U.S. ends Temporary Protected Status for Syrians, orders 6,000 to leave by November
September 26th, 20250 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has given about 6,000 Syrian nationals living in the United States a 60-day deadline to leave the country after announcing the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which had allowed them to remain in the U.S. since 2012, last Friday. Homeland Security Secretary...
Charlie Kirk’s defiance: Conservative firebrand challenged Israel narrative and donors
September 25th, 20250 Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, built his reputation as a leading voice in the conservative movement, often stirring controversy but also commanding the loyalty of a large and growing base. In recent months, however, Kirk stepped into territory that few prominent conservative figures are willing to touch: direct criticism...
Renaming Defense Department sends wrong message
September 25th, 20250 Congress created the United States Department of Defense in 1949 as part of a comprehensive effort to modernize the military and adapt to the international order that was taking shape after World War II. Now President Trump wants to change its name to the Department of War, its former name. That’s a mistake. National defense is and...
Trailblazing former Arab American U.S. Rep. Mary Rose Oakar dies at 85
September 19th, 20250 Passing of a political pioneer At the age of 85, veteran political and civil rights leader Mary Rose Oakar passed away on Saturday, September 13, in Cleveland, Ohio. In honor of her extraordinary public service, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine ordered flags lowered to half-staff at all state government buildings on the day of her funeral,...
A weak Arab–Islamic summit and the launch of the Gaza invasion as U.S. vetoes ceasefire resolution
September 19th, 20250 After a feeble Arab–Islamic summit that limited itself to verbal condemnations of the Israeli aggression on Doha and vague calls to review diplomatic and economic relations with the occupation state, the Israeli army — under orders from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and with an American green light — began an invasion of Gaza...
Breaking the silence: Tucker Carlson’s challenge to the Zionist narrative
September 12th, 20252 There are moments in American history when a voice rises above the static of politics, a voice that dares to question what has been presented as unquestionable truth. Tucker Carlson has become such a voice. In an era where conformity is often rewarded and dissent punished, he has stepped into the storm with an uncommon blend of clarity...
U.S. authorities reviewing 55 million visa holders; new rules target social media of applicants and pro-Palestinian students
August 29th, 20250 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. State Department has launched what it called a sweeping security review of more than 55 million individuals holding various visas in an unprecedented move aimed at identifying violations that could justify visa revocation or deportation. At the same time, immigration authorities have begun enforcing new...
Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” launches federal overtime pay tax exemption, but critics warn of risks
August 22nd, 20250 WASHINGTON – Under the "Big Beautiful Bill" signed by President Trump in July, tax exemptions on overtime wages officially went into effect this week, retroactive to cover overtime hours worked since the beginning of the year. The measure, one of Trump’s campaign promises, is part of a broader package of tax reforms designed to ease...
Uber launches “Women Rider Preferences” pilot in Detroit and other U.S. cities amid sexual assault lawsuits
August 15th, 20250 DETROIT – Uber has recently announced the selection of the Detroit area, along with San Francisco and Los Angeles, to launch a pilot program called “Women Rider Preferences”, which allows female users to request rides driven exclusively by women. Uber Vice President Camiel Irving said the pilot program will be launched “in the...
Whitmer presses Trump to reconsider tariffs hurting Michigan auto industry, warns of budget strains
August 15th, 20250 WASHINGTON, D.C. – In her third meeting with President Trump since his return to the White House for a second term, Governor Whitmer urged the Republican president to reconsider his tariff policy due to the severe harm it is causing to the automotive industry — the very sector Trump says he wants to save. In a private Oval Office...
J Street president: Israel has broken Genocide Convention in Gaza, can no longer defend the indefensible
August 8th, 20250 The president of J Street, a U.S.-based pro-Israel advocacy group, has acknowledged that Israel has broken the international genocide convention in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu reports. “I have… been persuaded rationally by legal and scholarly arguments that international courts will one day find that Israel has broken the...
Echoes from the rubble: John Mearsheimer, Gaza and the burden of American power
August 7th, 20250 In a recent and highly charged interview that has reverberated across international political discourse, Tucker Carlson sat down with Professor John Mearsheimer, one of the most respected and controversial voices in American foreign policy analysis, to discuss the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. The conversation, released as...
