(Bethany Blankley , The Center Square) Texas Gov. Greg Abbott took more action Tuesday against the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Abbott on Tuesday requested the Treasury Department investigate CAIR for its alleged terrorist ties and suspend its 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit status.
Abbott and Texas lawmakers have led the charge to...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Kremlin said on Monday that a meeting will take place on Tuesday between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, who is traveling to Moscow to discuss a potential Ukraine peace deal.
“The president (Putin) will also have several closed-door meetings today...
(Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com) Last Sunday, Israel launched an attack on the Lebanese capital city of Beirut, hitting an apartment complex and killing Hezbollah figure Haitham Ali Tabatabai, along with several other people. It was one of the most high-profile attacks on Beirut in recent months.
In the course of the...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Another Afghan-related terrorist attack was foiled one day before two National Guardsmen were shot in Washington, D.C., federal authorities said Saturday.
The alleged perpetrators were released into the country through a federal program rife with failures, prompting for calls for others in the program to...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) One of the top Ukrainian officials leading peace talks with Russia abruptly resigned Friday after government investigators raided his home in a massive corruption probe.
Andriy Yermak, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief aide, had been a central figure in negotiations and regularly appeared in high-level meetings with world leaders.
In...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday spoke favorably about the US’s initial 28-point draft for a potential peace deal in Ukraine, saying it could serve as the “basis” for a future agreement, though he said work still needs to be done to turn it into a concrete...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A US B-52 bomber flew near the coast of Venezuela on Monday, flight tracking data shows, as such flights have become a regular occurrence amid the US military buildup in the Caribbean and push toward a war to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
According to Air &...
(Nolan Mckendry, The Center Square) New Orleans and state officials are preparing for the expected arrival of U.S. Border Patrol agents as the Trump administration expands its immigration crackdown in the South, but information remains sparse.
No public official at the state or federal level has confirmed reports that hundreds...
(Greg Bishop, The Center Square) The number of English language proficiency violations for commercial drivers in Illinois year-to-date has nearly eclipsed last year’s totals with nearly 1 in 5 having CDL’s coming from the state of Illinois.
Since guidance was incorporated into the North American Standard Out-of-Service criteria in June,...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Indiana Gov. Mike Braun and a coalition of state financial officers and lawmakers are urging Congress and President Donald Trump to address the national debt crisis before the nation's 250th birthday.
The group sent a letter to Congress and the president pushing for action on...
(José Niño, Headline USA) U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee hosted convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard for a clandestine meeting at the American embassy in Jerusalem, the New York Times reports.
Pollard confirmed the encounter took place and characterized it as cordial. In the same breath, he denounced Trump as...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) announced on Wednesday that it has received the 1,000th aircraft as part of an airlift operation delivering US military equipment to Israel that began following the October 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel and the start of Israel’s genocidal campaign...