Israeli and Palestinian leaders hold first phone call in five years
The United States confirmed on Friday that leaders from Palestine and Israel held their first phone call in five years. “We welcome the phone call today between [Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid] @IsraeliPM Lapid and Palestinian Authority President Abbas, the first such engagement in five years. @POTUS looks forward to seeing both leaders next week,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan tweeted. American and Israeli officials
Read MoreAmerica and the Saudis: What Biden might learn from FDR
On a trip that might herald a reluctant shift in his administration’s Mideast policy, President Biden will arrive in Saudi Arabia next week. The White House is portraying the visit as a response to “the invitation of King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud,” the kingdom’s 86-year-old nominal ruler. But all eyes will be on Biden’s meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, aka “MBS,” whose de facto leadership led presidential candidate Biden to
Read MoreFour Border Patrol agents to face discipline over horseback controversy
Four Border Patrol agents will face disciplinary action following an incident last year in Del Rio, Texas, in which agents on horseback corralled Haitian migrants seeking to cross into the U.S. A 511-page report from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Office of Professional Responsibility found “failures at multiple levels of the agency, a lack of appropriate policies and training, and unprofessional and dangerous behavior by several individual agents,” according to a CBP statement. Images of the September incident went viral, drawing attention to the plight
Read MoreJohnson pulled radio ad after Highland Park shooting: report
Sen. Ron Johnson’s (R-Wisc.) campaign pulled a radio ad that said “the latest mass murder in America didn’t involve guns” following the Fourth of July mass shooting in Highland Park, Ill., The Intercept reported on Thursday. The ad, which was set to be released on Wednesday, references the more than 50 migrants who were
Read MoreDeclaring independence from foreign drug supply chains
As the COVID-19 pandemic made painfully clear, America’s supply chain is far too dependent on other countries for many of our daily necessities. Lifesaving prescription drugs are chief among them. That’s why we believe it’s critical to find ways to boost pharmaceutical production here in the United States, so that we can declare independence from foreign drug supply chains. There were shortages of 29 of the 40 critical drugs for the treatment of COVID-19 patients
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