Trump publicly calls for China to probe Bidens
October 6th, 20190 WASHINGTON (AP) — On Thursday, President Trump publicly encouraged China to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, snubbing his nose at an impeachment inquiry into whether a similar, private appeal to another foreign government violated his oath of office. Trump declared at the White House, “China should start an...
CENTCOM relocates operations from Qatar, fearing an Iranian missile attack
October 3rd, 20190 Although Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar still is home to thousands of Americans, the ability to carry out command and control functions from South Carolina means that the chances of a “Pearl Harbor” type of strike by the Iranians on the base is limited but not completely avoidable. It also perceived that it won’t take the U.S. seven...
Travelers rank Detroit Metropolitan as the best mega airport in America
October 3rd, 20190 DETROIT - Airline passengers ranked Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport as the best mega airport in North America, according to a new study from J.D. Power. The Motor City’s airport emerged as the winner among mega airports, scoring 786 out of 1,000 points, followed by Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport/Wold (779)...
Air Canada made a 12-year-old remove her hijab
September 29th, 20190 San Francisco - Fatima Abdelrahman was boarding an Air Canada flight wearing her hijab when an airline agent stopped her. He asked the then-12-year-old to remove her headscarf. She said no. He said she had to. It was Fatima's first time flying without her family. She made sure to stick with her U.S. Squash Junior National...
Bernie Sanders pickets with UAW at Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant
September 25th, 20190 HAMTRAMCK - Vermont senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was in Detroit to picket with striking UAW workers at the gigantic General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant on Wednesday. The labor strike is now in its 10th day. UAW members and supporters can be routinely seen picketing outside of the 4...
Dems launch impeachment inquiry against Trump
September 24th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. — After several months of ineffectual investigations into President Trump's administration, including a report by special counsel Robert Mueller that seems to have landed nowhere, congressional Democrats are finally launching an impeachment probe against the president. Democrats quickly switched their focus away...
The federal government moves to ban flavored e-cigarettes
September 13th, 20190 WASHINGTON – President Trump announced plans to ban flavored e-cigarettes on Wednesday. Trump appeared with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, First Lady Melania Trump and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Ned Sharpless to speak to reporters in the Oval Office. The announcement came as health authorities and...
Former top U.S. officials: Israel planted mysterious spy devices near the White House
September 13th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to former top U.S. officials, Israel has likely planted surveillance devices that have been located near the White House over the past two years, which were uncovered during the Trump presidency and meant to track him. The revelations were made to Politico, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported, and...
Trump’s Middle East envoy, architect of peace plan, set to leave post
September 8th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, Jason Greenblatt, an architect of the administration's long-awaited peace plan for the region, is leaving the White House according to a report from The Hill. Greenblatt will depart the administration in the coming weeks and return to his home state of New...
Crestwood School District search for superintendent underway
September 8th, 20190 DEARBORN HEIGHTS - The city of Dearborn Heights has been looking for its new superintendent and board members ask the community to keep its timeline in mind. Trustee Nadia Berry told The Arab American News that the board started accepting applications August 9 and will continue until September 13. The selection for the candidate will...
Arab American delegation discusses “terrorist watchlist” with federal officials in Washington
September 7th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an ongoing effort to address concerns over the use of a so-called terrorist watchlist for individuals, many of whom are disproportionately Arab American, suspected of being national security hazards, U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) organized a meeting with representatives from both the Arab American community and...
Judge rules federal government’s terrorist watchlist is unconstitutional
September 7th, 20190 ALEXANDRIA, VA – A judge in the Eastern District Court of Virginia has sided with 23 Muslim Americans who brought a class action case against federal officials and argued that the government’s Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB), or watchlist, violated their constitutional rights. The ruling was published on Wednesday. Judge...
Gov. Whitmer bans flavored e-cigarettes in Michigan
September 4th, 20190 LANSING – Michigan is now the first state to ban flavored electronic cigarettes, thanks to an emergency rule issued by Governor Whitmer on Wednesday. Retailers, including those selling candy and fruit flavored vaping products online, have 30 days to comply with the new ruling and take the products off their shelves. Tobacco flavored...
