(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...
(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...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Remember Ray Epps, the J6er who encouraged others to go into the Capitol and committed violence against police officers, only to receive a year of probation for his crimes?
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., hasn’t forgotten. Massie announced on Friday that he wrote a letter to the FBI about...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump welcomed Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa after lifting sanctions imposed on Syria, which had been a pariah state for decades before rebel forces toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad last December.
Al-Sharaa — who once had ties to al-Qaida and had a $10 million U.S. bounty...
(Headline USA) A police officer was shot and killed during a struggle in the emergency department lobby at a North Carolina hospital Saturday.
The shooting happened around 9 a.m. at the WakeMed Garner Healthplex, killing WakeMed Campus Police Officer Roger Smith, according to a WakeMed statement.
A “person of interest” in the...
(Headline USA) A powerful Iowa judge has been charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated after witnesses say she drove the wrong way on a highway Tuesday night while passed out behind the wheel.
Adria Kester, chief judge of the state’s Second Judicial District, was released from the Boone...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A group of Republican lawmakers led by Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, formally introduced articles of impeachment against U.S. Judge James Boasberg Tuesday after he approved FBI subpoenas for the phone records of several members of Congress.
The subpoenas targeted lawmakers as part of both the Arctic Frost...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Trump administration is asking Israel to allow foreign journalists to enter Gaza, The Times of Israel reported on Monday, citing two US officials.
President Trump said publicly back in August that Israel should allow foreign press into Gaza, and the report said that the US has...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who recently won the Nobel Peace Prize, said in an interview with Bloomberg that US military “escalation” is the only way to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and confirmed that she is in contact with Trump administration officials.
When asked...
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump has directed the Department of War to prepare for possible action in Nigeria to target Islamic militants committing genocide against Christians.
“If the Nigerian government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria,...
(Spencer Pauley, The Center Square) Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has pledged up to $8 million in city funds – $4 million per month through 2025 – to offset the looming halt in federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits triggered by a congressional funding impasse.
A Senate vote to...
(Headline USA) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says drugmakers have recalled more than a half-million bottles of the blood pressure medication prazosin hydrochloride over concerns it may include a cancer-causing chemical.
New Jersey-based Teva Pharmaceuticals USA and drugs distributor Amerisource Health Services issued voluntary nationwide recalls earlier this month...