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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday the House Republican vote to boot Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar off the House Foreign Affairs Committee was a "political stunt" and a "disservice to the American people."
"Look, the way that we see this, it's a political stunt, much like House Republic... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
The explosiosn at the Engels-2 and Dyagilevo airbases, if confirmed as Ukraine’s, would mark its deepest attack so far into Russia and against key military facilities used in the Kremlin’s war. Engels-2 airbaseEngels-2 airbaseThe Soviet-era Engels-2 airbase, named after the Communist philosopher, Friedrich Engels, is h... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Zachary BasuIllustration: Sarah Grillo/AxiosHouse Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) publicly confirmed Tuesday what many in Washington and Europe privately fear: a Republican-controlled House could shut off the spigot funding Ukraine's efforts to defend itself against Russia's invasion.Why it matters: Unlike ag... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
A sign reading 'Kaliningrad' stands atop the city's south railway station.Harry Engels | Getty Images Sport | Getty ImagesA new front in tensions between Russia and NATO has opened up after one of the Western military alliance's members, Lithuania, banned the transit of some goods coming from Russia to its exclave Kali... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
By Laurence PeterBBC News24 November 2022, 00:00 GMTImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, A Kosovan car with a Serbian sticker on its number plateKosovo and Serbia have agreed steps to defuse a row over Serbian car number plates, which had threatened to trigger violence.EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell tweeted ... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
To mark the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Biden made a surprising visit to Kyiv, where he promised continued American aid and international support. There, and in a second stop in Poland, his speeches sounded like declarations of victory.
“President Putin is confronted with something today that... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Walking through Aleppo in Syria last month, Bashar al-Assad did not look like a man shouldering the fate of a nation.
As he posed for photos with locals, who queued to meet him inspecting damage from the earthquake that had devastated parts of northern Syria, Assad appeared to show as much relief as concern for victims... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
WASHINGTON — The billions of dollars in new arms for Ukraine announced this month — including British tanks, American fighting vehicles, and howitzers from Denmark and Sweden — are testament to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s failure to split the NATO allies after nearly a year of war. But small yet significant frac... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Foreign policy expert Dr. Walid Phares says that the United States has an obligation to support Ukraine, but it should not allow the country to drag America into the war.
"We need to defend Ukraine, but not give all our decisions to the Ukrainian government because they could drag the United States into a war that the... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Greg Nash Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) arrives for a press conference on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 to call on President Biden to declare a climate emergency. The Congressional Progressive Caucus on Monday evening sought to couch a statement from earlier in the day requesting that President Biden shift his administrati... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
January 04, 2023 07:23 AM IS US NUCLEAR UMBRELLA ENOUGH? The White House and State Department confirmed yesterday that in the wake of North Korea’s increasingly bellicose rhetoric and growing nuclear arsenal, the United States and South Korea are developing plans to deter and, if necessary, respond to any use of nuclea... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), the leading Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is calling on the Biden administration to engage more with Congress before finalizing an agreement to reenter the Iran nuclear deal, asserting that lawmakers deserve to be briefed and provided the opportunity to raise concerns on... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Madeline Monroe/Greg Nash Madeline Monroe/Greg Nash Russia has attempted dozens of cyber espionage campaigns in 42 countries since it invaded Ukraine in February, according to a new Microsoft report. The report says those efforts have targeted entities across six continents and primarily focused on NATO allies and grou... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Ukraine was working to restore electricity to hospitals, heating systems and other critical infrastructure in major cities after Russia’s latest wave of attacks on the power grid prompted accusations of “war crimes”.The volley of missiles unleashed Friday pitched multiple cities into darkness, cutting water and heat an... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Liz Truss has said she is considering relocating the British embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in a controversial move that would break with decades of UK foreign policy in order to follow in the footsteps of Donald Trump.In a meeting on the sidelines of the UN general assembly in New York, the prime ministe... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Three Royal Navy warships shadowed a Russian Navy task force as it passed through waters close to the UK.HMS Westminster, HMS Lancaster and HMS Richmond, all Type 23 frigates, tracked the Slava-class cruiser Marshal Ustinov as the Russian group headed home from the eastern Mediterranean after supporting President Vladi... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
WASHINGTON — Moonfish and Juice, the two Ukrainian fighter pilots who visited Washington, D.C., last week with their representatives, had a simple message for the elected leaders, defense officials and journalists they met: We can win this war, and have to. Because if Russia wins, there is no telling where it will stop... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
China says $619 million US arms sale to Taiwan ‘raises tensions’ in the region
Chinese officials on Thursday said they oppose the recent U.S. approval of $619 million in military sales to Taiwan, saying it violates Beijing’s claims to the self-ruled island and raises tensions in the region.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spo... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has said that Ukraine would not receive another penny "under Republicans" in a video that has gone viral.While speaking at a rally in Sioux City, Iowa, on Thursday, Greene spoke about the possibility of Republicans taking back the House and Senate after the midterm election... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Joe Biden's foreign policy is a toxic mix of ideas from both extremes of the political spectrum. On the one hand, Biden and company have embraced the Obama era policy of maximum restraint. The idea is that the less the U.S. engages in foreign affairs, the fewer prob... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden spoke by phone Tuesday with Polish President Andrzej Duda after a deadly explosion occurred near Poland's border with Ukraine, the White House said in a statement.In a readout of the call, the White House said Biden “offered full U.S support for and assistance with Poland’s investigatio... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Federal lawmakers are demanding action to counter the "threat" posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon was detected moving over northern states this week.