As Medicaid turns 60, rollbacks threaten millions of Americans
August 7th, 20250 As Medicaid turns 60, the U.S. faces the largest federal health care subsidy rollback in its history. The One Big Beautiful Act, signed by President Trump on July 4, slashes federal Medicaid spending by 15 percent. Over the next decade, it will eliminate over $1 trillion from federal health care and food aid, largely by imposing work...
The Epstein files and the shadow over America: Why full transparency is a moral imperative
August 4th, 20250 In a country consumed by political division and scandal fatigue, there remains one case that cuts through partisan lines and unites citizens in outrage and disbelief — the saga of Jeffrey Epstein. His name alone conjures images of sinister wealth, child exploitation and elite protection. And yet, for all the headlines and...
Forty Democratic senators press Trump to end humanitarian crisis in Gaza, 27 senators vote to block U.S. weapons to Israel
August 1st, 20250 Amid reports that hundreds of Palestinians have died from malnutrition in the besieged Gaza Strip since May, a group of prominent Jewish Democratic lawmakers — including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (New York) and Senator Adam Schiff (California) — is spearheading efforts to pressure President Trump’s administration to......
Sweeping budget and spending law leaves millions uninsured, while adding trillions to federal deficit
July 18th, 20250 By Sunita Sohrabji The newly passed federal legislation dubbed by Republicans as the “Big, Beautiful Bill” is poised to trigger a seismic shift in the U.S. healthcare and fiscal landscape. Marketed as a tax cut package, the new law also constitutes the most substantial rollback of health coverage since the Affordable Care...
Four CUNY professors say they were fired for supporting Palestine
July 18th, 20250 As Congress grills CUNY’s chancellor, the terminated Brooklyn College faculty say Palestine activism is “the only thing we have in common.” By Sanya Mansoor Four adjunct professors at the City University of New York say the university fired them because of their activism for Palestine. The administration’s decision......
Trump faces backlash as 69 percent believe Epstein details were concealed, Reuters/Ipsos poll
July 18th, 20251 Most Americans think President Trump's administration is hiding information about accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and give it poor marks on the issue after pledging to make public documents in the case, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. The two-day poll, which closed Wednesday, showed 69 percent of respondents thought the federal...
It’s time to replace the War Powers Act
July 18th, 20250 Many Democrats and some Republicans expressed alarm last month when President Trump ordered attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities. Most Americans agree that Iran shouldn’t develop nuclear weapons, but was joining Israel in attacking Iran the best way to stop it? Would the strikes risk a wider Middle East war? Should Congress have been...
When disaster calls, will FEMA answer?
July 18th, 20250 By Sunita Sohrabji The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) uneven response to the Texas floods — which killed 132 people, including children — has left states wondering whether they can continue to rely on the agency amid an environmental disaster. “The FEMA director (David Richardson, the agency’s acting...
Trump administration shares Medicaid data with ICE, sparking outrage over privacy and immigration enforcement
July 18th, 20250 Medicaid officials have reportedly made an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to allow agents to examine a database of Americans’ personal information – including home addresses, social security numbers and ethnicities. The data sharing agreement will allow ICE to find “the location of aliens”, according to......
The unlikely alliance: How American Muslims and America First conservatives united to stop another war
July 18th, 20250 In the shadow of yet another potential war in the Middle East, the United States once again flirted with the brink of disaster. After decades of failed interventions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and Yemen, one might think the American appetite for military adventurism would be thoroughly exhausted. And yet, over the past several...
Survey: Detroit ranked most stressed city in America despite signs of recovery
July 11th, 20250 Despite progress in several areas over the past few years, the "Motor City" has topped the list of the most stressed and psychologically burdened cities in the United States, according to an annual survey conducted by WalletHub, which included 182 of the largest cities across the country. The survey was based on 39 indicators grouped......
Trump signs sweeping GOP tax and spending bill amid criticism over cuts, deficit and social safety net
July 6th, 20250 On Friday, President Trump signed the tax and spending cut bill Republicans muscled through Congress this week, turning it into law by his own self-imposed Fourth of July deadline. At nearly 900 pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for...
Mamdani’s authenticity was key to his victory
July 6th, 20250 In 2006, shortly after Tim Kaine won the Virginia gubernatorial election, I attended a meeting at Democratic Party headquarters. One party official opined, “One lesson we should learn from Kaine’s victory was that we need to talk more about our religion. Kaine did and he won. We should do it too.” After seeing that same official......
