by Joe Snell | Jan 30, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and pro-Israel Democratic leaders sounded a cautiously optimistic note Tuesday after President Donald Trump finally unveiled his long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. Pelosi said that “there appears to be...
by Joe Snell | Jan 27, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Israeli citizens are now allowed to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time in the country’s history, according to a statement Sunday by the country’s Interior Minister Aryeh Dery. The rule applies to business meetings, including searching for new...
by Joe Snell | Jan 23, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — A vote by the Iraqi parliament on Jan. 5 to expel U.S. troops in the country raises concerns about whether their absence will leave minority communities vulnerable to attacks by ISIS. “These communities can least afford instability and violence because...
by Joe Snell | Jan 22, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The Trade Bank of Iraq is expected to stop processing payments to Iran if US sanction exemptions expire next month, Agence France-Presse reported Tuesday. The bank is used by Iraq to pay for Iranian gas imports that are used to power the country’s...
by Joe Snell | Jan 14, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., urged an insider trading investigation into President Donald Trump for reportedly telling Mar-a-Lago guests about the Soleimani strike in advance, according to a joint letter sent to the...
