Judging Adeel Mangi

After years immersed in radical politics, the nominee claims he never knew nothing about it Adeel Mangi (Graeme Sloan/Wikimedia Commons) To hear the Biden White House and their allies tell it, Third Circuit judicial nominee Adeel Mangi—whose nomination is all but dead following three Democratic defections—is the victim of a vicious right-wing smear campaign. White

California’s $20 Minimum Wage Law Takes Effect, Causing Confusion, Layoffs, and Price Hikes

California’s $20 minimum wage for fast food workers became law Monday and quickly caused chaos, with pizza chains preparing to cut hundreds of employees, ice cream and pretzel shop franchisees struggling to learn if the law applies to them, and industry leaders eyeing price hikes in the state. California governor Gavin Newsom (D.) last week signed more carve-outs for the law,

Israel Set To Ban Al Jazeera From Broadcasting in Country

Israel is set to ban Qatari state-controlled news outlet Al Jazeera within its borders after passing a law on Monday that allows officials to shut down foreign media networks deemed harmful to Israel’s national security.   “The terrorist channel Al Jazeera will no longer broadcast from Israel. I intend to act immediately in accordance with the

Congress Mandates Increased Oversight on State’s Palestinian Affairs Office

Office of Palestinian Affairs under fire for calling on Israel to stand down hours after Hamas terror attack Secretary of State Antony Blinken (Amir Levy/Getty Images) Congress is increasing its oversight on the State Department’s Office of Palestinian Affairs (OPA), which urged Israel to stand down and avoid “retaliatory attacks” just hours after Hamas’s terror

Investigation Links Russian Hit Squad to US Officials’ ‘Havana Syndrome’

A Russian intelligence unit that specializes in assassinations may be behind “Havana syndrome,” a mysterious condition that afflicted U.S. diplomats, according to a report. A joint investigation by CBS’s 60 Minutes, along with Der Spiegel and The Insider, revealed links between Russia’s GRU Unit 29155 and suspected attacks on U.S. government officials both in the

‘No Stopping Until Liberation’: MIT Faculty Member Urges Followers To Shut Down Israeli Company in Cambridge

Afif Aqrabawi went on anti-Semitic tirade after congressional committee requested anti-Semitism docs from school Afif Aqrabawi (Twitter), MIT (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) A Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty member who last month went on an anti-Semitic tirade—in which he called House Education and the Workforce Committee chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R., N.C.) a “treasonous Zionist tool” and

Judge Releases Migrants Who Overwhelmed Texas National Guard in Border Stampede

An El Paso judge on Sunday ordered Texas authorities to release some of the illegal immigrants accused of rushing the southern border and overwhelming the state’s National Guard troops last month.  “It is the ruling of the court that all the rioting participation cases will be released on their own recognizance,” Magistrate Judge Humberto Acosta