USAID head Samantha Power declined meeting with Israeli ambassador Gilad Erdan during 2021 Hamas conflict Samantha Power (cropped from Ali Moustafa/Getty Images) When Israel’s ambassador was denied a meeting with the Biden administration in May 2021, he was looking to raise concerns about American funding to the United Nations’ Palestinian aid agency, whose employees went
Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson was met with loud boos when he visited Columbia University on Wednesday to call for the resignation of the institution’s president as the campus has been roiled with accusations of antisemitism amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests. “I am here today joining my colleagues and calling on President [Minouche] Shafik to resign if she
A poll released Wednesday shows President Joe Biden’s approval bump last month in swing states has all but vanished, with Republican nominee Donald Trump again ahead of Biden in six of the seven states most likely to impact the 2024 presidential election. Biden is leading by 2 percentage points in Michigan but losing to Trump
Washington — President Biden signed into law a long-sought foreign aid package on Wednesday that includes tens of billions of dollars in assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, along with a measure that could lead to a ban on TikTok in the U.S. “It’s a good day for America, it’s a good day for Europe
House lawmakers called on the IRS to investigate U.S.-based anti-Israel activist groups that have financial links to China, according to a letter obtained by the Washington Free Beacon on Wednesday. Members of the House Ways and Means Committee said they are concerned that “foreign adversaries are taking advantage of loopholes to impact American political activity
Washington — Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a Democrat from New Jersey, has died at age 65, after he “experienced a physical accident” at his home earlier this month, his office said Wednesday. The April 6 accident required Payne to be hospitalized, and during treatment he experienced “medical complications due to diabetes and high blood pressure that
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) this week demanded Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu resign for his “terrible” response to Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel, calling the Israeli leader an “obstacle” to peace. “We recognize Israel’s right to protect itself. We reject the policy and the practice of Netanyahu—terrible. What could be worse than