Bipartisan lawmakers seek end to U.S. support for Saudi military action in Yemen
February 1st, 20190 WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is expected to seek an end to U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, a report from Reuters said, with a greater chance of success than a similar attempt that passed the Senate in December. The measure is being led by Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah, Democratic Senator...
America’s first Muslims were slaves
February 1st, 20191 WASHINGTON, DC — In 1807, a wealthy 37-year-old scholar was captured in West Africa, in what is now Senegal, and transported to the United States to be sold into slavery. That man, Omar Ibn Said, lived the remainder of his life enslaved in the American South, and his story might have been forgotten if not for the handwritten...
Senate advances measure opposing troop withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan
January 31st, 20190 WASHINGTON, DC - In a rebuke of President Trump, the Republican-led U.S. Senate advanced largely symbolic legislation on Thursday opposing plans for any abrupt withdrawal of troops from Syria and Afghanistan. The Senate voted 68-23 in favor of a non-binding amendment, drafted by Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, saying it...
Concerned with waning support, Democrats are forming a new pro-Israel lobbying group
January 30th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. —Former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm and former Clinton administration housing secretary Henry Cisneros are among a group of Democrats planning to create a new pro-Israel political action committee later this year, in hopes of turning the tide of waning support from young progressives. The number of Democrats...
Two militia men plead guilty to bombing Minnesota mosque
January 27th, 20190 BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota - Two men have pleaded guilty in federal court to bombing a Minnesota mosque and attempting to bomb a women's health clinic in Illinois. Prosecutors say the two men and another man accused in the case were part of an Illinois militia group that called itself "White Rabbits." The U.S. Justice Department last year...
Federal judge sentences three men to up to 30 years for plot to bomb Somalis, mosque
January 27th, 20190 WICHITA, Kansas - A federal judge sentenced three white men to 25, 26 and 30 years in prison on Friday for a 2016 plot to bomb a Kansas apartment complex that is home to Somali immigrants and their mosque. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren in Wichita, Kansas sentenced Curtis Allen and Gavin Wright to 25 years and Patrick Stein to 30...
Jewish couple kicked off flight for “body odor” accuses American Airlines of racial discrimination
January 26th, 20190 MIAMI — A Jewish American couple returning home from Miami to Detroit was kicked off an American Airlines flight for alleged “body odour” on January 23, prompting one man to accuse the airlines of religious discrimination. Yossi Adler, his wife Jennie, and their 19-month-old daughter were kicked off after staff told them other...
President Trump reaches deal to end shutdown, threatens another if wall is not built
January 25th, 20190 WASHINGTON —After 35 days, the United States government shutdown of 2018-2019 has finally come to a halt, for the next three weeks at least. The announcement was made by President Trump on Friday, ending the record-setting shutdown and allowing government employees to head back to work. Trump said that the new legislation will...
Banks and credit unions offer government workers loans amid shutdown
January 25th, 20190 A month into the partial government shutdown, tens of thousands of government workers are relying on special programs from banks and credit unions to stay financially solvent. Senior Vice President Tynika Wilson of Navy Federal Credit Union said about 16,000 federal workers – including many workers for the Coast Guard and Department...
Florida official reprimanded for bigotry and anti-Muslim post
January 25th, 20190 HALLANDALE BEACH, Florida — A commissioner in a South Florida city has been reprimanded by her fellow commissioners over her remarks on a Facebook post about the first Palestinian American woman elected to the U.S. Congress. Hallandale Beach commissioners voted Wednesday to condemn Commissioner Anabelle Lima-Taub for writing that U.S....
Michigan Muslims provide meals, gas and grocery vouchers to federal workers and families
January 25th, 20190 ROYAL OAK, Michigan— The Michigan Muslim Community Council (MMCC) is providing dinners, grocery vouchers and gas cards to all federal workers who are not being paid in an effort to reduce the difficulties caused by the government shutdown. The MMCC will be kicking off this effort on Friday, Jan. 25 at Detroit Metro Airport by providing...
Give Trump his wall and give us back our government
January 25th, 20190 Let us assume that you are a federal government employee who is about to miss his second paycheck because of the government shutdown. That’s one month without pay. Also, let's say that you are a Democrat and a staunch anti-Trump individual. You should be asking the Democrats on Capitol Hill to give Trump the money for his wall and...
