House votes to sanction International Criminal Court over Israel probe

Washington — The House passed a Republican-backed bill that would punish the International Criminal Court over the decision to seek the arrests of top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.  The bill passed the House in a vote of 247 to 155. Forty-two Democrats joined 205 Republicans to vote in favor of it, further exposing

U.S. Army officer resigns in protest over U.S. support for Israel

Maj. Harrison Mann, a Jewish American working for the Defense Intelligence Agency, has resigned from the U.S. Army, citing the United States’ “nearly unqualified support for the government of Israel,” which he claims has “enabled and empowered the killing and starvation of tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians.” Mann, a 13-year U.S. Army veteran who

Biden unveils new immigration order restricting asylum claims along border

President Biden on Tuesday unveiled new executive action authorizing U.S. immigration officials to deport large numbers of migrants without processing their asylum claims, announcing what is arguably the most restrictive border policy by a Democratic president in recent history. Mr. Biden’s aggressive move suspends the processing of asylum claims between official entry points along the southern border,

$64 million mystery: The anonymous donors fueling the 2024 presidential campaign

Washington hates a secret. Yet in the summer of 2020, when a blandly named entity called the Impetus Fund received a $64 million donation from a single anonymous source, it touched off a guessing game with broad political implications. That single anonymous donation, routed through a series of accounts, eventually would be used to help

Prosecutors say “the law makes no distinction for Hunter Biden” in gun trial

The jury has been seated in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial, and in opening statements Tuesday, the prosecution began, “No one is above the law,” and “the law makes no distinction for Hunter Biden,” the son of the president of the United States.  Prosecutor Derek Hines acknowledged Hunter Biden’s addiction, saying, “addiction may not be