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Biden under pressure to respond to Israel-Gaza fighting uptick

May 14, 2021
President Biden is facing pressure from warring factions within his own party on how he ought to respond amid an escalating bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas involving thousands of rocket exchanges and ground troops. On one end of the political spectrum, Republicans are unified in their stance that Israel has the right to defend itself from

Many Americans say border security is worse under Biden

April 25, 2021
Three times as many Americans say they believe security at the US-Mexico border is worse under President Biden than it was under former President Donald Trump, according to a new poll released Sunday. About 45 percent of Americans said they agreed that the situation at the southern border is worse-off than it was two years

CHAD : Secret talks to place Déby's son "Kaka" under intense international pressure

April 24, 2021
Before it even began, Idriss Déby’s state funeral on 23 April had all the trappings of a Chad-Africa summit. Since Source link

SOUTH AFRICA : Anglo American under fire from would-be ANC president Ace Magashule

March 21, 2021
As he campaigns (though still unofficially) to become president of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, a position widely seen as a springboard for the top job in the land, the ANC’s current secretary-general Ace Magashule has decided to take on a heavyweight adversary: the mining giant Anglo American. Source link

Under the Radar – BillMoyers.com

March 4, 2021
The Roosevelt Institute  Unburdened: How Canceling Student Debt Can Boost Growth, Equity, and Innovation The Roosevelt Institute has been sounding alarms about the mounting student debt crisis for years. Previously, they published briefs on how predatory financial institutions and industry insiders rig the system to extract as much as they can from student borrowers. In

Africa: UNHCR Warns Asylum Under Attack At Europe’s Borders, Urges End to Pushbacks and Violence Against Refugees

January 28, 2021
Alarmed at the increasing frequency of expulsions and pushbacks of refugees and asylum-seekers at Europe’s land and sea borders, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for states to investigate and halt these practices. “UNHCR has received a continuous stream of reports of some European states restricting access to asylum, returning people after they have

Trump campaign lawyer under protection after ‘threats of harm’

November 18, 2020
One of President Trump’s campaign lawyers in Pennsylvania was placed under official protection following threats against her, according to court papers filed Wednesday evening. Philadelphia lawyer Linda Kerns “has been the subject of threats of harm, to the point at which the involvement of police and US Marshals has been necessary to provide for her

Head of govt agency under pressure to let transition proceed

November 17, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of an obscure federal agency that is holding up the presidential transition knew well before Election Day that she might soon have a messy situation on her hands.Prior to Nov. 3, Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, held a Zoom call with Dave Barram, 77, the man

‘You Never Find Quiet Except Under a Tyranny.’ Congress Has Always Been Partisan and That’s a Good Thing.

February 28, 2020
In the throes of the worst crisis in American history, the Civil War, Democrats in Congress repeatedly attacked Abraham Lincoln as a “tyrant” and even his fellow Republicans questioned his competence and investigated his generals. Beleaguered though he often felt, Lincoln never claimed that Congress lacked the authority to challenge his actions or declined to…

I Ran the VA Under President Trump Until He Fired Me. Our First Trump Tower Meeting Was a Job Interview Unlike Any Other

October 25, 2019
David Shulkin, a physician and former healthcare executive, was an under secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs under President Obama and the Secretary of the VA under President Trump. In March 2018, he was abruptly fired amid charges of improperly accepting gifts and misusing taxpayer funds for personal travel. Shulkin has consistently denied…