Column: The pro-Israel, pro-Ukraine majority deserves to be heard Mike Johnson (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) On February 13, the Senate passed a $95 billion aid package for weapons to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. The vote was 70 to 29. Action now moves to the House—which is out of session. And where the bill looks dead on
On January 24, Stanford University held a forum on combating anti-Semitism. The event, which featured Stanford president Richard Saller and provost Jenny Martinez, was meant to reassure Jewish students that the university had their back amid the wave of anti-Semitism sweeping college campuses. “We really do want to make sure that all of the communities
IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel warned lawmakers that reducing the tax-collecting agency’s budget will add to the growing federal deficit and undo many of its service improvements. Appearing before a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Feb. 15, Mr. Werfel defended the Internal Revenue Service’s budget increase, cautioning that clawing back these funds would undermine
Veteran diplomat who negotiated Doha Agreement tells House panel the president remained steadfastly committed to an unraveling plan. President Joe Biden discarded advice to maintain a military presence in Afghanistan unless the Taliban complied with the Doha Agreement, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad told a House panel on Feb. 15. “He decided not
News of the president’s first scheduled trip to the eastern Ohio village was met with criticism by citizens who believe the trip is campaign motivated. EAST PALESTINE, Ohio—On the eve of President Joe Biden’s first visit to East Palestine more than one year after a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed and spilled hazardous chemicals, most
News of the president’s first scheduled trip to the eastern Ohio village was met with criticism by citizens who believe the trip is campaign motivated. EAST PALESTINE, Ohio—On the eve of President Joe Biden’s first visit to East Palestine more than one year after a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed and spilled hazardous chemicals, most
Trump’s legal team says there are overwhelming reasons why the case should not go to trial ‘in three months or less.’ Former President Donald Trump, in response to special prosecutor Jack Smith’s filing, on Thursday again urged the Supreme Court to grant a stay of his trial over his alleged actions related to Jan. 6,