Calls for a popular uprising and empty promises of help are reckless in the extreme – and no answer to my country’s plight Nasrin Parvaz is a women’s rights activist and torture survivor from Iran I have been watching the news from inside Iran, unable to hold in my sorrow. As an Iranian who was … Read more
The prospects for President Donald Trump’s SAVE America Act grew murkier as divisions deepened among Senate Republicans about how to pass it.
Trump is also pushing for the Save America Act to includes provisions to limit transgender youth’s access to care and banning trans women athletes in womens sports – key US politics stories from Monday 9 March at a glance Donald Trump renewed his push on Monday for the Save America Act, a curtailment of voting … Read more
President makes evidence-free claim despite video showing US Tomahawk missile hit naval base next to school As oil prices surged amid the widening war with Iran, Donald Trump suggested, without evidence, on Monday that the strike on an Iranian elementary school could have been carried out by Iran or “somebody else”. During back-to-back appearances in … Read more
Scientific awards – which honor research that makes people laugh and then think – to move away from ‘unsafe’ US The annual Ig Nobels, a satirical award for scientific achievement, are shifting for the first time from the US to Europe due to concerns about attendees getting visas, organizers announced on Monday. Organized by the … Read more
A Republican congressman from Tennessee declared on social media Monday that “Muslims don’t belong in American society,” prompting backlash largely from Democrats.”Pluralism is a lie,” Rep.
Passage of the SAVE Act is of paramount importance to President Trump and many congressional Republicans. In his State of the Union speech, the president implored lawmakers “to approve the SAVE America Act to stop illegal aliens and other unpermitted persons from voting in our sacred American elections.” The House approved the plan to require … Read more
President Donald Trump outlined five key items he believes will tip the upcoming midterm elections in the GOP’s favor — if Republicans can muscle them through Congress. “No transgender mutilation surgery for our children,” Trump told an audience at the Republican Members’ Issues Conference. “Voter ID, citizenship [verification], mail-in ballots, we don’t want men playing … Read more
When asked about the Tomahawk missile that likely struck a school in Iran, President Trump claimed that the weapon is “very generic” and sold to other countries, and the Iran also has them. But as NBC News’ Courtney Kube explains, Iran does not have Tomahawk missiles and the U.S. is the primary user of that … Read more
The so-called Zorro Ranch was the site of numerous alleged abuses, but was not subject to intense scrutiny New Mexico authorities launched a search of a ranch previously owned by Jeffrey Epstein, state officials announced on Monday. The late convicted sex offender and financier’s so-called Zorro Ranch was the site of numerous alleged abuses, according … Read more
