Israel Is the Greatest Threat to US Strategy in the Middle East
WEB7 hours ago · Ironically, the greatest threat to U.S. strategy in the Middle East hasn’t come from Iran, but from its closest ally, Israel. In the chaotic days following the October 7 attacks, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant pushed for a large-scale offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon. President Biden intervened, urging Prime Minister Benjamin ...
FCC Chair Rebukes DeSantis-Run Florida for Threatening TV …
WEB2 hours ago · Jessica Corbett. Oct 09, 2024. Oct 09, 2024. Federal Communications Commission Chair Jessica Rosenworcel on Tuesday called out a Florida agency for threatening a Tampa NBC affiliate with prosecution for airing an advertisement in support of a state abortion rights proposal on the November ballot. …
Progressives Demand Federal Action Against Companies …
WEB9 hours ago · The head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and a group of Florida representatives said late Tuesday that the federal government must do more to crack down on airlines, hotels, and other companies taking advantage of emergency conditions brought by Hurricanes Helene and Milton to jack up prices and pad their bottom lines.
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Study Shows Trump Plan Would Slash Taxes for Richest 5%, Hike …
WEB1 hour ago · A detailed new analysis of the tax proposals Republican nominee Donald Trump has floated during the 2024 presidential campaign show they would result in annual tax increases for the bottom 95% of the U.S. income distribution—and a substantial giveaway to the richest 5%.. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) described its study, published Monday, as the "most comprehensive ...
Bold New Proposals for Peace on Earth | Common Dreams
WEB4 days ago · Putin provided a draft agreement in 2021 to the U.S. proposing that Ukraine remain neutral and that the Donbass region, undergoing the civil war, remain in Ukraine as a federation and have the right to speak Russian. The U.S. completely ignored the proposal, and Putin invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Putin was negotiating for a cease-fire with ...
'Dangerous': Judge Blocks Student Debt Relief Rule That Doesn't …
WEBSep 5, 2024 · Mike Pierce, executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center—which called the ruling "dangerous and unprecedented"—denounced Hall for preventing the Biden administration from delivering student debt relief "even though no plan has been finalized." "This is an extraordinary break with precedent and a brazen move by the conservative movement to shift even more power to unelected ...
New Report Lays Out How US Can Address Its 'Fair Share' of the …
WEBSep 17, 2024 · The U.S.' historic emissions are so large that the U.S. cannot mitigate enough emissions domestically to fulfill its "fair share" of responsibility for the climate crisis. It must also provide Global South countries annually with $106 billion in mitigation funding and $340 billion worth of adaptation and loss and damage funding by 2030.
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Florida Abortion Clinic Volunteers Launch Fundraiser to Save …
WEBAug 20, 2023 · Volunteers who regularly help protect patients from pro-forced pregnancy protesters at an abortion clinic in Orlando, Florida are pushing to save the facility from being fined "out of existence" by the state, following a $193,000 penalty that was levied against the clinic by the state Agency for Healthcare Administration.In just four days, as of this writing Stand With Abortion Now (SWAN) of ...