Israel-Gaza war consumes Biden’s attention

The Israel-Gaza conflict has been a clear focus of the Biden administration in the past few weeks. From the start of the hostilities, President Biden has been engaged diplomatically in seeking a de-escalation of hostilities and a ceasefire between the two sides. The administration has been working tirelessly with both the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]Read More

Live Nation spars with senator over its vow to ditch

Live Nation and U.S. Senator Cory Booker are at odds over the ticket giant’s promise to eliminate hidden fees when fans purchase tickets to concerts and other events. The conflict erupted after Booker, a New Jersey Democrat, wrote a letter to Live Nation Entertainment CEO Michael Rapino, demanding he honor a 2017 pledge to end […]Read More

Israel omitted from online maps in China amid war on

There have been reports that China is quietly censoring Israeli locations from its maps in the wake of a war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, which began on May 10. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that the locations of cities, towns, settlements, and military bases in Israel are missing from local versions of Google […]Read More

Democrats plan to subpoena wealthy benefactors of Supreme Court justices

Republican appointees Democrats do not have the power to issue subpoenas requiring wealthy benefactors of Supreme Court justices to appear before Congress and answer questions. Subpoena power lies with the chamber’s majority party, which currently is the Republicans. Therefore, in order for Democrats to subpoena wealthy benefactors of Supreme Court justices, they would need to […]Read More

Israel eliminates top Hamas commander who helped direct October 7

The Israeli military said Tuesday it had eliminated one of Hamas’s top commanders who was involved in the October 7 massacre near the Gaza Strip in which eight Israelis were killed. The commander, named as Salah al-Aruri, was killed in an airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. The IDF […]Read More

Campaign, court gag order collide with Trump attack on likely

President Donald Trump’s attack on a former White House official due to be a witness in the House impeachment investigation has collided with a court gag order barring discussion of his criminal case. Trump tweeted Wednesday that former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe “lying and leaking” to the press and should be sentence to jail. […]Read More

Sam Bankman-Fried to testify in federal fraud trial, attorney says

Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of the cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform FTX, is set to testify as a witness in a federal fraud trial in California. According to a statement from his attorney, Bankman-Fried has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Department of Justice to testify in the trial of an alleged cryptocurrency fraudster, which is set […]Read More

House GOP’s $14B Israel aid bill offset with cuts to

House Republicans have attached an aid package to Israel worth $14 billion to the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, which calls for cuts to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) funding in order to pay for the measure. The package, which was included in the Republican-sponsored bill, would provide $1.5 billion for Israel’s missile defense system and […]Read More

Spurned by moderates and MAGA: How DeSantis’s coalition has deflated

post-election Since his victory in Florida’s 2018 gubernatorial election, Ron DeSantis has been widely seen as a rising star for the Republican Party. The Trump-backed candidate’s pro-business policies and unwavering loyalty to President Donald Trump earned him the support of moderates and pro-Trump MAGA conservatives alike. However, post-election DeSantis’s popularity has begun to deflate as […]Read More

Biden’s pick for ambassador to Israel is so awful, it’s

. He’s a long-time lobbyist whose clients include the settlement movement and those who oppose a two-state solution. He has also made outrageous and inflammatory statements about Palestinians. He is not suited to be our ambassador in Israel and sets a bad precedent for American diplomacy in the Middle East.Read More