Sixty-nine Democrat lawmakers have urged the State Department and Department of Homeland Security to accept more Palestinian refugees fleeing the war in Gaza. “In the eight months since the horrific Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas and the commencement of Israel’s military response, conditions in the Palestinian territories have greatly deteriorated,” the lawmakers wrote in
The Senate is again considering a proposal to require women to register with the U.S. military’s selective service draft system. Lawmakers are again considering changes to the U.S. military draft, including a provision to begin requiring women to register with the Selective Service System. The proposed changes to the draft come about as the Democrat-controlled
We wanted to ask Columbia College dean Josef Sorett questions. He summoned the police—after calling to defund the NYPD in 2020. MANHATTAN—Columbia College dean Josef Sorett called the police on Friday in response to a knock on his door from a Washington Free Beacon reporter. The call came after the Free Beacon visited Sorett’s Morningside
Inspector general report reveals ‘Washington hasn’t learned any lessons from COVID,’ top GOP Senator says A Wuhan, China, lab technician in Feb. 2020 ( Getty Images) How much taxpayer money has the Pentagon sent to Chinese institutions to research deadly viruses such as the one that causes COVID-19? The answer to that is a mystery—even
Al Otro Lado, a ‘bi-national’ nonprofit based in California and Tijuana, has received millions of dollars in government grants (John Moore/Getty Images) An immigrants’ rights group that received $480,000 from the Biden administration last year is suing the administration over its asylum-processing app, which it says violates anti-discrimination laws. Al Otro Lado, which has received
Anti-Israel “Squad” member Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D., N.Y.) said Jews in his district intentionally live in “segregated” communities, a state of affairs that must change because “we need to live together,” according to a Politico report on Friday. “In New York City we all live together,” Bowman said in April, Politico reported. “[But] Westchester is
‘Federal agencies have warned against or banned the procurement of certain [Chinese drones] due to the risks they pose. However, the details remain classified.’ Two House Republicans are calling on the Biden administration to declassify information on national security risks posed by Chinese-manufactured drones. Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, and