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Showing posts with label United States. Show all posts
Saturday, February 28, 2026

Trump declares “major combat operations” underway against Iran

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by  Peoples Dispatch   The strikes, launched jointly by the US and Israel, come amid ongoing nuclear talks between Iran and the US, mediated...
Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza, Two Government Bodies Concluded. Antony Blinken Rejected Them.

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By Brett Murphy The U.S. government’s two foremost authorities on humanitarian assistance concluded this spring that Israel had deliberately...
Friday, September 13, 2024

Inflation has slowed, but the economy remains a big issue for voters in picking a president

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 By Casey Quinlan Inflation hit a three-year low last month, just as the presidential election is heating up. But the high cost of housing a...
Tuesday, August 27, 2024

'Thanks to Citizens United': 50 Megadonors Have Put Over $1.5 Billion Into 2024 Election

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By Edward Carver The top 50 contributors "skew Republican" but the list includes donors to both major parties, an analysis from Th...
Wednesday, August 14, 2024

'Sickening Beyond Words': Biden Approves Another $20 Billion in Weapons for Israel

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By Jake Johnson "Authorizing billions of dollars in new arms transfers effectively provides Israel a carte blanche to continue its atro...
Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Hundreds of Legal Experts Push Biden to Drop 'Punitive and Deadly' Sanctions

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 By Brett Wilkins "Hundreds of millions of civilians around the world suffer—and hundreds of thousands have died—even in times of osten...
Monday, July 15, 2024

Biden’s aid pier in Gaza to shut down after 2 months of operation

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The troubled project is set to close down after less than two months since installation, without addressing any concerns around ongoing geno...
Monday, June 10, 2024

Thousands Protest Gaza Genocide in 'Red Line' White House Rally

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 By  Jessica Corbett "We as the people are drawing the red line today to say enough is enough," said a protester from the Palestin...
Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Gaza: World court orders Israel to halt military operations in Rafah

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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday issued new provisional measures that order Israel to immediately end military operations ...
Thursday, May 16, 2024

Biden Moves Forward With 'Immoral' $1 Billion Arms Shipment to Israel

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By Julia Conley The new shipment was announced "right after the State Department admits Israel has 'likely' used U.S.-supplied ...
Thursday, May 9, 2024

What students protesting Israel’s Gaza siege want — and how their demands on divestment fit into the BDS movement

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By  Mira Sucharov , Carleton University A wave of protests expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people is spreading across college...
Monday, April 15, 2024

'We Cannot Let the Warmongers Win': US Progressives Reject Calls for Attack on Iran

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By Jake Johnson Progressives in the U.S. Congress on Sunday urged the Biden administration to resist calls for an attack on Iran following t...