Earth’s magnetic North Pole shifting drastically
January 25th, 20191 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rapid and irregular movements of Earth’s north magnetic pole prompted an emergency update to a model assisting with navigation. The scheduled fix was supposed to happen on January 15, but the U.S. government shutdown forced a delay. In the last 30 years, the rate of distance that the magnetic north pole moves per...
Pelosi rejects ‘big down payment’ for Trump wall, Senate starts talks to end shutdown
January 25th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. — A splintered Senate swatted down competing Democratic and Republican plans for ending the 34-day partial government shutdown on Thursday, but the twin setbacks prompted a burst of bipartisan talks aimed at temporarily halting the longest-ever closure of federal agencies and the damage it’s inflicting around the...
California Democrat Kamala Harris declares candidacy for president
January 24th, 20190 WASHINGTON — In what is becoming a highly diverse field, California Democratic Senator Kamala Harris declared her candidacy for president on Monday, entering on the Martin Luther King Day federal holiday. Harris, who became the second African American woman to serve in the United States Senate, declared her candidacy in the same......
Dingell appointed to health subcommittee on Energy and Commerce Committee
January 22nd, 20190 WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) was appointed to a seat on the Health Subcommittee on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce in the 116th Congress. She adds this subcommittee assignment to other assignments on the Environment and Climate Change, Consumer Protection and Commerce, and...
Texas Rep. tries to block Rashida Tlaib’s “dangerous” congressional visit to Palestine
January 19th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Texas Rep. Brian Babin has issued a warning about Detroit congresswoman Rashida Tlaib's planned trip to Palestine, calling it “both ill-conceived and inconsistent with our national values.” Tlaib is planning the trip as a response to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC) trip, which is aimed......
Why is the BDS movement a thorn in Israel’s and its backers’ sides?
January 18th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The boycott, divestment and sanctions movement has apparently shaken enough trees in the Zionist-Israeli avenue to provoke a local reaction in the Senate, where Republicans are trying to pass a bill making the movement illegal. Two Republican Senators, Marco Rubio from Florida and James Risch from Idaho,...
FBI detains American-born journalist without charge
January 17th, 20190 ST. LOUIS, MO — An American-born Iran-based journalist has been detained inside U.S. territories without charge. On Sunday January 13, the FBI took into custody American-born journalist and anchor Marzieh Hashemi, born Melanie Franklin, upon her arrival at St. Louis Lambert International Airport, according to her family and...
City of Louisville renaming its airport after Muhammad Ali
January 17th, 20190 LOUISVILLE, KY — A humanitarian, a peace advocate and unforgettable personality, Muhammad Ali was known as far more than a boxer. Now, he will also be known as the ambassador for the biggest airport in the state of Kentucky, as it was announced that his name will grace the Louisville International Airport, which will be renamed...
Driver who killed Abbas family had blood alcohol level four times the legal limit
January 16th, 20190 LEXINGTON, KY — Georgetown, Kentucky resident Joey Lee Bailey had a blood alcohol content level nearly four times the legal limit when his pickup truck struck an SUV carrying the Abbas family of Northville on January 6, a Fayette County coroner has found. Bailey's BAC measured at .306 according to a report from Kentucky.com, as......
Bernie Sanders slams ‘absurd’ introduction of anti-BDS bill in Congress
January 15th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the U.S. government shutdown continues, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has slammed the “absurd” introduction of a bill targeting the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement. Sanders, an Independent who caucuses with Democrats, may run again for president in 2020. He tweeted out an article in the...
Senate Dems block pro-Israel bill from getting a vote
January 15th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Democrats blocked a pro-Israel bill from reaching the 60-vote threshold needed to end a filibuster and reach the floor. The vote of 56 in favor and 44 against kept the bill from reaching the senate floor by a margin of four votes. Michigan Democratic Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters voted against......
Hawaii Democrat Tulsi Gabbard announces run for president in 2020
January 14th, 20190 With the 2020 presidential race less than 22 months away, Democrat Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii has decided to make her candidacy official. Gabbard announced her intention to run this past Friday on CNN's 'The Van Jones Show,' on an episode that was slated to air Saturday night. “There are a lot of reasons for me to make this...
Swearing-in ceremony sends off Rashida Tlaib to Washington D.C.
January 14th, 20190 RIVER ROUGE - Rep. Rashida Tlaib celebrated taking the oath of office as congresswoman of Michigan’s 13th District with a swearing-in ceremony at River Rouge High School on Saturday. Sophia Chue, executive director of Caribbean Community Service Center in Detroit, emceed the event. Supporters performed music and poetry leading up......