Members of Congress in both parties are calling the spy balloon an unacceptable violation of U.S. airspace and Amer... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
CAIRO (AP) — Weapons supplied by the United Kingdom and the United States and used by a Saudi-led coalition fighting in war-torn Yemen killed at least 87 civilians and wounded 136 others in just over a year, a new report said Wednesday.
The report by the Oxfam charity found that the Saudi-led coalition used weapons sup... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
President Joe Biden voted 20 years ago to go to war in Iraq. Unlike Hillary Clinton, this did not prevent him from subsequently reaching the White House. The vote has so far been a mixed bag in terms of predicting his actions as commander in chief.
Biden was widely viewed as a standard liberal hawk during his 36 years ... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
FILE – The U.S. special envoy to Iran, Robert Malley is shown in Vienna, Austria, June 20, 2021. A top Biden administration official on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, pushed back against growing criticism from Iranian American activists who are calling on the White House to abandon its efforts to resurrect the Iran nuclear dea... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Peru’s recent impeachment of President Pedro Castillo represents an opportunity for the U.S. to reset its geopolitical and economic relations with one of its most important allies in Latin America. Peru has enjoyed an impressive track record of economic growth based on free-market reforms, and a particularly close rela... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
© Via Twitter Screencap The Latest Armenia-Azerbaijan Flareup Explained The long-standing conflict between neighboring former Soviet Republics Armenia and Azerbaijan blew up early Tuesday, with Armenia claiming 49 of its troops were killed, Azerbaijan claiming 50 of its troops killed, and each side blaming the other fo... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
By Jorge Liboreiro • Updated: 22/09/2022 - 11:21 Vladimir Putin's plans to order a partial mobilisation of reserved army forces to bolster the war in Ukraine and organise "sham referenda" in the country's occupied territories are grounds for a new round of EU sanctions, Ursula von der Leyen has said.Western leaders f... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Far-right activist Ali Alexander is pushing election conspiracy theories in Brazil. He called on the Brazilian military to start a coup and deny the election defeat of Jair Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro, a Trump ally and divisive far-right leader, has parroted MAGA election denial rhetoric. Loading Something is loading. Thanks ... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak says the Ukrainian government is close to reaching an agreement with Berlin over the delivery of Western-made battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. In an interview with the Welt am Sonntag newspaper, Podolyak said there had been progress in talks between the two coun... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Poland will today become the first country to deliver Leopard tanks to Ukraine, with the transfer taking place on the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
The decision will be officially confirmed this afternoon by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, who has already arrived in Kyiv on a previously unannoun... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s security head on Tuesday held talks with the Chinese Comm... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
NEW YORK (AP) — Rex Tillerson, who served a turbulent term as secretary of state under former President Donald Trump, was called as a government witness Monday at the trial of a Trump ally accused of leaking intelligence to the United Arab Emirates.
