Five dead in Rafah as ship comes under attack in Gulf Egypt has said it will not allow Palestinians to be pushed across the border from Rafah in Gaza following confirmation from Israel that it intends to proceed with a military offensive in the city. 04/25/2024 - 3:20 am | View Link
IDF ready to move into Gaza’s Rafah, awaiting government okay, says senior official Israeli generals said to meet Egyptian counterparts to coordinate evacuation of civilians from southern city, seen as last major Hamas redoubt in Strip ... 04/25/2024 - 12:29 am | View Link
White House Says ‘We Want Answers’ Over Reports of Mass Graves in Gaza US officials have been in touch with Israeli counterparts about deeply disturbing reports of mass graves being found in Gaza, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Wednesday. 04/24/2024 - 7:57 pm | View Link
Israel Says Rafah Assault Looms; Massive Gaza Airstrikes End Weeks of Relative Calm (Reuters) - Some Palestinian civilians were fleeing their homes in northern Gaza on Wednesday just weeks after returning because of an Israeli bombardment which they said was as intense as at the ... 04/23/2024 - 11:16 pm | View Link
Israel’s war on Gaza live: Israelis strike Rafah, intense shelling in north Father, son among 3 killed in strike on Rafah home, while ‘continuous’ Israeli shelling hits north Gaza neighbourhoods. 04/23/2024 - 6:56 pm | View Link
After decades of waging a ruinous and counterproductive war on drugs, the U. S. government is finally taking steps in a new direction.
President Biden has issued mass pardons for marijuana possession offenses and urged the Drug Enforcement Administration to reschedule pot, so that it may be legally prescribed by physicians.
Can a President order a political rival’s assassination and avoid criminal prosecution? What if he sold nuclear secrets to a foreign adversary or staged a coup?
These are some of the hypothetical questions posed during oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Thursday as the Justices wrestled with the practical implications of what could happen if they grant former President Donald Trump immunity from criminal prosecution in special counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case against him.
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“This case has huge implications for the presidency, for the future of the presidency, for the future of the country,” said Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
During nearly three hours of arguments in Trump v.
Puerto Rico is participating in the U. S. presidential primaries in late April: Republicans selected delegates for the Republican National Convention (RNC) on April 21, and Democrats hold their primaries a week later. While Puerto Ricans cannot vote in the general election despite being U. S. citizens, they do have the power to shape presidential contests.
On Wednesday, Joe Biden signed into law a bill that could lead to TikTok being banned in the U. S. if ByteDance, the app’s Chinese-owned parent company, does not sell it within a year. Lawmakers are increasingly worried that the app could pose national security concerns to the U. S.
New York’s top court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, the watershed case that sparked Hollywood’s #MeToo movement.
The 72-year-old has been serving a 23-year sentence on rape and sexual assault charges in an upstate New York correctional facility since February 2020.
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Here’s what we know about the landmark decision.
Why was Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction overturned?
In a 4-3 decision, the New York Court of Appeals found that the appointed judge prejudiced the disgraced movie mogul’s case by allowing prosecution to call women who were not part of the case to testify as witnesses.
What does it tell us, my students ask, that nine years after Donald Trump oozed down the golden escalator and into contention as Leader of the Free World, the American press, mainstream edition, is still arguing about how to cover him?
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Once the charge was that he gets millions of dollars in free media because reporters obsessively overcover him; now it’s that he gets a free ride because they have outrage fatigue.