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Almost 300 demonstrators arrested at Columbia University, City University of New York May 1 (UPI) — As pro-Palestinian protests continue to affect college campuses throughout the United States, New York Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday said nearly 300 people were arrested the night before at Columbia University and City University of New York. “While those…
A top federal prosecutor alerted Congress to the risk of California election interference by the Chinese Communist Party as Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) met with CCP officials during his visit to Beijing last week. During a closed-door October 24 meeting with the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada warned that China is “trying…
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has backed the European Union’s move to put the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) on the “terrorist list” after a deadly crackdown on mass protests. Speaking ahead of a meeting of EU ministers in Brussels, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said: “If you act as a…
the world that criminalizes homosexuality or otherwise discriminates against LGBTQ individuals Tuesday, seemingly indicating that the leadership of the Catholic Church—long divided over the question of its position toward the community—was beginning to take a firmer position of solidarity with the LGBTQ community. “Being homosexual isn’t a crime,” Francis said during an exclusive interview with…
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) – West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey announced the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling, upholding the state’s Medicaid policy that excludes coverage for gender-affirming surgeries. The court held that the policy does not violate the Equal Protection Clause, the Affordable Care Act, or the Medicaid Act. West…
WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. and China are expected to inch toward a managed trade mechanism for non-sensitive goods this week, with each side possibly identifying some $30 billion worth of goods on which they could reduce tariffs and sell to each other without crossing national security red lines. The so-called “Board of…