Bloomberg reports that the Biden administration is successfully pressuring Israel into delaying a ground offensive into Gaza. The White House's rationale is that such a delay will facilitate negotiations to release Americans and Israelis held by Hamas.
President Biden on Friday spoke by phone with two Americans who were released by Hamas after being taken hostage during the recent terrorist attacks against Israel. The White House said Biden spoke with Judith Raanan and her daughter, 18-year-old Natalie Raanan. He also spoke by phone with the family of the two women following their...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) spent the day on Friday in Israel, where he met with families impacted by Hamas’s recent unprecedented attack on the country. “As I reflect back on the extraordinary people I just met today in Israel, I am reminded of the deep connections between my home state and this country. A...
The field of those vying to be the House GOP’s third nominee for Speaker is quickly becoming crowded after the conference voted on Friday to drop House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). The conference pushed Jordan aside in a secret-ballot internal vote shortly after he lost a third House floor vote on Friday. Before...
A majority of New Jersey residents in a new poll said they want Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to resign after federal prosecutors indicted him on charges of bribery, fraud, extortion and acting as a foreign agent to Egypt. The Farleigh Dickinson University (FDU) poll shows 70 percent of the respondents want Menendez to resign. Only...
Last month, the Biden administration announced that the Department of Transportation would be adopting categorical exclusions for electric vehicle charging projects. The goal, per the Council on Environmental Quality, is to “unlock faster reviews” for charging stations as part of the administration’s efforts to deploy electric vehicle infrastructure. It’s a commendable move, and one that signals that...
Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) spoke with CNN’s Manu Raju after a closed-door meeting with Republicans led Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to withdraw his name from consideration for Speaker, sending the House GOP searching for its third nominee in 17 days. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), a hard-liner who was one of the eight Republicans who voted...
A Tennessee man was convicted for an alleged attempt to provide ISIS with material Thursday. “On Oct. 19, following an eight-day trial, a jury convicted Benjamin Carpenter, 31, of Knoxville, Tennessee, aka Abu Hamza, of attempting to provide material support to ISIS, a foreign terrorist organization,” a Department of Justice press release read. “In 2020...