EXCLUSIVE: GOP Rep Unveils Bill Slashing Federal Spending Programs In Response To Massive Foreign Aid Packages
Republican Florida Rep. Aaron Bean unveiled a bill Thursday that would take an axe to federal spending programs following a massive foreign aid supplemental that passed in April. The legislation, titled the Cutting Unobligated Tumultuous Spending (CUTS) Act, would slash over $100 billion in federal spending by rescinding unobligated COVID-19 relief and various climate initiatives. […]
Biden Publicly Apologizes To Zelenskyy, Tells Him It’s Republicans Fault For Ukraine Aid Troubles
President Joe Biden publicly apologized to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday and appeared to blame Republicans for Ukraine’s aid struggles. Biden and Zelenskyy met in Paris, France, on Friday ahead of Biden’s expected travel to Italy next week for the Group of Seven (G7) summit with the U.S.’ strongest allies. During their meeting, Biden […]
Trump refuses to shift on climate despite supporters needing aid at rallies in extreme US heat | Donald Trump
At a Donald Trump rally in the scorching heat of the southwestern US, where dozens of his supporters pleaded for medical help, activists said the president didn’t seem to understand that his plans to reverse climate change and “dig deeper” for fossil fuels would only make extreme weather worse. A total of 24 people required […]
Five found guilty in $40 million scheme to steal from federal food aid program
After a seven-week trial, a jury found five defendants guilty for their part in exploiting government funding for a program created to feed low-income children after school and during the summer. The defendants received more than $40 million from the Department of Agriculture for 18 million meals at 50 food sites across Minnesota, which was overseen […]
US pier off Gaza reconstructed and reattached, aid expected to flow shortly
The United States-constructed pier off Gaza’s coast designed to supplement the international efforts to get humanitarian aid into the enclave will be operational again in the near future. U.S. Central Command built the pier, which was first operational on May 17, only for it to get damaged during inclement weather less than two weeks later. […]
The Israeli protesters trying to stop food aid getting to Gaza – podcast | News
Since the beginning of the year, groups of Israeli protesters have gathered, first on the Gaza border and then in the West Bank, in an attempt to block the flow of food aid to Gaza by lying in front of food trucks and, in the West Bank, attacking trucks and drivers. Who are these protesters, […]
Feds Charge 47 Somali Immigrants with Stealing $250M in Food Aid from Children
Federal prosecutors have charged 47 Somali Muslim immigrants in Minnesota with embezzling $250 million from a coronavirus relief program meant to provide food assistance to poor children. Attorney General Merrick Garland’s office call The case is “the largest pandemic relief fraud case prosecuted to date.” “Today’s indictment describes an egregious conspiracy to steal public funds […]
Ukraine military aid: US considers further loosening restrictions
President Joe Biden recently loosened restrictions on how Ukrainian forces use U.S. military aid, and officials are indicating the rules that remain in place could be lifted in the future. Russian forces massed along the border near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and were able to attack the city aerially while remaining in a sanctuary […]
Trade convoys ‘squeezing out’ Gaza aid, humanitarian organisations say | Gaza
Humanitarian groups say commercial convoys are cutting off aid deliveries to southern Gaza as Israeli forces advance into Rafah cuts off vital supply routes to feed hundreds of thousands of people. Shipments of food, medicine and other aid to the Gaza Strip have fallen by two-thirds since Israel began its ground operation on May 7, […]
U.S. Halts Gaza Aid Deliveries After Biden’s $320M ‘Floating Pier’ Begins Sinking
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks to reporters during a regular press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, May 17, 2024. White House Assistant to the President for National Security Communications John Kirby updated reporters on humanitarian aid being delivered to the Gaza Strip using pontoons and […]