Lawmaker Rashida Tlaib, alongside Rep. Debbie Dingell, has reintroduced a resolution pushing for April to be designated as “Arab American Heritage Month” at the federal level. Tlaib emphasized the importance of recognizing the contributions of Arab Americans and ensuring their visibility in federal recognition. She highlighted their diverse ...
Police in New York cleared a sit-in protest being staged by pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University. Video footage showed officers entering the campus and dismantling the encampment on the South Lawn. Despite warnings, some students refused to disperse, resulting in arrests. University President Minouche Shafik claimed the sit-in pos...
The Supreme Court has expressed skepticism towards the federal government’s application of a felony charge stemming from the 2001 Enron scandal to prosecute about 350 Capitol rioters from Jan. 6, 2021. During arguments, the court’s conservative justices seemed unsure about narrowing the interpretation of the law that prohibits obst...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations has denounced the dismissal of charges against a man accused of urinating on the doorstep of a mosque in Tennessee. Despite video evidence showing the act in the city of Chattanooga, charges of vandalism and indecent exposure have been dropped. CAIR’s Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper has cr...
On day two of Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York seven jurors were selected out of a pool of 96. The trial marks the first criminal charges against a former U.S. president. Amidst a somewhat contentious process, Judge Juan Merchan sternly admonished Trump for hostile behavior towards a juror. The judge expanded his […]
Public confidence in key U.S. institutions, including the government, judiciary, and military, has sharply declined. That’s according to a recent analysis by Gallup. Only 32% of Americans expressed confidence in their national government. Faith in the judiciary stands at only 42%. The U.S. military also witnessed a drop in confidence, from 90...
Protesters interrupted Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s testimony and demanded a cease-fire in Gaza. Austin, along with Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Gen. C.Q. Brown was testifying before the House of Representatives Defense Appropriations subcommittee on Wednesday. This was in relation to the Pentagon’s budget for fiscal year ...
The US Navy spent nearly $1 billion in munitions in responding to attacks on Navy ships and commercial vessels in the past six months in the Middle East. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro told a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing that the munitions are “extremely important”. He said they have countered more than 130 direct attac...
Scranton, United States – AFP Joe Biden made a campaign trip to his beloved birthplace Tuesday in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he unleashed a blistering condemnation of Donald Trump as the tycoon languished in court. The 81-year-old US president even visited his childhood home in the former mining town as he contrasted his blue-collar r...
The U.S. House has approved a measure to expand warrant-less spying. The controversial bill, which was passed with 273-147 votes, extends Section 702 of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or FISA for two years. Despite concerns about abuse, including snooping on protesters and lawmakers, the bill now heads to the Senate. Critics argue the ...