Over the last several years, polls have revealed Americans’ increasing disgust with the country’s political system. Results about the disillusionment of voters have become so commonplace that the media often doesn’t cover them. But last week Pew Research Center released a survey so comprehensive, so bleak, and so alarming that it couldn’t be ignored. In summary, Pew...
Nikki Haley is increasingly being viewed as the most viable alternative to former President Trump, as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) continues to struggle to gain traction in the primary. The former United Nations ambassador received widespread praise for her performances in the GOP primary debates, has bumped up in primary polling and become an...
The ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas and an anticipated election of a new House Speaker are likely to be the focus of this week’s Sunday news shows. The Israel Defense Force (IDF) launched a deadly and destructive counteroffensive in Gaza this week, after Hamas entered the country on Oct. 7...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday condemned Israel for issuing evacuation orders in Gaza ahead of an expected ground invasion, calling it a "death sentence" for the sick and injured Palestinians in hospitals in the region. "Forcing more than 2000 patients to relocate to southern Gaza, where health facilities are already running at maximum...
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) argued on Saturday that supporting innocent Palestinians doesn’t make a person anti-Israel amid the ongoing fighting between Israel and Hamas. “It’s a fairly simple proposition: valuing innocent Palestinians’ lives- as I very much do- obviously doesn’t by itself imply one doesn’t also value innocent Israelis’ lives,” Nadler said in a post...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) argued Saturday that the U.S. shouldn't take in Palestinian refugees fleeing from Gaza amid the war between Israel and Hamas militants. "I don't know what [President] Biden's gonna do, but we cannot accept people from Gaza into this country as refugees," DeSantis, a GOP presidential candidate, said during a campaign...
Most U.S. adults say the country is heading in the wrong direction, according to a recent survey from the Associated Press-NORC Research Center. The poll, released Saturday, found 78 percent of respondents saying the country is headed in the wrong direction. Only 21 percent said it is headed in the right direction. Just a month...
A human rights expert for the United Nations called for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israeli forces Saturday, warning of mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. “The situation in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel has reached fever pitch,” Francesca Albanese, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since...