Reports that the Biden administration is considering a plan to revive migrant family detentions drew outrage from members of the president’s own party on Tuesday, with Democratic lawmakers imploring the White House to reject the cruel practice that it largely shut down in late 2021. Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), who condemned the use of ...
More than 170 House Republicans and 150 Democrats teamed up Wednesday to defeat a resolution aimed at withdrawing all remaining U.S. troops from Syria, a proposal led by right-wing Rep. Matt Gaetz and supported by members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. The measure, just the latest House push to bring the nation’s yearslong mili...
Privacy advocates on Wednesday said testimony from FBI Director Christopher Wray at a U.S. Senate Select Intelligence Committee hearing offers the latest evidence that Congress must take action to keep the government from performing mass surveillance on people across the United States, as Wray admitted the bureau has purchased cellphone geoloc...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US government announced Thursday that it targeted a total of 39 entities over sanctions evasion for Iran, in addition to five companies and one individual for supporting Tehran’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) procurement efforts. The Treasury Department said the entities constituted a “shadow banking”...
ANKARA (AA/AFP) – US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has hailed Egypt’s role in easing tensions between Israel and Palestinians. Austin met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Wednesday as part of a regional tour that also included Jordan. Egyptian Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Mohamed Zaki attended the meeting. ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US slapped new sanctions Wednesday on Iranian officials, including its army chief, and companies for alleged rights abuses, according to State Secretary Antony Blinken. “Today – on International Women’s Day – the United States is taking action in coordination with the European Union, United Kingdom, and Austra...
The leadership of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and outside advocacy groups are urging lawmakers to vote yes Wednesday on a war powers resolution aimed at ending the United States’ yearslong troop presence in Syria. Led by Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, the resolution instructs the president to withdraw all remaining U.S. ...
Citing her experience as a Somali war refugee, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar on Wednesday unveiled the Stop Arming Human Rights Abusers Act, which “imposes universal human rights and humanitarian conditions on security cooperation with the United States.” “I am a survivor of civil war, and I understand personally how it terrorizes...
Baghdad, Iraq (AFP): Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said Tuesday he hoped to “strengthen and broaden” relations with Iraq, on a Baghdad visit ahead of the 20th anniversary of the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. Defense Secretary Austin also told Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani that US troops were “ready...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – The US has said the February 25 election in Nigeria “failed to meet” the expectations of Nigerians. “The people of Nigeria demonstrated their dedication to democracy on February 25, but there are many angry and frustrated Nigerians as well as many who are celebrating victories they believe were hard-fought and well-ea...
