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Democrats sound alarm over Trump’s reported $1bn plan to retrofit gifted Qatari jet
ByDavid Smith in Washington August 7, 2025

Elizabeth Warren and others pen letter over alleged plan to divert funds from nuclear arsenal to convert jet into Air Force OneLeading Democrats are sounding the alarm over Donald Trump’s reported plan to divert funds from the US nuclear arsenal to con…

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Family of Palestinian American who died after Israeli settler attack calls for US intervention
ByWilliam Christou and Sufian Taha in Jerusalem August 6, 2025

Khamis al-Ayyad, 40, of Chicago died of smoke inhalation after Israeli settlers in West Bank set homes and cars on fireThe family of Khamis al-Ayyad, a Palestinian American who died last week as a result of an Israeli settler attack in the occupied Wes…

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Family of Palestinian American who died after Israeli settler attack calls for US intervention
ByWilliam Christou and Sufian Taha in Jerusalem August 6, 2025

Khamis al-Ayyad, 40, of Chicago died of smoke inhalation after Israeli settlers in West Bank set homes and cars on fireThe family of Khamis al-Ayyad, a Palestinian American who died last week as a result of an Israeli settler attack in the occupied Wes…

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House Democrats sign on to letter urging Trump to recognise Palestinian statehood
ByShrai Popat August 5, 2025

Draft backed by over a dozen Democrats says Palestinian rights ‘as a people and nation’ must be urgently upheld More than a dozen Democratic members of Congress have signed on to a letter that urges the Trump administration to recognise Palestinian sta…

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House Democrats sign on to letter urging Trump to recognise Palestinian statehood
ByShrai Popat August 5, 2025

Draft backed by over a dozen Democrats says Palestinian rights ‘as a people and nation’ must be urgently upheld More than a dozen Democratic members of Congress have signed on to a letter that urges the Trump administration to recognise Palestinian sta…

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Netanyahu vows to combat what he calls ‘vilification against Israel’ online
ByRobert Tait in Washington July 8, 2025

On Capitol Hill, Israeli PM says ‘demonization’ led to drop in support for Israel among US voters, especially DemocratsUS politics live – latest updatesBenjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he’s vowed to combat an orchestrated social media campaign o…

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‘There’s a significant lack of knowledge’: Iranian American legislator on countries’ tangled history amid conflict
ByJoseph Gedeon in Washington June 28, 2025

Yassamin Ansari, an Arizona representative, explains how her background shapes her perspective on US foreign policyArizona congresswoman Yassamin Ansari brings an unusually personal perspective to the US’s fraught relationship with Iran. The daughter o…

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US Senate votes down resolution to restrict Trump from escalating Iran war
ByDara Kerr June 28, 2025

Democratic effort fails in mostly partisan vote, hours after US president says he would consider more bombingSenate Democrats failed on Friday to get a war-powers resolution passed to limit Donald Trump’s ability to single-handedly escalate the war wit…

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US Senate votes down resolution to restrict Trump from escalating Iran war
ByDara Kerr June 28, 2025

Democratic effort fails in mostly partisan vote, hours after US president says he would consider more bombingSenate Democrats failed on Friday to get a war-powers resolution passed to limit Donald Trump’s ability to single-handedly escalate the war wit…

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Trump is not interested in listening to US experts on Iran’s nuclear program
ByJames Risen June 24, 2025

The US president is more willing to listen to Israel than his predecessors were and is also deeply suspicious of the CIAWhen Donald Trump ordered the US military to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend, the debate among intelligence official…

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