(Christen Smith, The Center Square) Pennsylvania Democratic U.S. Sen. John Fetterman remains under observation at a Pittsburgh-area hospital following a heart episode early Thursday.
The senator’s spokesman posted to his personal social media account, describing how Fetterman became light-headed, fell and injured his face while on a morning walk after...
(Mark Stricherz, The Center Square) The U.S. House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol cost almost twice as much as previously reported, including spending taxpayer funds for TV news producers and documentary filmmakers to create videos dramatizing its case against President Donald...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US is planning to build a large military base in Israel on the Gaza border, according to a joint report from the Israeli investigative outlet Shomrim and the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.
The report said that the construction of the base would cost about $500 million...
(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump ignited fresh controversy within his own political base during a Fox News interview on Monday, defending his plan to double Chinese student visas to 600,000 while dismissing concerns from MAGA supporters about espionage and intellectual property theft.
The contentious exchange centered on Trump's...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israel is seeking a 20-year military aid deal with the US and is looking to increase the annual amount of military assistance it receives from Washington, Axios reported on Thursday.
A 20-year deal would double the usual term for US-Israel military aid agreements. The current Memorandum of...
(Headline USA) A two-decade pattern of alleged sex trafficking by two luxury real estate brokers and their brother wasn't "just men behaving badly,” a federal judge said as she left their indictment largely intact and rejected defense efforts to minimize the gravity of crimes involving dozens of women.
In an...
(Headline USA) Attorneys in the case of a man charged with killing a top Minnesota Democratic lawmaker and her husband said Wednesday that prosecutors have turned over a massive amount of evidence to the defense, and that his lawyers need more time to review it.
Federal prosecutor Harry Jacobs told...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump has sent a letter to the Israeli President Isaac Herzog asking him to “fully pardon” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his corruption case, a strong show of support for the Israeli leader, who is also wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Newly released documents reveal Jeffrey Epstein played a critical role facilitating Israeli intelligence operations in Côte d'Ivoire, working alongside former Defense Minister Ehud Barak to broker mass surveillance deals with the embattled West African nation, according to a report by Drop Site News.
The revelations come...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to discuss future plans for Gaza and the US-backed ceasefire deal.
Despite lacking a formal role in the Trump administration, Kushner has been acting as an advisor to US Middle East envoy Steve...
(Headline USA) Voter anger over the cost of living is hurtling forward into next year's midterm elections, when pivotal contests will be decided by communities that are home to fast-rising electric bills or fights over who's footing the bill to power Big Tech's energy-hungry data centers.
Electricity costs were a...
(José Niño, Headline USA) A coalition of California teachers, students and parents filed a federal lawsuit arguing that a new state law designed to combat antisemitism in schools actually censors legitimate classroom discussion about Israel and Palestine.
The American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee filed a federal lawsuit last Sunday, challenging...