Sharia-Free America Hearing marked by attacks on Muslim advocacy groups

by Jacques Abou-Rizk | May 14, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) — Muslim civil rights groups denounced the second “Sharia-Free America” hearing this week after a group of House Republicans attempted to highlight the threat of Sharia law to the U.S. Constitution and institutions,...

Congressional subcommittee members warn President Trump’s proposed $10.7 billion HUD budget cuts would lead to more homelessness

by Wisdom Howell | May 13, 2026 | Housing, Politics

WASHINGTON—A bipartisan group of Appropriations subcommittee members in both the House and Senate warned this week that President Donald Trump’s proposed $10.7 billion in cuts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s FY2027 budget would significantly...

Families of Americans Overseas Wrongfully Detained Bring Advocacy to Capitol Hill

by Jacques Abou-Rizk | May 12, 2026 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, National Security, Politics

WASHINGTON — American journalist Reza Valizadeh visited his elderly Iranian parents in March 2024 for the first time in 15 years. Valizadeh’s stories for Voice of America and other U.S. government-funded outlets often criticized the Iranian regime. So before...

FEMA Review Council Proposes Long List of Reforms to Federal Disaster Assistance

by Samantha Freeman | May 10, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Nearly a year after President Donald Trump threatened to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a review council he appointed released a final report on Thursday to overhaul the agency by reducing administrative costs and shifting responsibility...

Bipartisan Support for Increases to the ‘Indian Health Service’s’ FY27 Budget

by Olivia Ardito | May 7, 2026 | Featured, Health, Health, Politics, Social Justice

WASHINGTON, D.C. – There was rare bipartisan support to increase funding for the Indian Health Service’s (IHS) proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2027 on Thursday in the House Appropriation Committee’s Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related...

Trump-backed candidates mostly prevail over incumbents in Indiana Senate primary races, reinforcing bitter divide on redistricting

by George Alexandrakis | May 6, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Five of seven Republican Indiana state senators who successfully voted to block a Trump-backed redistricting plan last year lost their primaries Tuesday, after the president endorsed challengers against them.  The result underscored the influence of an...