US diplomats staged UN walkout after France criticized human rights record under Trump

France had also intervened after Trump administration had opposed the reappointment of UN human rights chief US diplomats walked out of a United Nations meeting after France criticized the country’s human rights record under Donald Trump. The staged walkout, which occurred on Monday during a UN security council meeting on the Ukraine-Russia war, came days … Read more

Kentucky Gov. Beshear demands ‘transparency and honesty’ on McConnell’s health

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear told reporters that constituents are asking for “transparency and honesty” regarding the health of Sen. Mitch McConnell. “We have seen rampant speculation across social media and elsewhere, it could all be fully avoided, and it’s all within Senator McConnell’s power,” Beshear said. “But because he won’t do that, the fact is … Read more

California’s largest ICE facility neglected detainees’ medical needs, monitor finds

Court-appointed investigator finds California City facility failed to comply with judge’s order to provide adequate healthcare California’s largest immigration detention center has failed to comply with a judge’s orders to provide adequate healthcare, according to a court-appointed monitor who found the facility was struggling to meet a wide range of medical standards. The California City … Read more

Lindsey Graham remembered as ‘true American original’ at Capitol memorial

Political leaders honor Republican US senator, whose hawkish foreign policy shaped decades in Washington US politics live – latest updates World leaders and senior political figures convened in Washington for the memorial of the long-serving US senator Lindsey Graham, remembering the “swashbuckling” South Carolina Republican “a true American original” whose embrace of “America First” never … Read more

House committee passes Foreign Funding Transparency Act to expose foreign donations to nonprofits

Lawmakers are seeking to expose foreign nationals who may be funneling money and donations through tax-exempt organizations to political committees as the House Ways and Means Committee passed a bill that would revise reporting requirements for tax-exempt groups. The Foreign Funding Transparency Act, which passed 23-18 in the committee last Wednesday, would require tax-exempt organizations … Read more