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Joe Biden is in trouble
A new Quinnipiac University poll found that 49% of voters under 35 in the US said they’ll vote for Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the November 6 presidential election, while 39% said they’ll vote for President Donald Trump. This is up from 40% in a similar poll last week. The poll also found that 42%…
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Is it possible that Trump Indictments haven’t Sunk his campaign?
Donald Trump is politically surviving the criminal charges against him before voting in the Democratic Party’s presidential primary, as per a NYT-Siena Poll. Trump leads Joe Biden in five of the six battleground states. A majority of voters agree that Trump’s policies helped them, while a small percentage say they have been hurt by Biden’s…
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The white evangelical- GOP alliance has a new speaker in Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson was sworn in as the Speaker of the US House of Representatives for the first time after the Republican party nominated him to succeed Kevin McCarthy. The 56-year-old is the Majority Whip, an official position in the House of Representatives. He is a member of the white evangelical-GOP alliance in the US House…
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Thousands of people protested in the U.S. over Israel’s attack on Gaza
US Representative Rashid Tlaib released a video on Friday that accused President Joe Biden of supporting the “genocide of Palestinians”. Tlaib, a Democrat of Michigan and an outspoken voice for a ceasefire in the Israel- Hamas war, released the video on Friday. Biden has also grown more critical of Israeli government’s response as the death…
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Jewish viewers find solace in Fox News
US Vice President Joe Biden has criticised Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to support a ceasefire in Gaza amid humanitarian crisis. “As the Israeli government carries out ethnic cleansing in Gaza, President Biden is cheering on Netanyahu, whose own citizens are protesting his refusal to support a cease-fire,” US Representative Rashida Tlaib said.
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The New York Times writes that putting pressure on Palestinian activists doesn’t make Jewish students any safer
US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has released a video that accused President Joe Biden of supporting the “genocide” of Palestinians. The video showed videos of Israeli strikes in Gaza, children bleeding in medical tents, bodies lying in rubble and protests in the US calling for Tlaib to resign. The US Senate had passed a resolution accusing…
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In Israel, Blinken wants to prioritize civilians in Gaza
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said that the country would continue to carry out operations in the Gaza Strip until Hamas is defeated and the kidnapped Israelis are returned. Netanyahu’s remarks came after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel to urge the country to prioritize the protection of civilians in Gaza.
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Israel’s president says there is more to this battle than just between Israel and Hamas
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said that his country will “take action to prevent Iran from being able to manufacture rockets”. Netanyahu added, “It is very important to us that our allies…are not involved in the war in the Middle East.” Iran has fired thousands of rockets at Israel in response to an Israeli air strike…
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The House voted to approve nearly $14.5 billion in military aid for Israel
The US House of Representatives has passed a $14.5 billion aid package for Israel amid the ongoing war with Hamas. The House voted 226-196 to approve the aid package, despite a veto threat by President Joe Biden. The White House had said that the measure failed to go far enough in providing aid to Gaza,…
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Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are going to be in New York to testify
The Trump Organisation and Vice President Eric Isaad are expected to testify on Thursday at the New York Courthouse Electoral Tribunal about the fraud case against them. Trump is expected to testify for the first time in any of his pending trials next week, making him the first former President to testify publicly in a…
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Republicans see the so-called “Woka Agenda” at colleges
US President Joe Biden, in an apparent reference to Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu, has said that Israel has the “right to defend itself”. He added that Israel has a right to protect its civilians. Biden said this while addressing a gathering of college students in Las Vegas, Nevada. “I think so many young people have…
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Israel won’t agree to a cease-fire; how tech messes with our senses
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would provide $14.3 billion to Israel without addressing funding requests for the war in Ukraine. The bill would send $14.3 billion to Israel without addressing funding requests for the war in Ukraine. Meanwhile, a senior Republican senator said, ” decoupling funding to address these threats…
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Israel won’t accept a cease-fire; how tech messes with our senses
