An Israeli nongovernmental organization is working behind the scenes to provide a critical link between the Israeli military and international organizations with one goal in mind: Get humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians. ‘We really became this informal connector and facilitator between the Israeli authorities and the humanitarian community,’ IsraAID CEO Yotam Polizer said. IsraAID has worked in 64 countries and ...
The U.S. State Department’s annual human rights report delivered a grim assessment of conditions in Venezuela, declaring that human rights have fallen to a new low following reports of widespread abuses and state-sanctioned repression, particularly after the July 2024 presidential election when Nicolás Maduro clung to power. ‘The human rights situation in Venezuela significantly worsened,’ the report reads. ‘Throughout the ...
Senate Democrats have undergone a steady tonal shift on Israel, with a recent vote to block arms sales to the Jewish State giving a glimpse at the evolution on the Hill. More Democrats in the upper chamber than ever before voted alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to halt the $675 million sale of thousands of bombs and guidance kits for ...
Stephen Richer In recent years, the ride-hailing company Lyft has celebrated Election Day by offering a one-day discount of $10 to all riders who enter an election-themed code (for the November general election it was “VOTE24”). At the same time, Rideshare2Vote, a nonprofit whose broader mission focuses on increasing turnout among Democratic and Progressive voters, offered completely free rides to polling places. Both offers ...
Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s Democratic mayoral nominee, continued his ‘Five Boroughs Against Trump’ tour in Brooklyn on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump’s agenda continues to take center stage on the New York City campaign trail. Speaking at the Flatbush Gardens Community Center, Mamdani’s second anti-Trump event of the week was focused on housing, a hot-button issue in the New ...
Unearthed emails as part of a FOIA request show Biden administration agencies scrapping a plan to visit a vessel at an event because it would have required then-President Joe Biden to take too many steps. Records show, as part of a FOIA request by Protect the Public’s Trust obtained by Fox News Digital, that Biden was set to visit a National Security ...
Jeffrey A. Singer The New York Post recently reported on the tragic deaths, “less than three months apart,” of two Texas friends, ages 21 and 22, who died from overdosing on nitazenes, a type of synthetic opioid more potent than fentanyl. One bought what he thought was Xanax on the underground market, and the other bought what he thought was ...
Jeffrey Miron By now, everyone has heard that, in response to President Trump’s urging, Coca-Cola will soon introduce a version of Coke sweetened with US cane sugar rather than high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). What not everyone knows is that this product, commonly known as Mexican Coke, already exists and is what people outside the US think of as Coke. In ...
Senate Democrats have undergone a steady tonal shift on Israel, with a recent vote to block arms sales to the Jewish State giving a glimpse at the evolution on the Hill. More Democrats in the upper chamber than ever before voted alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to halt the $675 million sale of thousands of bombs and guidance kits for ...
Immersive dining brand Six by Nico has launched ‘Six by You’, a new community-first crowdfunding initiative giving loyal customers the chance to become co-owners of the business. The scheme, now live on Crowdcube, follows an early access phase in which more than 3,800 community members invested over £1.75 million in just five days. From today, the offer is open to ...