Tillerson testified that he barely knew the defendant, Tom Barrack, on... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking at the plenary session of the 19th annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (Sergei Karpukhin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin recited familiar grievances and ... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
World Oct 27, 2022 2:55 PM EDT MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied having any intentions of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine but described the conflict there as part of alleged efforts by the West to secure its global domination, which he insisted are doomed to fail.
Speaking at a conferen... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
In 1984, Ronald Reagan reminded Washington that Americans never lost faith in themselves or their ability to shape their children?s future, it had been there all along. With a new Republican-led House on the horizon, there looms an important debate over continued U.S. military assistance to Ukraine. A number of conserv... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Zelenskyy: 'We did not start the war, but we will end it' Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is addressing the World Economic Forum from Kyiv at the moment, insisting again that Ukraine will prevail.He said that although his country did not start the war: "We will end it." Ukraine is standing "strongly" and "resol... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday that the so-called "golden era" of relations with China was over, saying Beijing's systemic challenge to Britain's interests and values was growing more acute.In his first major foreign policy speech, Sunak said Britain's approach to China nee... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Politics October 20, 2022 / 5:35 PM / CBS News Federal prosecutors have said a Trump confidant tried to secretly sway foreign policy in favor of the United Arab Emirates, but that accusation was undermined Thursday in testimony by former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Mnuchin said Thomas Barrack, a billionaire frie... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Chinese paramilitary policemen march outside the Great Hall of the People after attending a ceremony to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army in Beijing, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. The Pentagon provided key details into China's long-term intentions in a recent report to Congress
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on a screen at Red Square as he addresses a rally and a concert marking the annexation of four regions of Ukraine — Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia — in central Moscow on Sept. 30, 2022.Alexander Nemenov | Afp | Getty ImagesProminent supporters of Russian President Vladimir P... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
November 10, 2022 07:18 AM AN IGNOMINIOUS RETREAT: The announcement came in one of those carefully staged meetings broadcast on Russian state TV. Gen. Sergey Surovikin, the overall commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, was providing a grim “sitrep” to his boss, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. “Comrade minister of def... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Sahrawi President Brahim Ghali attends a public event at the Bojador Sahrawi refugee camp, in Tindouf, Algeria, May 20, 2022. REUTERS/Borja SuarezRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRABAT/CAIRO, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Morocco recalled its ambassador to Tunisia on Friday after Tunisian President Kais Saied ... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Former President Donald Trump said he could solve the Russia-Ukraine war "in 24 hours," while speaking at his presidential campaign kickoff in New Hampshire on Saturday."Remember crooked Hilary? 'He's going to cause a war in his first week in office.' Because they think that's my personality type. But it's actually the... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Thomas E. Ricks has stopped fearing that the United States is headed for civil war, according to his Monday Washington Post opinion piece, despite past concerns about the possibility of sustained political violence. Following the election of ... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
World Updated on: July 16, 2022 / 8:38 AM / CBS/AP President Joe Biden, speaking at a summit of Arab leaders, said Saturday that the United States "will not walk away" from the Middle East as he tries to ensure stability in a volatile corner of the globe and boost the worldwide flow of oil to reverse rising gas prices.... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Media reports indicated U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will depart with a delegation of lawmakers on her trip to Asia late Friday, but whether she plans to go through with a controversial visit to Taiwan is unclear.
During a briefing Friday, Pelosi, as she has repeatedly done in recent days, refused to discuss a depar... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
GettyThe U.S. ambassador to Hungary is the latest American official to earn the Kremlin’s ire over remarks he made last week publicly deriding Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “small man” and “a holdover from a time that most of the world has tried to move beyond.”In a speech on Jan. 6 commemorating the 45th Anniv... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Canada, U.S. and Europe direct more sanctions at Putin’s annexation of Ukraine’s eastern territories as Russian threats escalate.Tonda MacCharlesOttawa BureauFri., Sept. 30, 20224 min. readArticle was updated 55 mins ago OTTAWA—Russia’s war on Ukraine escalated sharply Friday after President Vladimir Putin illegally an... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
KYIV, Ukraine - Waves of explosives-laden suicide drones struck Ukraine's capital Monday, setting buildings ablaze and tearing a hole in one of them. People scurried for shelter or tried to shoot down the kamikazes. The concentrated use of the drones was the second barrage in as many weeks -- after months in which air ... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
In a video released to social media earlier this week, former President claimed the United States is “teetering on the brink” of World War, listing among the reasons “warmongers” at the State Department, the Pentagon, and in the “national security industrial complex.”
