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An increasing number of Americans are losing trust in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's management of global affairs, according to a new survey. The report, released on Thursday by Pew Research Center, found that 53% of U.S. adults lack confidence in Netanyahu's ability to do the 'right thing' in terms of global…
Russia on Wednesday vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have called on all states to prevent the placement of nuclear weapons in space and not take steps to develop weapons of mass destruction that could be deployed above Earth. Thirteen member nations voted in approval of the U.N. Security Council resolution, including…
GOP Senators Josh Hawley (Missouri) and Tom Cotton (Arkansas) have urged President Biden to deploy the National Guard to colleges, specifically Columbia University in New York City, where pro-Palestinian protesters have organized sit-ins and other disruptive activities to bring public attention to the war. “Eisenhower sent the 101st to Little Rock. It’s time for…
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said Saturday that “Ukraine will likely fall” if the U.S. is unable to approve more aid to the embattled country amid its war with Russia. “Now, if we don’t get this aid passed, Ukraine will likely fall,” Bacon told NewsNation’s “Morning in America.” “The Russians are — they got huge munitions…
The United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) agreed to deliver aid to residents in Gaza when the U.S. finishes a pier for moving aid by sea, U.S. officials said Friday, according to The Associated Press. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has confirmed to The AP that it will work with the WFP to…
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said Americans have “every right to be angry” about a border security bill not being a part of foreign aid legislation making its way through Congress this week. “I believe the American people have every right to be pretty angry with Congress as a whole, and both sides tonight,” Mace said…
Former Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) criticized Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for her anti-Ukraine stance in a CNN interview on Friday. “Moscow Marjorie has reached a new low,” Buck said during an interview on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront” with anchor Erica Hill. “You know, during the Russian Revolution, [Bolshevik Revolution leader Vladimir] Lenin talked…
Former national security adviser John Bolton criticized President Biden for putting “enormous pressure” on Israel to not “do more” to Iran Friday, after the country launched retaliatory strikes on Israel following an attack earlier this month in Syria. Early Friday, the Israeli military struck close to a major air base and nuclear site in Iran.…
Iran’s foreign minister downplayed the attacks on his country on Friday morning, which targeted a major air base and nuclear site near Isfahan, and questioned where they came from and minimized their impact. “What happened last night was not a strike,” Hossein Amir-Abdollahian stated in translated comments during an interview on NBC News’s “Top…
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