Friday, May 3, 2024

Topic: Joe Biden

Biden admin quietly grants $735 million bomb sale to Israel

Biden administration has reportedly granted Boeing an export license for the sale of $735 million in advanced weaponry to the Israeli government, news that came as...

‘Monumental moment’ Biden supports vaccine waiver

Brett Wilkins, commondreams.org As the United States on Wednesday broke with other wealthy nations to support waiving intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines, global health leaders applauded President...

Biden under pressure to end support for ‘Yemen suffering’

A letter that members of Congress sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken increased growing pressure on the Biden administration to fully end U.S....

Rashida Tlaib hails Democrats who called on Biden adm to oppose Israeli “settler colonialism” in Palestine

Referring to a recent letter in which a dozen House Democrats called on the Biden administration to oppose Israeli "settler colonialism" in Palestine, Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Friday said that support is growing like never before in Congress for Palestinian human rights.

US Muslim community deserves to know why military targeted their data: Lawmakers

More than a dozen Democratic lawmakers concerned about possible violations of civil liberties guaranteed by the U.S. Bill of Rights asked Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines on Thursday for more information about how and why the U.S. military is buying "access to large quantities of personal data" collected from cellphone applications targeted toward Muslim users.

Full text: Amanda Gorman’s poem at Joe Biden inauguration

The inauguration of US President Joe Biden featured a slew of high-profile performers on Wednesday, but for many it was the lesser-known Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in US history, who truly wowed the crowd.