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World War T... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Ukraine has launched a surprise counterattack in the north-east Kharkiv region, stretching Russian forces who are also facing Ukrainian attacks in the south.An official representing the Russian-controlled Donetsk People’s Republic said on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces “encircled” Balakliia, an eastern town of 27,000 pe... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
A Japanese journalist detained in Myanmar has been charged with breaching immigration law and encouraging dissent against the military, the ruling junta said Thursday.
Myanmar's military has clamped down on press freedoms since its coup last year, arresting reporters and photographers as well as revoking broadcasting l... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
SummaryCompaniesWest will have to talk to Russia about world's future -PutinRussian leader plays down nuclear fearsWhite House: Putin remarks show no change in strategic goalsOct 28 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is showing no regrets for the war against neighbour Ukraine, insisting it is going to plan an... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
October 18, 2022 07:11 AM CHINA: ‘STATUS QUO NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE’: Secretary of State Antony Blinken is warning that Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is about to be awarded an unprecedented third five-year term as leader of China, has grown impatient with Taiwan and wants to take control of the self-governing island ... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Constitutional Court Chairman Valery Zorkin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. President Vladimir Putin has ditched his annual marathon news conference following a series of ... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans have vowed to get tougher on China as they prepare to take control of the House, cheering critics of Beijing but also raising concern that one of Washington’s most important bilateral relationships could be further destabilized.Both Democrats and Republicans have grown more vigila... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
The Ukraine divide threatens the GOP’s unwavering legacy on defense
The mindless, red-meat-type criticisms of America’s support of Ukraine by former President Trump and congressional acolytes such as Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and the equivocations of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R),... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Associated Press-Andrii Marienko Ukrainian servicemen prepare their weapon to fire Russian positions in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, early Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Ukraine launched a massive counteroffensive against Russian troops in the eastern region of the country last week, forcing the Russians to retreat from key cit... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
The head of GCHQ has said 'desperate' Russian president Vladimir Putin is losing the war with Ukraine both at home and abroad and faces a potential revolt against his leadership as 'exhausted' troops run out of supplies and munitions.Sir Jeremy Fleming, the director of the UK's intelligence, cyber and security agency, ... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
The wreckage of a Kyiv block of flats hit by a Russian droneThe US says it agrees with Western allies that Iran's supply of explosive drones to Russia violates UN sanctions.Kyiv was struck by so-called "kamikaze" drones on Monday, unleashed by Russia but believed to be Iranian-made.The US agrees with the French and Bri... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
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2:15 pm: VOA’s Patsy Widakuswara says White House confirms reports that Iran gave drones to Russia. 11:08 a.m.: A Ukrainian official has accused Russia of staging new hostilities near... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
World Dec 13, 2022 12:38 PM EST President Vladimir Putin has ditched his annual marathon news conference following a series of battlefield setbacks in Ukraine — a tacit acknowledgment that the Russian leader’s war has gone badly wrong.
Putin typically uses the year-end ritual to polish his image, answering a wide range... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
SummaryRussian-installed official confirms Ukraine advance in southSays Kyiv's forces near Dudchany, 40km from former frontlineNo official Ukrainian confirmation of advance in southRussian military bloggers say troops fall back dozens of kmUkraine buoyed by weekend capture of Lyman in eastKYIV, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Ukrain... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire artillery drill simulating an attack on a South Korean airfield and called for his troops to be ready to respond to the enemies’ “frantic war preparation moves” — apparently referring to the recent series of military drills between the United ... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
WASHINGTON — Some of the lines in President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address that reference China are undergoing edits following the recent controversy over the surveillance balloon that made its way across the U.S. last week, according to three people familiar with the speech.
Parts of the draft remarks for Tues... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
By Jorge Liboreiro • Updated: 13/10/2022 - 19:53 A Russian nuclear strike against Ukraine would trigger "such a powerful answer" from the West that the Russian army would be "annihilated," said Josep Borrell, the EU's foreign policy chief.His comments come in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's increasingl... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
October 11, 2022 05:30 AM Russian President Vladimir Putin's indiscriminate missile strikes on Ukraine present a new challenge for President Joe Biden 7 1/2 months into the war. Days after comparing Putin's nuclear threats to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis and the biblical Armageddon, Russia's strikes on Ukraine in retr... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
"Ukraine and Donbas have become a symbol of total lies," Putin says, accusing the West of withdrawing from "fundamental agreements" and giving "hypocritical statements" as well as expanding Nato and "covering us with an umbrella".
