcement on July 21. Biden said he worried about being a “distraction” for down-ballot Democrats, while partaking in a pre-recorded interview that aired on “CBS Sunday Morning” on Aug. 11 with host Robert Costa. “What
As a senator, Kamala Harris voiced her “unequivocal” support for slashing America’s defense budget and “redirecting funding to communities in need.” Years later, the vice president and Democratic presidential nominee won’t say where she stands on the issue. Harris in 2020 released a statement addressing an amendment from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) that would
Democratic leaders and strategists blamed Kamala Harris’s record-low approval ratings as vice president on President Joe Biden, saying he “set her up to fail from day one,” according to Time magazine. Harris’s dismal record on voters’ top issues, including illegal immigration, has come under scrutiny since she became her party’s presidential candidate. Democratic supporters, in
Walz’s office lauded ‘common sense’ gas tax hike and said it would ‘keep Minnesotans safe’ Tim Walz (cropped, Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) Within his first few weeks as governor, Tim Walz (D.) proposed to hike the Minnesota state gas tax by a staggering 70 percent, an increase criticized as “highway robbery.” Then, as inflation surged, Walz