Support for Israel has been in decline for years. The brutal Hamas massacre of October 7 initially looked like it might turn things around with a wave of sympathy for the traumatized Jewish state, but that was soon lost in clouds of smoke billowing from Israeli bombs exploding over Gaza.President Joe Biden demonstrated his longtime affection and support for Israel by flying there 11 days later to personally embrace and assure the country of his and America’s full support –...
WASHINGTON: The US State Department on Wednesday offered “heartfelt condolences” to those affected by terrorist attacks in Pakistan and vowed to address such shared threats
There Is Nothing Exceptional About US "Exceptionalism" By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities On Friday, after the jobs report, we heard a lot of chatter about “Goldilocks.” While we wrote NFP – Great for Markets, we caveated that with – for now. Normally we would agree that there is a “transition” period from “everything is great,” to “everything is bad.” While I’m not saying that everything is bad, I do wonder if we can have more of a “gap” than a transition, largely due to the...
🔊 In this episode, Don and John pay tribute to the moms (and dads and grandparents) who shared their hard-won gardening experience with us.
Adaptation of hit comedy quiz will begin airing on CNN on Saturday nights to coincide with presidential electionArch, ironic and understated, Have I Got News for You is the quintessential British comedy quiz, but its creators are hoping a US version of the show can translate its particular brand of political humour across the Atlantic.A US adaptation of the show will be broadcast by CNN in the autumn, to coincide with the presidential election. It will hit screens on Saturday nights – part of a...
The US economic boom has consequences for the global balance of power - and for the UK.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Led by lower food and auto prices, inflation in the United States cooled slightly
The U.S. economy is one of the biggest issues for voters in the 2024 presidential contest between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Biden campaigned this week on new tech investments. Trump says he will roll back Biden infrastructure spending and increase oil drilling. VOA's Scott Stearns has the story.
Taking note of International Workers’ Day, several Latin American news sources this year cited José Martí’s 1886 essay “A Terrible Drama;” two of them republished it, here and here. There Martí reports on events in Chicago in 1886 and the fate of the so-called Haymarket Martyrs – seven labor journalists and agitators railroaded to prison and given death sentences. Another received a 15-year prison term. Martí, who More
The bill received support and criticism from both parties as it headed to the U.S. Senate.
ROSARY & ART: Our Lady asks for recitation of the Rosary and conversion
For many Jews, Zionism signifies a connection to Israel. But a large number of student protesters see the violence in Gaza as a logical conclusion of the late 19th century ideologyFor decades, Joe Biden has proudly declared that he is a Zionist, and he has repeated that claim since Hamas’s 7 October attacks on Israel. But for the student anti-war protests gripping the US, the words “Zionist” and “Zionism” have become a watchword – pejorative and emblematic of the violent state policies driving...