[aggregation-styles] Haaretz Sen. Bernie Sanders will introduce a resolution of disapproval on Thursday regarding the pending $735 million arms sale to Israel. The sale of Joint Direct Attack Munitions kits that transform bombs into precision-guided missiles and Guided Bomb Unit-39s, a weapon developed for penetrating fortified facilities located deep underground,...
President Biden Jokes About Running Over a Reporter While Test-Driving an Electric Truck
[aggregation-styles] Fox 26 News President Biden stirred social media Tuesday afternoon after making a joke about running a reporter over with a pickup truck. During a visit to the Ford electric vehicle plant in Dearborn, Mich., President Biden had the opportunity to test-drive the company's new F-150 Lightning pickup truck....
Zakaria: Republicans Care More About Tribal Loyalty Than Conservative Principles
[aggregation-styles] Washington Post The Republican Party’s decision (in effect) to excommunicate Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) is a watershed event. It marks the final transformation of the party from an ideologically driven enterprise to one that is tribal, marked less by ideas and more by group loyalty. Let’s compare the voting...
California Median Home Price Passes $800K. In Bay Area, It’s $1.3M
[aggregation-styles] MSN First, it was a feared exodus from Bay Area cities fueling bidding wars in wine country and along the coast. Then it was a home-buying boom in Oakland and surrounding suburbs. In recent months, home prices have soared again in San Francisco and Silicon Valley.Put all of that...
Israeli Airstrikes Kill 11 Children Who Were Enrolled in a Program to Address Past Trauma From War
[aggregation-styles] MSN Eleven children in Gaza who were taking part in a program to recover from past trauma have been killed by Israeli airstrikes while sheltering in their homes, the Norwegian Refugee Council said Tuesday. The children, ages 5 to 15, had been taking part in the group's Better Learning...
Israel Demolished Tower Blocks in Gaza. Here’s What They Housed
[aggregation-styles] Haaretz According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, citing Palestinian government sources, as of Monday the ongoing air war in Gaza has led to the destruction of 94 buildings, comprising 461 housing and commercial units. Jerusalem has claimed that its forces have targeted military...
California’s Relentless Droughts Strain Farming Towns
[aggregation-styles] Inside Climate News On May 10, after two dry winters in a row, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared the second drought emergency in less than a month. The declaration now covers 41 counties, from the Oregon border to the southern Central Valley, which produces more than 250 crops, worth $17...
Homicides Surge in California Amid Covid Shutdowns of Schools, Youth Programs
[aggregation-styles] KHN Amid a pandemic that left law enforcement agencies stretched thin and forced shutdowns that left young men with little to do, California registered a devastating surge in homicides in 2020 that hit especially hard in Black and Latino communities. The number of homicides that took the lives of...
Biden Administration Approved $735 Million Arms Sale to Israel – Sources
[aggregation-styles] Reuters President Joe Biden’s administration approved the potential sale of $735 million in precision-guided weapons to Israel, and congressional sources said on Monday that U.S. lawmakers were not expected to object to the deal despite violence between Israel and Palestinian militants. Congress was informed of the planned sale in...
Democrats, Growing More Skeptical of Israel, Pressure Biden
[aggregation-styles] The New York Times President Biden’s carefully worded statement on Monday supporting a cease-fire between Israelis and Palestinians came amid growing pressure within his own party for the United States to take a more skeptical stance toward one of its closest allies. Mr. Biden’s urging of a halt to...