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Trump: Border deal being used to put ‘disaster’ onto Republicans’ shoulders

Former President Trump on Monday railed against the Senate bipartisan border deal, saying that the legislation is unnecessary and will only make the border worse. Trump has been blasting the border deal for days as negotiators on both sides of the aisle hammer out the final details of the legislation. A handful of Republican senators...

Central Asia could help the West break its dependence on China’s critical minerals 

The U.S. and its allies should work to wean the region off hydrocarbons and toward mineral extraction practices that respect Central Asia’s ecological riches and support the well-being of its inhabitants.

Democrats press Blinken on arms sales to Israel without congressional approval

A bicameral coalition of nearly 20 Democrats urged the State Department on Monday to provide information on the Biden administration’s decisions to sell arms to Israel amid its ongoing war with Hamas without explicit congressional approval. The letter, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), increases pressure on the Biden White...

Biden’s legacy opportunity: A global initiative to end lead poisoning 

It is high time that the United States lead the effort to find and defeat this silent killer.  

Baldwin calls on drug companies to stop gaming patents for asthma inhalers

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) is demanding the four largest manufacturers of inhalers to stop improperly listing patents in a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) database, a practice that can delay lower-cost generics from coming to market.  In letters sent Monday to AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Teva, Baldwin called on the companies to remove...

Qatar relaying cease-fire proposal to Hamas after ‘good progress’

Qatar’s prime minister said Monday that his government was working to relay a new cease-fire proposal to Hamas after “good progress” was made in talks involving Israel and the United States over the weekend. U.S., Israeli, Egyptian and Qatari officials agreed on a framework for a temporary cease-fire that would see the release of Israeli...

The West shouldn’t celebrate a weaker Chinese economy

An economically challenged regime in Beijing may become more politically problematical and dangerous.

Democratic senators call on Fed to cut interest rates over high housing costs

Several Democratic senators urged the Federal Reserve on Sunday to cut interest rates, which they argue have “aggravated the country’s persistent crisis of housing access and affordability.” In a letter to Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said the central bank’s decision to...

War with China would be an unmitigated strategic catastrophe

Instead of taking the lead role in war the U.S. strategic aim must be to defend treaty allies by helping them to defend themselves.

White House defends UNRWA amid terrorist allegations: ‘Don’t impugn the whole agency’

White House spokesman John Kirby says the allegations against 13 UNRWA employees should not impugn the whole agency.

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