U.S. Politics
In a letter, a group of 17 members of the U.S. House of Representatives cited Turkey’s leader as being “closer” to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his taking other steps antithetical to U.S. interests.
The senator from Vermont accused Trump of “using false allegations” of anti-Semitism to make the U.S.-Israel relationship a divisive issue.
“I would push for a one-state solution from Jordan to the Mediterranean. The two-state solution is a fallacy. It’s a pipe dream. I would advocate a one-state—an Israeli state—for the entire region,” says former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh, who is throwing his hat into the 2020 presidential ring for the Republican Party.
These tragedies teach “how hate can proliferate and erode societies” and serve as a “reminder that the United States must advance global efforts to ensure that barbarism and mass murder never occur again.”
He has expressed concern about the Democratic Party’s leftward slant, led by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
The Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations releases a statement condemning Democratic candidates’ calls to condition U.S. military aid on Israeli policy.
“We are currently planning how and when to execute you. At the next rally? Or will we get you outside your home?” read an email sent to Green Party politician Cem Ozdemir.
“The Iranian regime has a choice. Instead of being the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, it can put the Iranian people first,” said White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham.
The 5-Star Movement and center-left Democratic Party backed the motion, but the far-right League and its allies—the Brothers of Italy and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia—all abstained.
The State Department said that it was controlled directly or indirectly with the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which the United States designated as a terrorist group in April.
The leader’s Syria compound was destroyed “to ensure that it would not be a shrine or otherwise memorable in any way,” states U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie.
The FDA has few branches outside the United States, including those in China, and several European and Latin American nations.
