Anti-Iran alliance in Middle East is bridging Arab-Israeli divide Despite the pressures of the Gaza war, regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia is setting its sights on a security pact with the U.S. and a normalization of relations with Israel. This paradigm shift is ... 05/2/2024 - 7:56 am | View Link
U.S. think tank frightened over growing Iran-Russia security relations TEHRAN- The analyst of the American think tank, Foundation for Defense Democracies (FDD), has expressed alarm over the deepening of security relations between Tehran and Moscow. 04/30/2024 - 3:19 am | View Link
Report to Congress on Iran and U.S. Policy The following is the April 22, 2024, Congressional Research Service report, Iran: Background and U.S. Policy. From the report Relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States have ... 04/24/2024 - 2:19 am | View Link
U.S. military strategy tested as Iran-Israel warfare comes out of shadows The U.S. military's success in helping ... prepared militarily for whatever comes next as Iran and Israel move from shadow warfare to direct confrontation. But current and former U.S. officials ... 04/19/2024 - 12:59 pm | View Link
US military strategy tested as Iran-Israel warfare comes out of shadows The U.S. military's success helping Israel stop a massive wave of Iranian missiles and drones last weekend might suggest Washington is well prepared militarily for whatever comes next as Iran and ... 04/19/2024 - 12:02 pm | View Link
“The presidential election may come down to a city in the Midwestern prairie that is home to Warren Buffett — a prospect that is raising hopes among some Democrats that the once-prolific political donor will come off the sidelines to try to power President Joe Biden to reelection,” Bloomberg reports.
“Back in 2016, the Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
“The U. S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine, with the massive outlay being repaid with the windfall profits from sovereign Russian assets that have been frozen – and are accruing interest — mostly in Europe,” Bloomberg reports.
“Republicans have launched more than 30 investigations into the State Department since taking power in 2023, an unusually high number that is fueling partisan tensions,” Politico reports.
“Democratic lawmakers and State Department officials say this particular chapter of the growing partisan rancor on Capitol Hill is affecting U. S. foreign policy: It distracts U.
Nevada Independent: “The lawsuit alleges that the four-day period for mail ballots postmarked by Election Day to be received violates federal law because it does not conform to the Election Day deadline established by the federal government.”
Reproductive rights organizers in two states with near-total abortion bans, Missouri and South Dakota, submitted roughly double the signatures needed to allow ballot measures that would put abortion before voters.
In South Dakota, organizers have submitted 55,000 signatures in support of the ballot measure granting a limited right to abortion—far more than the 35,000 required.