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7 Jun 2024, 10:01 pm by rhapsodyinbooks
When, on April 15, 1861, Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for 75,000 volunteers for the defense of Washington, the governor wrote to Secretary of War Simon Cameron stating: Tennessee will not furnish a single man for coercion, but fifty thousand if necessary for the defense of our rights, and those of our Southern Brethren. [read post]
7 Jun 2024, 5:04 am by Beatrice Yahia
The United States told Israel it must be fully “transparent” over the U.N. school strike, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said yesterday. [read post]
7 Jun 2024, 4:00 am by jonathanturley
”) There was no attempt by the media to confront associates of the Biden campaign (including now Secretary of State Antony Blinken) who pushed a long effort to get former intelligence officials to sign a letter. [read post]
7 Jun 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Defense lawyers say Trump’s dual role of defendant and the boss of many of the people who are witnesses to his alleged crimes is not uncommon. [read post]
5 Jun 2024, 1:09 pm by Kate Reeves
  Extrajudicial killings If reports of the Indian government’s transnational extrajudicial assassinations and assassination attempts of activists in Canada, the United States, and Pakistan don’t provide enough clues to deduce the government’s treatment of activists within its borders, the U.S. [read post]
4 Jun 2024, 4:57 am by Beatrice Yahia
  The United States yesterday urged the U.N. [read post]
But the definition also is left open ended, allowing the Secretaries of Commerce, Defense, and State, and the Director of National Intelligence to designate any other countries that “engage[] in conduct that is detrimental to the national security or foreign policy of the United States. [read post]
3 Jun 2024, 5:26 am by Beatrice Yahia
Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday spoke with Yoav Gallant and war cabinet minister Benny Gantz to discuss Biden’s ceasefire plan. [read post]
29 May 2024, 2:09 pm by NARF
S.4424 - A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the interior or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western United States, to acknowledge and support the longstanding use of cultural burning by Tribes and Indigenous practitioners, and for other purposes. [read post]
29 May 2024, 9:35 am by Irene
” The legislators point out that DHS’s relaxed vetting standards, which complement Biden’s avowed desire to surge the border with inadmissible migrants, have created an environment ripe for exploitation by individuals aiming to undermine the United States at its most critical points. [read post]
29 May 2024, 4:25 am by Beatrice Yahia
  Israel gave Qatar, Egypt, and the United States on Monday an updated proposal for a possible hostage release deal that could lead to a temporary ceasefire, according to two sources with knowledge of the negotiations. [read post]
28 May 2024, 8:00 am by Daniel Levine-Spound
Often operating alongside the Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF), M23 has taken over huge swaths of North Kivu province. [read post]
28 May 2024, 5:17 am by Beatrice Yahia
The United States is expected to lift its ban on the sale of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, potentially in the coming weeks, according to U.S. officials. [read post]
The DFA also stressed that the fishing ban “raises tensions” between the Philippines and China, with Philippines defense secretary Gilbert Teodoro calling China’s actions a “provocation”. [read post]
27 May 2024, 9:38 am by Yosi Yahoudai
Egypt’s state-run Al-Qahera TV aired footage of what it said were trucks entering Gaza through Kerem Shalom. [read post]
27 May 2024, 4:00 am by Michael C. Dorf
In relevant part it provides:Section 1: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no court in the United States shall have jurisdiction to enjoin any state or local government official against enforcing a provision of state or local law on the ground that such enforcement would violate the Constitution or laws of the United States, except insofar as a federal statute other than 42 U.S.C. [read post]
25 May 2024, 2:44 pm by Yosi Yahoudai
Uh And for that reason, I think it’s very important for the United States to be taking whatever steps are necessary in order to be able to deal with whatever threat China represents. [read post]
25 May 2024, 5:36 am by Amichai Cohen
Granted, the Pre-Trial Chamber of the ICC decided in 2021 that the Prosecutor of the ICC may commence an investigation in the Palestine situation on the basis of the appropriateness of the procedure by which the office of Secretary General chose to accept Palestine’s accession instruments. [read post]
22 May 2024, 5:30 am by Todd Buchwald
  That there will be a reaction within the United States is inevitable. [read post]