"I want to repeat: it is them who are culpable for the war, and we are using force to sto... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Japan's ruling parties are expected to agree Friday that the country should pledge to acquire a "counterstrike capability" to address the rapid deterioration of the regional security environment.
The Liberal Democratic Party has advocated obtaining an enemy base strike capability, while its junior coalition partner Kom... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Ukrainian soldiers on August 10, 2022.Bulent Kilic | AFP | Getty ImagesWhen Russia invaded and annexed Crimea in 2014 little was done to stop it or actively help Ukraine get its territory back, a salient point given Russia's full-scale invasion of its neighbor that begun earlier this year.But now, Ukraine appears to be... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
December 16, 2022 10:14 AM The National Archives is looking to release hundreds of pages of internal records from the Obama administration relating to Hunter Biden's relationship with Ukraine — something President Joe Biden could put a stop to if he invokes executive privilege. However, the Biden administration has dec... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Republican divisions on foreign policy and aid could become more consequential if Republicans win control of the House in the midterm elections, creating a rockier road for future humanitarian or military assistance to Ukraine. The GOP is widely projected to win control of the lower chamber in this year’s elections, wh... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Biden rallies the West to not get tired of winning
“The stakes are eternal,” Biden boomed in Warsaw as the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nears.
WARSAW — Eleven months ago, President Joe Biden came to Poland to denounce a war he’d hoped to avoid. On Tuesday, he returned having fully embraced the m... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
The US will relax COVID-19 testing requirements for travelers coming from China as soon as Friday, according to a report.
US officials told The Washington Post on Tuesday that the decision to lift negative COVID-test requirements was made because of declining cases of the virus in China.
The officials said the shift wa... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Another Cuban mole in the US government 01:27 - Source: CNN CNN — Ana Montes, an American citizen convicted of spying for Cuba, has been released from US federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas, according to Federal Bureau of Prison online records. Cuba recruited Montes for spying in the 1980s and she was employed by the... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
September 14, 2022 12:51 PM The Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against 10 individuals and two entities associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for their role in malicious cyberattacks. This group of Iran-based hackers has been compromising networks in the United States and abroad since ... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
The Biden administration is losing the short game when it comes to U.S. national security, and President Biden’s upcoming July trip to the Middle East is yet another case study in how the White House keeps misfiring and setting the president up for failure. It would be one thing if the administration’s missteps were me... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
Labor groups are pursuing a multipronged strategy attacking Amazon as it fights union elections. Unions infiltrated Amazon construction sites in Oregon and Washington seeking regulatory violations. Labor has used drones, zoning boards, and local government meetings to derail Amazon facilities. Loading Something is load... | Labor Activism |
Workers in the U.S. are facing two potential futures. In one direction, there’s movement toward better working conditions and finally seeing wages catch up to the cost of living. In the other, inflation continues to outpace income — even if people recently fought for higher pay and won. Unionization efforts and collect... | Labor Activism |
A U.S. District Court has ordered that Tesla must tell employees about a lawsuit alleging the automaker violated state and federal law by requiring workers to sign separation agreements.
