14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed, the Texas teenager who made headlines around the world after he was arrested for making a clock that teachers mistook for a possible bomb, is moving with his family to Qatar, and has gotten his clock back from the police just ahead of the flight. “Got my clock back finally!!” Mohamed posted […]
Russia and Iran have agreed to strengthen their cooperation in order to bring stability and security to the Middle East, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, according to Reuters. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif held a telephone conversation on Saturday at Moscow’s request, the ministry added. The […]
The House approved a budget reconciliation bill Friday that would repeal portions of Obamacare and cut federal funds to Planned Parenthood for one year. The legislation, called the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, was passed in a 240-189 vote. One Democrat, Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota, voted in favor of the bill, and seven Republicans voted against it. […]
Congress is gearing up for another battle over the Export-Import Bank nearly four months after the agency’s charter expired. The House of Representatives is preparing to vote Monday on a bill that would revive the bank. As opponents of Ex-Im prepare a counteroffensive to keep it shuttered, the bank’s supporters had their say in a hearing on Capitol Hill […]
In much-anticipated hearing, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared Thursday before a panel of lawmakers tasked with investigating the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya. Clinton, who was secretary of state at the time of the attacks and resigned five months after, testified before the House Select Committee on Benghazi in an 11-hour hearing […]
Republicans have voted to repeal Obamacare dozens of times. This week the House will try again using a budgetary tactic called reconciliation to repeal parts of the law. Reconciliation is the filibuster-proof tool Democrats used to pass the President Barack Obama’s signature health care law in March of 2010. Earlier this year, Republicans signaled they […]
Yediot Aharonot, a newspaper franchise that vigorously opposes Binyamin Netanyahu, mocked him Tuesday when it featured a photo of him peering through binoculars while the binoculars’ lenses were still covered. The photo was snapped during Netanyahu’s visit to the Gaza Division in southern Israel. However, video from the event shows that while Netanyahu initially raised the […]
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid threw his support behind Rep. Paul Ryan for House speaker. The Nevada Democrat acknowledged policy differences with Ryan, but said he’s the one House Republican who Democrats could work with if elected speaker. Asked if the endorsement might hurt Ryan’s chances among Republicans, Reid responded, “I just speak the truth.” Source material […]
Nathan Thrall’s recent New York Times column is an error-filled diatribe that has no place on the pages of any legitimate newspaper. Worse than simply misleading readers, his bottom line is frightening. He claims that efforts to restore calm and prevent violence are actually not constructive: But what does seem guaranteed is that most Palestinians […]
Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz (Likud) slammed Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas at the Israeli American Council (IAC) conference in Washington DC on Sunday night, accusing him of being the “leader of anti-Semitism in the world.” “Any discussion of Abbas’s part in the terror will only reduce his actual involvement. He is the number one inciter in the world against […]
