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The United States has greenlighted the transfer of a new $2.5bn weapons package, comprising bombs and fighter jets, to Israel, according to US media reports. Despite expressing concern about civilian casualties in Gaza, the White House arms package includes more than 1,800 MK84 2,000-pound (900kg) bombs and 500 MK82 500-pound (225kg) bombs, according to Pentagon […]
Despite extreme violence, political instability and hunger engulfing Haiti, the United States is continuing to return Haitian migrants interdicted at sea back to the gang-controlled country, to the dismay of Haitian advocates in the U.S. who decry the policy. On Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard . . .
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WASHINGTON — The House is poised to pass legislation Wednesday that could ban TikTok in the U.S. as Republicans and Democrats alike sound the alarm that the popular video-sharing app is a national security threat. TikTok, owned by China-based parent company ByteDance, is mounting an aggressive lobbying campaign to . . .
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced it will send Ukraine a new emergency military aid package worth $300 million, the first such weapons tranche Washington has sent an increasingly desperate Kyiv since late December. “Ukrainian troops have fought bravely are fighting bravely throughout this war, but they are now forced to ration their ammunition under […]
US News By Isabel Keane Published March 10, 2024 Updated March 10, 2024, 11:17 a.m. ET You could get high off the fumes alone. An illegal cannabis operation went to pot when it caught fire in Los Angeles over the weekend, sending massive plumes of smoke across the city and five firefighters to the hospital […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images During his third trip to Iowa this month, Donald Trump warned that if he was not elected president in 2024, the U.S. would see its economy plunge into a “1929”-era depression. His words arrived as the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a
As the attack on Gaza continues, a Chicago Black Lives Matter (BLM) organization is asking for a refund for the weapons that the United States is sending over to Israel. The BLM chapter tweeted earlier this week, “We want our money back!!!” Source link
This picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke rising from buildings after being hit by Israeli strikes in the battles between Israel and Hamas militants, on December 1, 2023. A temporary truce between Israel and Hamas expired on December 1, with the Israeli army saying combat operations had […]
Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a meeting with state attorneys general in Washington, DC, on July 18, 2023. Wilmington, Delaware CNN — Vice President Kamala Harris said . . .