White House announces $3.5 billion for strengthening electric grids
The Biden Administration on Wednesday announced $3.5 billion for 58 projects to strengthen electric grids across the U.S. “This is the largest-ever direct investment in critical grid infrastructure, supporting projects that will harden systems, improve energy reliability + affordability,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm wrote on social media. The Administration is teaming up with private partners, […]
Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia 2020 election case
Trump co-defendant Sidney Powell pleaded guilty in Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday, on charges related to interference in Georgia’s 2020 election. As part of a deal between Powell’s attorneys and Fulton County prosecutors, Powell agreed to serve six years’ probation, pay a $6,000 fine and pay another $2,700 in restitution to the state of […]
Egypt to allow first aid trucks into Gaza
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has agreed to open the Rafah border crossing to allow aid trucks to move into Gaza. That announcement came Thursday morning, after President Biden said during his visit to Israel Wednesday that he had secured an agreement with Israel’s cabinet for the “delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance to civilians in […]
U.N. official calls for investigation into Gaza hospital blast
A senior United Nations official on Wednesday called for the U.N. to conduct its own investigation into the explosion at a hospital in Gaza City that killed hundreds of civilians. “The U.N. will certainly want to do its own investigation….And it should be done very soon and very quickly,” Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency […]
Pentagon accuses China of “concerted” harassment of U.S. aircraft
The Pentagon on Tuesday declassified photos and video of 15 incidents in which it says Chinese jets harassed U.S. aircraft. The images were put forth as evidence of what Ely Ratner, the assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs, called a “centralized and concerted campaign” by Chinese officials to “coerce a change in lawful […]
More than a dozen journalists killed amid Israel-Hamas war: report
More than a dozen reporters “have lost their lives in Gaza in just 10 days,” the Committee to Protect Journalists reported on Wednesday. Among those killed, according to the CPJ, was Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah, who lost his life during a shelling in southern Lebanon at the direction of Israel. Six other journalists were injured in […]
House votes against Jim Jordan for Speaker in 2nd round
The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 234-199 against Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) for Speaker of the House. It was the second round of voting in as many days. Jordan received one fewer vote than he had on Tuesday. On Wednesday, 22 Republicans voted for other GOP Reps.—Kevin McCarthy of California, Steve Scalise of Louisiana, […]
Biden announces humanitarian aid deal with Israel for civilians in Gaza
President Biden on Wednesday announced he had come to an agreement with Israel’s cabinet on the “delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza.” Speaking from Tel Aviv, where he’d held a bilateral meeting earlier int he day with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden said, “The United States unequivocally stands for the protection […]
Senate holding hearing on confirming Biden’s pick for Ambassador to Israel
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee was set to hold a hearing on Wednesday with the aim of quickly confirming Biden’s nominee for Ambassador to Israel, Jacob Lew. Lew was Secretary of the Treasury during the Obama Administration. Biden tapped him last month after Ambassador Tom Nides left the post in Israel in July. Lew’s vast […]
U.S. announces new sanctions against Hamas
The Treasury Department on Wednesday announced new sanctions against a group of 10 members of Hamas, as well as the terrorist organization’s financial network across Gaza, Sudan, Turkey, Algeria and Qatar. “This action targets members managing assets in a secret Hamas investment portfolio, a Qatar-based financial facilitator with close ties to the Iranian regime, a […]
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