by Aishwarya Airy | Mar 10, 2020 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — Bashir Mohamed Mahamoud, a senior leader of the al-Shabaab terrorist group, was killed in an airstrike by the U.S. Africa Command on Feb. 22, a Pentagon statement confirmed Monday. Mahamoud, alias Bashir Qoorgaab, worked with al-Shabaab for more...
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by Chiara Vercellone and Sara Wilson | Mar 9, 2020 | Featured, Politics
1. The House is voting under suspension of the rules Monday on the Divided Families Reunification Act (H.R. 1771), which would support Korean Americans in their effort to reunite with relatives in North Korea. Nearly 100,000 Korean Americans have been separated from...
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by Joe Snell | Mar 9, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The United States will halt humanitarian assistance to Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen, where a majority of the country’s population lives, if the rebels refuse to remove obstacles to aid distribution. The announcement, made Feb. 25 by the US Agency for...
by Bing Xiao | Mar 5, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Since the beginning of this year, when China and the United States started restricting each other’s correspondents, and this week their simmering media fight reached a boil with new rounds of restrictions and, effectively, expulsions. The Foreign...
by Aishwarya Airy | Mar 4, 2020 | Campaign2020, Featured, Politics
CHARLOTTE– After spending millions of dollars on his presidential campaign, Michael Bloomberg, the multi-billionaire former New York mayor, dropped out of the presidential race Wednesday after he failed to win a single primary. Bloomberg has now endorsed Joe...
by HyoJung Kim and Mark Satter | Mar 4, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Tensions were high at the steps of the Supreme Court today with the court’s first hearing on abortion under the Trump administration. The administration replaced Justice Anthony Kennedy, who was considered a swing vote, with Justice Brett Kavanaugh and...
