Category: Politics
Bleeding Behind Bars Is Extra Grim When Prisons Fail to Offer Menstrual Products
Twenty-two states have laws requiring prisons to provide free menstrual products, but not all of them do. …
Russia Taking Advantage of Shortage of US Interceptor Missiles to Attack Ukraine
Ukraine is suffering from a global shortage of defense missiles – weaponry that the US has depleted in its war on Iran. …
GOP Senate Majority Leader Says Trump Will Withdraw “Anti-Weaponization” Fund
The decision could end congressional gridlock over a $70 billion funding package for ICE and Border Patrol. …
Trump Adviser Hassett Claims Americans Are “Optimistic” About State of Economy
Nearly 6 in 10 Americans say the economy is “getting worse,” according to recent polling data. …
Morale Plummets in Lebanon as Talks Fail to Halt Israel’s Ceasefire Violations
Many Lebanese people “sort of feel beholden to the regional and global powers on their fate,” says AP’s Kareem Chehayeb. …
Israel Adds to Its Constant Ceasefire Violations With Plans to Take More of Gaza
“Where is the ceasefire they keep talking about?” Palestinians worry Israeli expansion will further displace them. …
New Jersey Governor Acquiesces to DHS, Deploys Police Outside Delaney Hall
“There has been collaboration in the tactics [ICE and the police] used to attack the protesters,” said an activist. …
Utah Senate President Calls for Major Reduction in Scale of Planned Data Center
The project, backed by celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary, has spurred major controversy amid Utah’s water challenges. …
Iranian Media Says Iran Is Suspending Talks With US Over Ceasefire Violations
“We now live in a world where ceasefire means that Israel can continue bombing,” said a Lebanese professor. …
Far Right Israeli Leaders Join New York Democrats in NYC’s Israel Day Parade
Israeli far right minister Bezalel Smotrich and members of Israel’s ultranationalist Otzma Yehudit party took part. …
