Sanctions target individuals and entities in China, India, and the UAE Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) The Trump administration unveiled sweeping new sanctions on an international network of entities feeding Iran’s illicit oil enterprise, marking the opening salvo in a fresh U.S. drive to zero out Tehran’s crude
California’s Jared Huffman calls annual event ‘a big part of the dystopic, authoritarian agenda at the heart of Donald Trump and his MAGA movement’ Jared Huffman (X screenshot) Democratic congressman Jared Huffman (Calif.) on Thursday protested the National Prayer Breakfast, accusing President Donald Trump and “MAGA Republicans” of violating the First Amendment to advance a
When the Biden administration restored tens of millions of dollars in aid to UNRWA, then-secretary of state Antony Blinken said the assistance “serves important U.S. interests and values” and “supports Israeli-Palestinian understanding.” Privately, the Biden State Department was singing a different tune. Just weeks after the funding resumption, in April 2021, the agency penned an
A radical left-wing group, Unión del Barrio (UdB), is offering “self-defense” training to combat Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids. The Latino-focused organization, which models itself on militant groups like the Black Panthers, is also trying to recruit members for daily car patrols to help “expel” ICE agents from neighborhoods. UdB, an American left-wing revolutionary socialist
The internal memos, obtained by the Free Beacon, aimed to combat criticism over the Biden admin’s decision to resume UNRWA funding (Alex Wong/Getty Images) When the Biden administration resumed funding to the United Nations relief agency for Gaza, it penned an internal memo aimed at defending UNRWA over its production of childhood “educational materials” that
‘These events took place in 2023—not 1943,’ the judge wrote (@thislouis / X) A federal judge rejected Cooper Union’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Jewish students that alleged the New York college violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by failing to protect them from anti-Semitic attacks. Judge John Cronan also admonished
Raw transcript released as part of FCC investigation into ‘news distortion’ The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) on Wednesday released the unedited transcript of the now-infamous 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, which aired on CBS in October 2024. The network provided the transcript as part of the FCC’s investigation into whether CBS violated its “news distortion”