Two former Tesla employees filed the suit in July, alleging that the company required them to sign releases in exchange for less seve... | Labor Activism |
TIBET HAS LONG BEEN UNDER STATE REPRESSION. PHOTO: HECTOR RETAMAL / AFPTibet, a contentious region in the west of China, has been under state repression for decades. Chinese authorities have torn down Buddhist relics and shut Tibetan-language schools. Intellectuals and cultural leaders are routinely jailed under vague ... | Labor Activism |
Uber saw the victory of Labor’s Daniel Andrews in the 2014 Victorian state election as an opportunity to finally get its lucrative Melbourne operations legalised, documents obtained by Guardian Australia reveal.Uber set up shop in Australia in 2012 without the required permits then launched an aggressive campaign to ch... | Labor Activism |
The Empire Builder, California Zephyr and Southwest Chief routes are all affected. Amtrak's California Zephyr changes crews during a station stop eastbound at Grand Junction, Colo., in 2019.Gene J. Puskar / AP fileSept. 12, 2022, 10:22 PM UTCAmtrak on Monday said it canceled three long-distance train routes in advance ... | Labor Activism |
A freight locomotive rolls across an intersection in Fresno, California January 6, 2015. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comWASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order creating an emergency board to help resolve disput... | Labor Activism |
The legislation would prevent a president from gutting the civil service, a move that former President Donald J. Trump attempted and has threatened to revive should he win another term.Credit...Anna Rose Layden for The New York TimesSept. 15, 2022WASHINGTON — The House passed legislation on Thursday aimed at curbing a ... | Labor Activism |
By Augusta Saraiva and Ngai Yeung | Bloomberg
About 70,000 truck owner-operators who form the bedrock of California’s transport industry are in limbo as state-level labor rules start applying to them, creating another choke point in stressed US supply chains.
Almost a dozen truckers told Bloomberg News they’re unsure h... | Labor Activism |
An analysis published Tuesday shows that the top executives of the largest corporations in the United States have seen their pay soar by nearly 1,500% over the past 43 years, helping to fuel a massive surge in inequality as workers' wages lag.Between 1978 and 2021, according to new research from the Economic Policy Ins... | Labor Activism |
NEW YORK, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Authorities found children as young as 13 working at a Korean-operated parts supplier to automakers Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS) and Kia Corp (000270.KS), and have fined the company and a labor recruiter, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Alabama Department of Labor said on Tuesday.In Au... | Labor Activism |
Some employees at the Amazon warehouse where a worker was transported to a hospital and died last week are voicing anger and frustration over the company's response, calling on the e-commerce giant to release more information.The fatality, which occurred on July 13 during the company's Prime Day shopping rush at a Cart... | Labor Activism |
A group of young protesters advocating for “climate jobs for all” have descended on Parliament House to argue the Albanese Government’s emissions proposal is a “death sentence”.A group of young protesters from Tomorrow Movement have accused ACT Police of stopping them "sharing their stories" as Australia's 47th parliam... | Labor Activism |
Starbucks Workers United t-shirts hang outside while unionized workers strike for unfair labor practices outside a Starbucks location on 874 Commonwealth Avenue in the Brookline neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, US, on Tuesday, July 19, 2022.Scott Brauer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesStarbucks is asking the federal la... | Labor Activism |
American railway companies and unions have reached a tentative labor agreement amid the threat of strikes.U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh announced the news on Twitter early Thursday, "following more than 20 consecutive hours of negotiations at" his office in Washington, D.C. He said the tentative agreement "balanc... | Labor Activism |
(New York) – The Chinese government has used its justice system to sentence and imprison an estimated half-million people during the brutal crackdown in Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch said today. While not all convicted prisoners faced political charges, the available figures indicate that the total number of people wron... | Labor Activism |
Discussions about atonement for the enslavement of Black Americans has a long history in the United States. Most famously, General William T. Sherman drafted Special Field Order 15 in 1865. The order stipulated that Confederate land seized in Georgia and South Carolina would be split among formerly enslaved Black peopl... | Labor Activism |
A cargo train is seen near the border between the U.S. and Mexico, in Laredo, Texas U.S. June 3, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos JassoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comDETROIT/LOS ANGELES, Sept 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh on Wednesday hosted talks in Washington with freight railroad and unio... | Labor Activism |
The union representing Apple Store workers in Australia has called a strike as part of ongoing negotiations for a new pay and conditions deal.
The strike, agreed to yesterday by members of the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU), will see some staff at Australian Apple Stores stop work for an hour on October 18... | Labor Activism |
04:54 - Source: CNN Business Hundreds of companies are trying the four-day work week. Here's how it's going London CNN Business — It wasn’t hard for Samantha Losey, managing director of Unity, a public relations firm in London, to convince her team to work fewer hours for the same paycheck. But it was an uphill battl... | Labor Activism |
McDonald’s employee Nidia Torres (right) speaks at a rally of fast-food workers and supporters for passage of AB 257, a fast-food worker health and safety bill, on April 16, 2021, in Los Angeles.Mario Tama/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.My... | Labor Activism |
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