President Joe Biden on Friday froze the consideration of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals, a move that industry leaders called a “win for Russia.” The action freezes approvals of pending permits for LNG export terminals until the Department of Energy updates its process for review of the authorizations’ economic and environmental impacts. The
Wesam Ahmad champions Israel boycotts and has described Israel as ‘a colonial project from the very beginning’ Wesam Ahmad (C) (Twitter/Al-Haq) Columbia Law School is slated to host an event early next week with an anti-Israel advocate who works for an organization that Israel considers a terrorist organization due to its alleged ties to the
Last Best Place PAC has spent millions of dollars attacking GOP frontrunner Tim Sheehy Chuck Schumer (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) is behind the mysterious group attacking the top Republican Senate candidate in Montana, his political action committee confirmed Friday. Last Best Place PAC has spent nearly $6 million in
After the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled against Israel on Friday, Israeli leaders were unified in their willingness to continue their war against Hamas but somewhat divided in their reception of the verdict. The World Court ordered Israel to prevent acts of genocide against the Palestinians and do more to help civilians, although it
The FBI will lead a mission the Department of Justice announced Friday to combat an explosion in homicides and other crimes in Washington, D.C. “Last year, we saw an encouraging decline in violent crime in many parts of the country, but there is much more work to do—including here in the District of Columbia,” Attorney
The Biden administration on Friday paused U.S. funding to the controversial United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) following allegations that employees of the agency were involved in Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre. “The Department of State has temporarily paused additional funding for UNRWA while we review these allegations and the steps the United Nations is
John Arnold has spent nearly $50 million on progressive criminal justice reforms John Arnold (Arnold Ventures Facebook) A Texas billionaire is on track to replace George Soros as the largest donor in the fight to remake America’s criminal justice system. Former Enron executive John Arnold has poured more than $46 million into criminal justice efforts