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“Any objective observer knows Israel has broken international law, it has broken American law, and, in my view, Israel should not be receiving another nickle in U.S. military aid,” Sanders said.

Media outlets, particularly the Washington Post, have long pushed the myth that Social Security is a driver of the national debt.

The U.S. Chamber got its way for now—ensuring families get price-gouged a little longer with credit card late fees as high as $41," one advocate said of the ruling.

A Trump-appointed judge on Friday delivered a win for big banks when he granted the U.S. Chamber of Commerce a temporary injunction halting a Biden administration rule that would cap credit card fees at $8....

“People have stayed in Rafah thinking it’s safe and hoping that global pressure would stop an invasion. But now we are abandoned by the world and everyone feels betrayed and let down,” one aid worker said.

A medic who worked at Sde Teiman’s field hospital said that Palestinian detainees there are stripped “of anything that resembles human beings” and that the harassment and torture are done not to “gather intelligence” but “out of revenge” for the October 7 attacks....

“Shame on you,” said Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan shortly before the U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution supporting full membership for Palestine.

“I’d make this the lead story in every paper and newscast on the planet,” said Bill McKibben. “If we don’t understand the depth of the climate crisis, we will not act in time.”

“I expect a semi-dystopian future with substantial pain and suffering for the people of the Global South,” one expert said.

“What did we do after we were attacked in Pearl Harbor?” asked Sen. Lindsey Graham. “We dropped two nuclear weapons on two Japanese cities.”

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“Now Israel has a green light to destroy Rafah in slow motion,” said one critic.

“I expect a semi-dystopian future with substantial pain and suffering for the people of the Global South,” one expert said.

“There are no protests on the college campuses in Gaza,” said the Vermont senator. “You know why? Because every one of the 12 universities in Gaza has been bombed and destroyed.”