The al-Ahali Hospital in Gaza City was struck Tuesday night, and hundreds were reportedly killed in the blast. Hamas initially claimed the hospital was attacked in an Israeli strike; Israel countered after an investigation that…
Category:
Politics
-
-
The U.S. has no responsibility to keep its allies on the ‘cutting edge’ of artificial intelligence (AI) development — unless it is a matter of national security, a former CIA director and retired Army officer…
-
Politics
Hundreds killed in blast at Gaza Strip hospital; Israel says Islamic Jihad’s ‘failed rocket launch’ to blame
A Hamas-run hospital that was treating wounded Palestinians and sheltering many others in the Gaza Strip was hit by an airstrike Tuesday, killing hundreds of people, though Israel Defense Forces (IDF) blame the strike on…
-
Lawmakers in the House of Representatives are gearing up for another vote on a new speaker late on Wednesday morning. Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, House Republicans’ candidate for the gavel, fell 17 votes short…
-
Calls from Capitol Hill lawmakers to freeze the $6 billion in Iranian funds reached through controversial negotiations increased this week. Nearly 20 GOP senators are calling on the Biden administration to freeze the funds that…
-
Politics
Bernie Sanders says blast at Palestinian hospital an ‘unspeakable crime’ as IDF, Hamas trade blame
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that the rocket strike against a hospital in Gaza that killed hundreds of Palestinians is an ‘unspeakable crime’ and called for both Israeli forces and Hamas terrorists to bring…
-
Politics
US refrains from placing preconditions on weapons sent to Israel, unlike those sent to Ukraine
Pentagon officials say weapons sent to Israel for defense against attacks from Hamas were sent without any preconditions, unlike weapons sent to Ukraine. During a press briefing on Tuesday, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh…
-
Politics
Lebanese protesters gather near U.S. embassy in Beirut after Gaza hospital hit by rocket: Reports
Hundreds of protesters reportedly gathered at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday night after a rocket hit a hospital in the Gaza Strip. The protest came after a Hamas-run hospital in the Gaza…
-
Politics
United Nations to vote on resolution condemning Hamas attack and all violence against civilians
The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote on a resolution Wednesday that will condemn ‘the heinous terrorist attacks by Hamas’ on Israel as well as all violence against civilians. The resolution also calls…
-
Politics
Jordan could become speaker without House majority with risky gambit last used before Civil War
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, faces an unclear path to the speakership after securing the GOP nomination. In the chaotic fight to replace recently ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Jordan has been making…