The reauthorization of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), America’s global initiative to combat HIV, was one of the casualties of the fight to circumvent a government shutdown, with certain authorizations for the program expiring last month. The program can continue to operate into next year with preapproved funding, but advocates worry the...
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) defended his previous comments where he alleged that President Biden has "blood on his hands," in the wake of Hamas's deadly attacks on Israel, claiming he does not regret the comment squared at the White House's prisoner swap with Iran last month. Asked on ABC News's "This Week," if he regrets...
With Hamas in power in Gaza, coupled with a deliberately emaciated PA in the West Bank, Netanyahu could claim there was no Palestinian partner for negotiation.
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Sunday said threats against GOP lawmakers over the Speaker vote are "absolutely being driven" by former President Trump and his supporters. Asked on CBS News's "Face the Nation" about the surfacing threats towards some lawmakers amid the House Speaker chaos, Cheney said, "The domestic threats are absolutely being driven...
Israel has carried out a rare airstrike in the West Bank, striking a mosque that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) alleged was used by militants. “The IDF & ISA just conducted an aerial strike on a Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist compound in the Al-Ansar Mosque in Jenin. Recent IDF intel revealed that the Mosque...
CBS "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan on Sunday pressed Secretary of State Antony Blinken over why the U.S. is not calling for a temporary ceasefire between Israel and militant group Hamas in the midst of a deepening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, to which the State Department head emphasized Israel's right to defend...