Two Killed in First Deadly Houthi Attack on Shipping

Two seafarers were killed in a Houthi missile attack on a Red Sea merchant ship on Wednesday, British and U.S. officials said, the first fatalities reported since the Iran-aligned Yemeni group began strikes against shipping in one of the world’s busiest sea lanes. The Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack, which set the Greek-owned, Barbados-flagged

Republicans Press Biden To Explain Executive Order Targeting Israeli Jews 

Sen. Cotton and others say admin’s efforts ‘undercut our most valuable’ ally Sen. Tom Cotton (Getty Images) The Biden administration is under congressional pressure to explain a series of executive orders targeting Israeli Jews with sanctions and undermining what a group of GOP senators says is the Jewish state’s effort to eradicate Hamas. Nine Republican

Georgia Attorney Says Fani Willis Misappropriated Homicide Funds for Election Cases

Ashleigh Merchant said Fani Willis obtained up to $5 million to prosecute homicides and sexual assault, but used it to investigate the 2020 election instead. For three days during a contentious evidentiary hearing on a motion to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting a high profile election case, defense attorney Ashleigh Merchant

House Armed Services Committee Hearing on ‘Army Aviation Rebalancing’

The House Armed Services Committee holds a hearing on the “U.S. Army’s modernization plans, requirements, and investments in aviation programs as part of the Army’s recently announced Aviation Investment Rebalance” at 3:30 p.m. ET on March 6. Witnesses: Douglas Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, an… Original News Source Link – Epoch

LIVE 3:30 PM ET: House Armed Services Committee Hearing on ‘Army Aviation Rebalancing’

The House Armed Services Committee holds a hearing on the “U.S. Army’s modernization plans, requirements, and investments in aviation programs as part of the Army’s recently announced Aviation Investment Rebalance” at 3:30 p.m. ET on March 6. Witnesses: Douglas Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, an… Original News Source Link – Epoch

House Expected to Pass Spending Package to Stave Off Shutdown

The House Freedom Caucus says the package breaks Republicans’ promise to pass individual spending bills. Months of drawn-out negotiations over fiscal year 2024 appropriations may soon come to a close on Capitol Hill. Up against two government shutdown deadlines on March 8 and March 22, the House is expected to pass a package of six

Anti-Semitic Remarks Nearly Derailed US Ambassador to Brazil’s Nomination. Now She’s Silent as Brazil Compares Israel to Nazis.

Elizabeth Bagley bemoaned ‘influence of the Jewish lobby’ Elizabeth Bagley (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images), Lula da Silva (Carsten Koall/Getty Images) The U.S. ambassador to Brazil—who once bemoaned “the influence of the Jewish lobby” in politics—will not publicly comment on a series of anti-Semitic remarks by far-left Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, raising concerns on