Month: September 2020

With the U.S. embassy officially set to open in Jerusalem on Monday after President Donald Trump recognized the city as Israel’s capital last December—a move that has been decried by much of the international community and human rights groups as a “stark violation of international law”—Israelis opposed to the embassy move gathered in Jerusalem Saturday…

In an effort to combat “one of the most egregious problems” created by President Donald Trump’s deeply unpopular $1.5 trillion tax law, a diverse array of 54 prominent advocacy groups sent a letter (pdf) on Thursday calling on members of Congress to back legislation that would eliminate the law’s “backward incentives” that—contrary to GOP promises—actually…

Multiple accounts of a meeting President Donald Trump held with evangelical Christian leaders Monday night revealed that the president warned of “violence” from both Democrats and anti-fascist protesters if Republicans fail to retain control of Congress in the midterm elections. “They will overturn everything that we’ve done, and they’ll do it quickly and violently, and…

Democrats hold a 7-point lead over Republicans on the generic House ballot, according to a Politico/Morning Consult poll released Wednesday. Forty-four percent of respondents said they are more likely to vote for Democratic candidates than Republican candidates, the poll found, while 37 percent said they were more likely to choose GOP candidates. Click Here: camiseta rosario central…

Voter turnout in California’s midterm primary elections was reportedly the highest its been since 1998, according to new numbers. The Associated Press reported Friday that more than 37 percent of registered voters cast a ballot during the state’s June primary, a 12 percent increase from the previous midterm primary in 2014. California Secretary of State Alex Padilla (D) certified…

Sen. Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote The Hill’s Morning Report – Trump’s public standing sags after Floyd protests GOP senators introduce resolution opposing calls to defund the police MORE (R) holds a 6-point lead over Rep. Beto O’RourkeBeto O’RourkeBiden will help close out Texas Democrats’ virtual convention: report O’Rourke…

President Donald Trump’s newly-appointed U.S. ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, has angered officials there by signaling that he aims to act as a spokesperson for right-wing policies promoted by Trump and other European leaders—prompting some to call for his expulsion from Germany less than a month into his new role. “If people like U.S. ambassador…

As Canada’s controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project faces ongoing opposition, the former governor of the Bank of Canada said that protesters may die but that the government should push the project through anyway. Speaking at an event Wednesday, David Dodge said, “We’re going to have some very unpleasant circumstances,” the Edmonton Journal reported. “There…

Hundreds of women were arrested on Thursday at a mass demonstration in Washington, D.C., rallying against the Trump administration’s continued separation of families and the criminalization of asylum seekers at the southern U.S. border. Wrapping themselves in foil blankets like those seen in images of children’s detention centers, nearly 600 protesters were arrested and charged…

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon became the latest power broker to be directly confronted with the outrage of immigrant rights advocates, as CREDO Mobile, Make the Road New York, and other groups led a protest outside Dimon’s Manhattan apartment building over his bank’s financing of immigration detention centers. Police began arresting some of the protesters…