House Democrats announce $760B infrastructure plan
House Democrats on Wednesday unveiled a $760 billion five-year plan aimed at rebuilding U.S. infrastructure.
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House passes bill to support Holocaust education
The House overwhelming passed a bipartisan bill on International Holocaust Remembrance Day to increase support and spending on education to raise awareness of the Holocaust and to curb anti-Semitism.
All Palestinian groups set to meet Tuesday in rare move following Trump peace plan release
Palestinian leadership circled the wagons Tuesday against Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner’s long-awaited ‘Deal of the Century’ unveil, having previously called for a ‘day of rage’ and an ‘escalation of resistance’ against Israel for the plan.
ISIS declares ‘new stage’ of jihad: War against the Jews inside and outside of Israel
ISIS released a video Monday detailing a new mission for the group under al-Baghdadi replacement Sheikh Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashemi Al-Qurashi in response to the Trump team’s ‘Deal of the Century’ peace plan, declaring war on Israel and Jews inside and outside of the Jewish state.
Scores of people killed in Burkina Faso as war against Christians by Muslim extremists escalates
Between 10 and 50 people were killed in northern Burkina Faso Sunday, as a refugee crisis from Islamic attacks on the country’s Christian population has already created 530,000 displaced persons in the West African country.
Netanyahu Foresees ‘History’ Being Made With Trump This Week; Hamas Pledges More Terror
Ahead of the unveiling of the Trump administration’s long-delayed Mideast peace proposal, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu left Israel for Washington on Sunday speaking about an extraordinary moment in his country’s history, even as Hamas pledged to use ‘all means of resistance’ to foil a plan Palestinians view as heavily weighted in Israel’s favor.
‘A new stage in our war’: ISIS announces it will focus on Israel attacks
The Islamic State released an audio recording that announced a ‘new stage’ in its terrorist operations and called on followers to begin attacking Israel.
Christian Association of Nigeria asks probing questions of government after killing of its leader
The Christian Association of Nigeria issued a damning indictment this week of the Nigerian government’s failure to save its leader, who was kidnapped in early January and executed by Boko Haram on Monday.
‘Overbearing government’: Trump administration takes action against California for requiring abortion coverage
The Trump administration is warning California to stop enforcing its law obligating health insurers to cover abortions, saying that the state could face the loss of federal funding if it doesn’t comply.
Coronavirus may have originated in lab linked to China’s biowarfare program
The deadly animal-borne coronavirus spreading globally may have originated in a laboratory in the city of Wuhan linked to China’s covert biological weapons program, said an Israeli biological warfare analyst.
Gantz says will meet Trump separately from Netanyahu
The Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz said on Saturday he had accepted an invitation to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday to discuss a peace plan for the Middle East.
‘We must act immediately’: Swarms of locusts in Africa are worst in decades
Swarms of hungry locusts are devouring crops in Eastern Africa, the worst invasion of the insects in decades.
Spy Court Admits FISA Warrants Against Carter Page Were ‘Not Valid’
Authority granted to the federal government to secretly wiretap and spy on former Trump affiliate Carter Page was “not valid,” the nation’s top spy court noted in a secret ruling penned earlier this month. The order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), which was created and authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), was initially signed and issued on January 7, 2020, but was not declassified and released until Thursday afternoon.
Hamas official warns of ‘a new intifada’ if Trump Middle East plan moves forward
A Hamas official warned that if the United States moves forward with its Middle East plan, it could lead to another intifada. Basem Naim, the head of Hamas’s International Relations Office, tweeted the notion on Thursday.
At Holocaust forum, Pence says world must stand strong against ‘anti-Semitic Iran’
The central event of the Fifth World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem took place on Thursday, with dozens of world leaders in attendance to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp.
Abbas spokesman warns US and Israel not to cross ‘red lines’ with peace plan
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s spokesman warned Israel and the United States on Thursday not to cross any “red lines,” following a flurry of reports in Hebrew media about the Trump administration’s plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
U.S. Supreme Court decision in Montana case could alter school choice restrictions across U.S.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a Montana school choice case that could directly impact 37 state constitutions banning public funds from being used on religious schools.
U.S.-Russia ‘engagements’ underscore danger of oil mission in Syria
President Trump says he is determined to keep control of Syrian oil fields as the country’s civil war plays out, but exactly how far the U.S. military is willing to go to protect those valuable energy reserves remains a mystery and represents a key question for the administration’s broader policy in the Middle East.
Signs in Israel that “Deal of the Century” will be released before third elections
The entire US peacekeeping team arrived in Israel Wednesday after attending the Davos World Economic Forum to discuss what could be a soon rollout of the long-delayed ‘Deal of the Century’ with Israeli leaders.
PA tells Palestinians: The Western Wall belongs only to Muslims
The Western Wall belongs only to Muslims and must be defended even to the death, Palestinians living in the West Bank were told during a filler piece between programs on official Palestinian Authority TV and in a news article in the official PA newspaper.