US President Joe Biden had told Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu that if the US experienced what Israel is experiencing, its response would be swift, decisive and overwhelming, Biden said. “I told him if the US experience what Israel is experiencing, our response would be swift, decisive and overwhelming,” Biden added. He had also assured Netanyahu that…
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There’s a opinion on American Muslims in a familiar place
US President Joe Biden has said that Israel’s response to the terror attack in Gaza would be “swift, decisive and overwhelming”. Biden added that he told Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu if the US experienced what Israel is experiencing, its response would be swift, decisive and overwhelming. The US has become more assertive in reminding Israel…
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There must be a cease-fire in Gaza
AIPAC, the lobby group for US pro-Israel groups, criticised US Senator Bill Bowman after he proposed a resolution to end the conflict between Israel and Hamas. AIPAC said that Bowman’s proposal is a “transparent ploy” to ” paint Israel as the aggressor and allow Hamas to control Gaza”. Bowman has proposed a resolution to end…
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The bomb that cut off Gaza from the world was 34 hours of fear
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has apologised for his country’s action in Gaza Strip and said that there will be no “small-scale” offensive against the Islamist group Hamas. Netanyahu made his remarks after the military said that it has expanded a ground incursion overnight, adding that Palestinian civilians in Gaza must move to the southern…
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Biden has a long career in Israel
A former adviser to seven consecutive Israeli prime ministers said that US President Joe Biden is similar to the first Jewish president and now more popular in Israel than the country’s own leaders. Shalom Lipner added that Biden has built up credibility with Israelis over many years and is able to have “very direct and…
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The primaries are shaping up over the Democratic Party’s stance on Israel
Israel’s military has said it will launch a military operation in the Gaza Strip “as soon as possible” in response to incessant rocket fire by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. It added it has received approval from the Israeli parliament to launch the operation. Earlier, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said that Hamas will “pay the…
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Biden has Israel ties that go through his gut, his heart, and his head
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that it’s possible to achieve the two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, though the peace process is likely to be complicated. “We believe that there has to be a [two-state] solution,” Netanyahu said. However, he said, “It’s too early to say where the current conflict will go.”
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Spending problems that plague McCarthy are the same ones Johnson faces
The US House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday said, “I’m not going to abandon Israel…but we have a responsibility…over…precious treasure of…American people and we have to make sure that the White House is providing the people with some accountability for the dollars.” He added, “We have a responsibility…to make sure that the White House is…
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Is there still a chance for a two-state solution?
Dennis Ross, who was the US’ chief US negotiator at the 2000 Camp David summit between Israeli and Palestinian leaders, has said Israeli officials don’t seem to understand that part of their strategy is giving a political horizon for Palestinians. “Israeli officials don’t seem to understand…[that] part of the strategy is giving a political horizon…
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The House is about to vote on a Republican speaker
The House of Representatives on Tuesday elected Republican Mike Johnson as its new Speaker after it held a secret-ballot vote for the post. Johnson received 128 votes, followed by 44 Republicans who voted for nominees not on the ballot, including 43 for Kevin McCarthy, who was ousted as the Speaker last month. Johnson is a…
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The judge’s gag order in the Jan. 6 case is too broad, says the American Liberties Union
US President Donald Trump’s lawyers have called a gag order in the case against him an “unconstitutional prior restraint”, which could help to delay the trial scheduled for March 2024. The gag order prohibits Trump from publicly speaking about the case. In a court filing, Special Counsel Zachary Smith said Trump had targeted him over…
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Mike Johnson is an ardent conservative with far-right policies
US House Republicans have nominated Louisiana’s Representative Mike Johnson to be the next speaker, making him the first-ever Republican Speaker from his state. This comes after Congressman Tom Emmer dropped his bid to become the next House Speaker hours before the nomination vote. Johnson was one of the voting members against certifying the 2020 election…
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A new nominee for speaker will take over the job in the next 22 days
US House Republicans on Tuesday nominated Mike Johnson as the new Speaker of the House, making him the fourth candidate since ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted three weeks ago. Earlier, Tom Emmer had withdrawn his nomination, saying he wasn’t sure he could win the support of enough members to become Speaker. Emmer said he would…