Iran Attack Tests Netanyahu’s Political Staying Power In a deeply polarized country that has again come under attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fate may depend on what happens next. 04/14/2024 - 6:39 am | View Link
Biden calls Netanyahu's handling of Israel-Hamas war "a mistake," says "I don't agree with his approach" President Biden sharpens his criticism of Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the war in Gaza, saying he doesn't "agree with his approach." ... 04/10/2024 - 12:54 pm | View Link
Biden administration officials believe Netanyahu’s claim a Rafah invasion date has been set is bluster The Biden administration is dismissing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pronouncement that a date has been set for a ground offensive into Rafah as bluster that is in no small part fueled ... 04/9/2024 - 9:39 am | View Link
Republicans thumb their noses at Obama over Iran and secretly invite Israeli PM Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress This will be Netanyahu's third appearance in front of a joint session of Congress, and his second since Boehner took the gavel, the last one being in 2011. His first address to Congress was in ... 09/23/2015 - 10:03 pm | View Link
“Lawsuits by members of Congress and police officers against Donald Trump for his actions on Jan. 6 may advance despite the related criminal case against him in Washington, a federal judge ruled Thursday,” Politico reports.
“U. S. District Judge Amit Mehta rejected Trump’s effort to pause the lawsuits until the criminal charges over his attempt to subvert the 2020 election — brought by special counsel Jack Smith — are resolved.”
Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) said on C-SPAN that some of his Republican colleagues want Russia to “win” in their war with Ukraine.
Said Bacon: “If we don’t do this, the Russians will be in Kiev. Unfortunately, a few of my colleagues would like to see the Russians win. I don’t know why that is the case.
“Lawmakers on a Louisiana House committee voted Thursday to repeal a law requiring employers to give child workers lunch breaks and to slash unemployment benefits — part of a Republican-backed push to roll back regulations on companies and reduce aid for injured and unemployed workers,” the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filed an amendment to the Israel funding bill that included “such sums as necessary shall be used for the development of space laser technology on the southwest border.”