The Biden administration is adamant that no U.S. personnel will set foot in Gaza when it starts delivering humanitarian aid from a floating dock, but a proposal for workers from other nations to deliver the aid carries security risks, say one former and two current administration officials. The concerns are the latest wrinkle in the White House push to get aid to the enclave’s hungry population via a floating dock. U.S. military officials have told NBC News that the first time they heard that...
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he plans to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress, a show of support from Republicans amid growing Democratic criticism of Netanyahu's leadership. “I would love to have him come in and address a joint session of Congress,” Johnson said Thursday morning on
Local members of Congress first began their investigations into the significant mail delays in January after residents struggled to receive deliveries ranging from medication to wedding dresses.
With a budget deficit of at least $38 billion hanging over their heads, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic leaders of the state Senate and Assembly announced an agreement on Wednesday to take action in April to begin to dramatically reduce California's historic shortfall. The problem: Democrats at the state Capitol couldn't actually agree on an amount — offering only a range of $12 billion to $18 billion — or explain what, exactly, they plan to cut. Those details, the governor's office said, will...
57% of Americans express some sympathy with both Israelis and Palestinians, including 26% who say their sympathies lie equally with both groups.
The external affairs minister, however, reiterated that Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel was ‘terrorism’.
NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports from Beijing, where a number of U.S. business leaders, including the CEOs of Blackstone, Qualcomm, Bloomberg, Chubb and FedEx, met with the Chinese president
A British court ruled Tuesday that Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the United States on espionage charges unless U.S. authorities guarantee he won’t get the death penalty, giving the WikiLeaks founder a partial victory in his long legal battle over the site’s publication of classified American documents.
The U.N. Security Council voted to pass a resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. The post Netanyahu Cancels Planned Diplomat Trip to Washington After U.S. Allows U.N. Cease Fire Resolution first appeared on The Foreign Desk | by Lisa Daftari.
The U.S. abortion rate has generally declined since the 1980s, but there
A video taken by the New York Post and posted Thursday showed migrants breaking through fencing and knocking down guard members. The post Some Illegal Immigrants Who Stormed U.S. Border in Texas Released into U.S. After Being Processed first appeared on The Foreign Desk | by Lisa Daftari.
After touring the Doicesti Small Modular Reactor (SMR) site, U.S. Ambassador to Romania, Kathleen Kavalec said that the rapid progress here is a testament to Romania’s vision, guiding us toward a cleaner, more sustainable energy future. According to the American ambassador, “Romania is poised to become a regional clean energy hub“, and “the Doicesti SMR […]