AG Nessel orders Brooklyn at-home sexual assault kits company to cease operations in Michigan
September 4th, 20190 LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has issued a cease and desist order to the Brooklyn, New York-based company “MeToo Kits”, telling it to stop engaging in unlawful and potentially harmful business practices. In a statement published on Thursday, Aug. 29, Nessel said her office learned of the company’s marketing...
Palestinian freshman arrives at Harvard after he was previously denied entry to the United States
September 3rd, 20190 CAMBRIDGE, MA — A 17-year-old freshman student named Ismail B. Ajjawi arrived on campus at Harvard University on time for the start of classes Tuesday after a difficult ordeal attempting to enter the country. Ajjawi, who is from the Harvard class of 2023, was turned away by United States border officials 11 days ago. His family says......
Netanyahu’s ban on Omar, Tlaib backfires, plays right into the hands of BDS movement
August 31st, 20191 A group of more than 70 Republican and Democratic members of Congress traveled to Israel on a delegation sponsored by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) earlier this month, but the annual trip was far more noteworthy for those who didn't make it; namely U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN). The...
Michigan Culture and Diversity Festival disputes Dearborn Heights Police fine
August 31st, 20191 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — HYPE Athletic Center's Michigan Culture and Diversity Festival that took place from Aug. 22 to Aug. 25 was ticketed by the city police for being too loud, despite having a valid permit and complying with the noise ordinance, according to festival coordinator Ali Sayed. The festival featured more than 16 countries......
Owner of Detroit Tigers farm team in Connecticut chairs Islamophobic organization
August 31st, 20192 NORWICH, CT – The Council on American Islamic Relations in Connecticut (CAIR-CT) was recently informed that the owner of the Connecticut Tigers in Norwich, Miles Prentice, is the chairman of the rightwing organization Center for Security Policy (CSP). The CSP is designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center is an anti-Muslim hate...
Departing Lebanese counsel general plants cedar trees in Dearborn and Birmingham as gift of resilience, friendship
August 31st, 20190 DEARBORN — In the spirit of giving, appreciation and the rooted historic Lebanese presence in the United States of America, Suzan Mouzi-Yassine, the Michigan-based Lebanese counsel general in the Midwest, decided to end her diplomatic service to the Lebanese Americans in Michigan by planting a cedar tree in Birmingham, where she...
CBP detained a Palestinian Harvard student, searched his phone and revoked his visa
August 27th, 20190 BOSTON, MA. - Harvard is reportedly in negotiations with immigration officials this week after an incoming Palestinian student who had arrived in Boston to begin his freshman year had his visa revoked and was ordered to leave the country, according to a report published in Boston Magazine. Also, the Harvard Crimson reports that...
Manifestos of hate: What White terrorists have in common
August 26th, 20190 Writing under the title of “If the El Paso shooter had been Muslim”, Moustafa Bayoumi stated the obvious. “If the El Paso shooter had been a Muslim,” Bayoumi wrote in the British Guardian newspaper on August 6, President Trump “would be lobbing accusations such as “Islam hates us” in the direction of Muslims and not......
In first-of-its-kind study, university researchers highlight hookah health hazards
August 26th, 20190 IRVINE, CA – Hookah waterpipe use has grown in popularity in recent years – 1 in 5 college students in the U.S. and Europe have tried it – but the practice could be more dangerous than other forms of smoking, according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at the University of California, Irvine, published recently in Aerosol...
Trump says he is seriously looking at ending birthright citizenship
August 26th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump said on Wednesday that his administration was seriously looking at ending the right of citizenship for U.S.-born children of noncitizens and people who immigrated to the United States illegally. “We’re looking at that very seriously, birthright citizenship, where you have a baby on our land,......
Banana Republic questioned over portrayal of new line of hijabs
August 26th, 20191 NEW YORK - One of the most well known brands of clothing in the United States, Banana Republic, has been scrutinized by a popular Muslim fashion blogger following the release of its new line of hijabs. Melanie Elturk, the British-Moroccan model and influencer who founded lifestyle blog Haute Hijab, had the following to say after the...
Man sentenced to five years in prison on hate crime charges for threatening Arab American Institute employees
August 25th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Arlington, Virginia man was sentenced to five years in prison on hate crime charges after allegedly threatening employees of the Arab American Institute here because of their race and national origins. The man, 61-year-old William Patrick Syring, sent threatening emails to nine employees of the Institute, a......
