Administration
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that President Biden's warning to withhold offensive weapons from Israel does not indicate that the U.S. plans to 'abandon' Israel. Sullivan, in a conversation with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, cautioned about the 'significant' civilian casualties in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. This comes following President Biden's recent threat…
Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned on Sunday that the U.S. hasn't seen any plans from Israel regarding how the nation will protect civilians or the future of Gaza after the war. CBS’s Margaret Brennan questioned Blinken on “Face the Nation” regarding the U.S. holding back high payload bombs to Israel, among recent concerns about the Israeli military…
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. believes a higher number of civilians in Gaza have been killed compared to terrorists. CBS’s Margaret Brennan asked Blinken on “Face the Nation” about whether the U.S. agrees with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent statement that Israel has killed 14,000 terrorists and 16,000 civilians in its…
Voters in a new poll say they are not familiar with President Biden’s domestic spending initiatives, with many sharing that they know nothing at all about major laws that have passed during this administration. A new Politico-Morning Consult poll asked voters how much they had seen, read or heard about the four major domestic policy…
The Biden administration recently paused an arms shipment to Israel due to concerns the country could launch a full-scale assault on Rafah, a city in southern Gaza — a move the U.S. has strongly opposed. The shipment would have included roughly 1,800 2,000-pound bombs and 1,700 500-pound bombs, a senior administration official told The Associated…
The Biden administration says they probably won't finish the report about Israel's actions in the war against Hamas by their Wednesday deadline for sending it to Congress. This report is required by a national security memorandum issued by President Biden in February.
The U.S. repatriated 11 Americans, six Canadians, four Dutch citizens and one Finnish citizen from northeast Syria on Tuesday, according to a statement from Secretary of State Antony Blinken. “In conducting this complex repatriation and resettlement the Department coordinated closely with our interagency partners,” Blinken said in the Tuesday statement. “I would like to thank the…
Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.) urged FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg to step down after a law firm’s investigation confirmed a report of widespread sexual misconduct, lewd behavior, and retaliatory administrative practices at the federal banking regulator. Foster became the first House Democrat to call for Gruenberg’s resignation, joining some fellow Republicans, including the chairman…
The White House on Tuesday condemned the sharing of the video of University of Mississippi students imitating a monkey to harass a Black protester at the college’s pro-Palestine protest after GOP Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) shared it on social media. The video, which went viral last week, depicted a group of white men dancing and yelling…
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