The ideological direction of the Democratic Party is on the ballot in Tuesday’s primary contests as voters in Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon, and Pennsylvania have a chance to elect progressive candidates to challenge Republicans in the pivotal November midterms. Voters in Idaho also head to the polls on Tuesday, but progressives are n...
Intent on keeping the influence of the growing pro-Palestinian rights movement in the U.S. to a minimum in Congress, the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee is pulling out all the stops to defeat progressive candidates including state Rep. Summer Lee in Pennsylvania’s 12th District, where voters are going to the polls Tuesd...
A new study adds to the case for urgent decarbonization of the U.S. energy system, finding that slashing air pollution emissions from energy-related sources would bring near-term public health gains including preventing over 50,000 premature deaths and saving $608 billion in associated benefits annually. “Our work provides a sense of the...
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday that Moscow now considers the United States and its European allies “hostile states” as Western governments continue to pour heavy weaponry into Ukraine, which is attempting to beat back Russia’s deadly invasion. Peskov asserted that the West has also put in place an unprecedented ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A senior US diplomat and her Turkish counterpart reaffirmed their nations’ bilateral “strategic relationship,” the State Department said on Monday. Meeting in Washington, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal “discussed the two countries’ many areas of b...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden has reauthorized the deployment of US forces to Somalia, the White House announced on Monday in a major policy reversal conducted at the Pentagon’s request. Former US President Donald Trump pulled roughly 700 American troops out from the east African country during the final month of his presid...
HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – Authorities in Southern California say a man who opened fire at a church on Sunday, killing one and injuring five others, was a Chinese immigrant motivated by hate against Taiwanese people. Police say 68-year-old David Chou entered the Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in the city of Laguna Woods, 46 miles (74 kilometer...
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday urged the Democratic National Committee to ban super PAC money from the party’s primary process as special interest groups and billionaires pour money into elections in the hopes of defeating progressive candidates across the U.S., including Summer Lee in Pennsylvania and Nida Allam in North Carolina. ̶...
WASHINGTON (AA) – In a move to reverse Trump-era restrictions, the Biden administration on Monday announced a series of measures to loosen some policies on Cuba. In a statement, the State Department said the US will facilitate family reunifications by reinstating the Cuban Family Reunification Parole (CFRP) Program and authorize charter ...
More than 16 months into Joe Biden’s presidency, his Department of Justice and other agencies continue to defend and advance legal positions held by the Trump administration, an analysis by a leading government watchdog revealed Monday. Former President Donald Trump and his DOJ “consistently made a mockery of the law throughout his...
