Giorno: 20 Maggio 2024

State Dept.: Iran Asked US for Help Following Raisi Crash

The State Department on Monday said Iran asked Washington for assistance after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter crashed in mountains near the Azerbaijan border, but ultimately the U.S. was unable to provide help largely for logistical reasons.

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Maryland School District Gender Identity Case

The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a bid backed by a conservative Christian legal group to challenge a Maryland school district’s policy against informing parents if their children identify as transgender or gender nonconforming.

House GOP: Immigration Bill ‘Dead on Arrival’

Calling the bill “dead on arrival,” House Republicans derided the Senate’s attempt for a vote on bipartisan immigration legislation this week as a political ploy, Politico reported Monday.[#item_full_content]

Ivan Boesky of 1980s Trading Scandal Dies at 87

Ivan Boesky, the financier who was a central figure of the 1980s insider trading scandals, has died at the age of 87, The New York Times reported Monday.[#item_full_content]

NY v. Trump: Michael Cohen testifies he’s considering congressional run

Former President Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen is mulling a run for Congress.  The admission came on the witness stand Monday in what is Cohen’s fourth day of testimony in the NY v. Trump case. Cohen told the court that he would pursue congressional office because he has the “best name recognition out there.” He […]

Colorado Dem Gov. Polis, Lawmakers Fight Space Force Proposal

Democrat Gov. Jared Polis and most members of the Colorado’s U.S. congressional delegation are fighting the Biden administration’s proposal that potentially would move hundreds of the state’s Air National Guard members to the U.S. Space Force.[#item_full_content]

‘Butcher of Tehran’ dead but Raisi’s legacy continues as Iran appoints acting president

JERUSALEM – The late President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, was a known quantity to the U.S. government because of his massacres of Iranian citizens. The Trump administration sanctioned Raisi for his role in carrying out the massacre of 5,000 Iranian political prisoners in […]

Netanyahu arrest warrant called ‘gift to terrorists’ as pro-Israel lawmakers vow revenge

A top House Republican leader is accusing the International Criminal Court (ICC) of equating Israel’s democratically elected government with terror group Hamas after its chief prosecutor petitioned for arrest warrants against top officials in both. “The ICC’s decision to equate Israel with Hamas as a war criminal is a gift to terrorists around the globe […]

Trade union accuses ActionSA of inciting striking Pikitup workers

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Biden calls ICC prosecutor’s request for arrest of Israeli officials ‘outrageous’ – live

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