Pentagon Announces More Troops for Middle East
The Pentagon said on Monday that additional U.S. troops are being rushed to the Middle East as fighting in Lebanon between Israel and the Hezbollah terrorist group intensifies, raising the risk of an escalating regional war. AP Reports Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder gave no details about the number of additional troops or what […]
Gov. Whitmer balks at questions about Michigan AG Dana Nessel and Rashida Tlaib feud: ‘Not getting in middle’
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has refused to take sides in the dispute between Attorney General Dana Nessel and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, who has accused Nessel of prosecuting people who took part in anti-Israel protests on the University of Michigan campus because they are Jewish. Jake Tapper, speaking on CNN's “State of the […]
Biden says US is doing 'everything we can' to prevent wider war in the Middle East
President Biden said Sunday that the United States is “doing everything we can” to prevent an escalation of war in the Middle East. “We are going to do everything in our power to prevent a larger war from breaking out,” the president said in response to a question about “rising tensions” in the region, according […]
Wendy Sherman says escalating tensions in Middle East are ‘quite serious’
Former Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said rising tensions between Israel and Hezbollah in the Middle East were “very serious.” “I view the situation as very serious,” she said Sunday on NewsNation's “The Hill Sunday.” Sherman's appearance comes amid a rise in inter-group violence in the Middle East. Last week, Israel attacked pagers belonging […]
Sunday shows preview: Election Day inches closer; Middle East tensions at ultimate high
With less than 50 days until election day and candidates preparing, tensions between Israel and Hezbollah are at an all-time high following a series of explosions in Lebanon this week, raising fears that a major Israeli attack on Hezbollah is imminent. These two topics are likely to dominate this Sunday's show. Former Ohio Rep. Tim […]
After repeated promises from Biden administration that a cease-fire is close, war in Middle East is escalating
After months of public optimism about the prospects for a ceasefire, Biden administration officials are pessimistic about the prospects for an end to the war between Israel and Hamas. “We're no closer to that now than we were a week ago,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Wednesday, calling the prospect of […]
‘This is very embarrassing’: Middle East crisis takes a detour to an office park in Taiwan | Taiwan
It was an unusual, anxious day at work for employees and neighbors of Gold Apollo, a Taiwanese tech company based in an office park in a leafy neighborhood about 30 minutes outside Taipei. Dozens of media were gathered in the corridor outside Gold Apollo's glass entrance on the third floor of Building B, where Lunar […]
Kamala Harris Claims She Was Raised in the Middle Class
Claim: Vice President Kamala Harris claimed during Tuesday night's presidential debate that she grew up in a middle-class family. Verdict: Mostly false. Harris was from a well-to-do Canadian family and grew up in the largely English Westmount area of French Quebec. When asked if Americans are better off now than they were four years ago, […]
Victor Davis Hanson Rips Goldman Sachs For Propping Up Harris, Says Others Alike Are Pushing To ‘Destroy’ Middle Class
Victor Davis Hanson, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, on Tuesday slammed Goldman Sachs for suggesting the economy could be more profitable under Vice President Kamala Harris, arguing that the bank and similar groups are promoting policies that could “ruin” middle-class Americans. Last week, Goldman Sachs economists release He suggested Harris' policies could provide […]
Disgraced Tennessee middle school teacher who filmed students in locker room whimpers in court after hearing victim’s parent’s testimony
A Tennessee middle school teacher whined after receiving a four-year prison sentence for installing a camera in a girls' locker room and taking pictures up students' skirts. Christopher Schroll, 33, a former eighth-grade science teacher and football coach at Cleveland Middle School, pleaded guilty Monday in a Bradley County courtroom to attempted illegal photography of […]