House Passes $1.2 Trillion Spending Bill To Avoid Shutdown

The House of Representatives on Friday passed a $1.2 trillion government funding bill with more support from Democrats than the majority Republicans, leading to a fresh threat by a hardline conservative lawmaker to oust Speaker Mike Johnson. The House’s 286-134 vote sends the measure to the Democratic-majority Senate, which has hours to act ahead of

UN Security Council Blocks Biden’s Gaza Ceasefire Resolution

The United Nations Security Council on Friday failed to pass the United States’ resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after Russia and China vetoed the measure, objecting to the resolution’s demand that Hamas release all its remaining hostages as a condition of the ceasefire. The resolution, which Guyana also abstained from voting for, called

‘We Will Do It Alone’: Netanyahu Says Israel Will Push Into Rafah Without Biden’s Support

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken on Friday that Israel is prepared to continue its war against Hamas alone by launching an offensive into Rafah, amid tense relations between the two allies over the six-month-old Gaza conflict. Blinken met one-on-one with Netanyahu in talks aimed at ensuring more food flows

Newsom Calls for Gaza Ceasefire

California governor Gavin Newsom (D.) in a Thursday open letter to California’s Muslim, Palestinian, and Arab-American communities called for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza. “It is time to work in earnest toward an enduring peace that will furnish the lasting security, autonomy, and freedom that the Palestinians and the Israeli people both deserve,” Newsom wrote.

Biden Food Stamp Chief Offloads Policymaking to Soros-Funded Think Tank, Ethics Complaint Charges

Two months into the Biden administration, a top official at the Department of Agriculture fielded a question, from a New York Times reporter about a program, that she couldn’t answer. The reporter emailed Deputy Undersecretary of Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Stacy Dean on March 30, 2021, asking for her thoughts on data that suggest