It sounded ill-conceived the moment President Joe Biden said it. “Tonight, I’m directing the U.S. military to lead an emergency mission to establish a temporary pier in the Mediterranean on the Gaza coast that can receive large ships carrying food, water, medicine, and temporary shelters,” Biden said during his State of the Union address. “No […]
As Israel continues its military campaign to destroy the genocidal, Iranian-backed terrorist organization Hamas following the savage Oct. 7 attacks, some members of the House and Senate seek to condition U.S. security assistance to Israel on other factors. President Joe Biden had called proposals to condition aid “a gigantic mistake” and an “absolutely outrageous” idea […]
The justices of the Supreme Court never focused on the First Amendment’s words when hearing arguments in Murthy v. Missouri last week. The case challenges the federal government’s orchestration of social media censorship, so one might have expected the justices to pay some attention to the First Amendment itself. Instead, the court relied on its […]
Six construction workers are presumed dead after a massive cargo ship slammed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key bridge early Tuesday morning, causing it to collapse. The container ship MV Dali struck one of the bridge’s main support columns around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, prompting the entire main span and three adjacent spans to fall into the...
Former President Trump went after the judge in his New York hush money trial on Wednesday after he placed a gag order on the former president, limiting what he can say publicly about the case. Trump called the order, the third of its kind in his multiple legal cases, “illegal, un-American,” and “unconstitutional,” and characterized...
Maryland Governor Wes Moore (D) on Wednesday called for “full accountability” following the collapse of the Francis Key Scott bridge in Baltimore that left six people presumed dead. Moore said on CNN there "needs to be a full and thorough investigation." "What led up to this? What made the ship lose power? What made them...
Disney and the state of Florida have reached a settlement agreement in their lawsuit about who controls Walt Disney World’s governing district, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board announced Wednesday. Members of the board approved the settlement agreement, ending the nearly two years of litigation that were originally sparked by Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R)...
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott called the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge a "devastating tragedy" on Wednesday morning, pledging support for the families of the victims presumed dead. "This is an unthinkable tragedy," Scott said. "And when you think about those families, when you think about those workers who were simply trying to improve transit...
An Israeli woman who was held hostage by Hamas for 55 days says she was sexually assaulted by militants, becoming the first former hostage to publicly come forward with claims of sexual violence. In an interview with The New York Times published Tuesday, Amit Soussana said she was forced “to commit a sexual act” at...
Health workers will continue to die, and entire health systems will collapse if the U.S sits idly. Health workers everywhere deserve support and protection to do their jobs for the civilians caught in conflict.