Tag: United States
US puts 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia tension
By ROBERT BURNS and LORNE COOK
WASHINGTON (AP) — At President Joe Biden’s direction, the Pentagon is putting about 8,500 U.S.-based troops on heightened alert...
Prospects Dim as U.S., Russia Prepare to Meet Over Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) - With the fate of Ukraine and potentially broader post-Cold War European stability at stake, the United States and Russia are holding critical...
State Department Extension Allows People to Travel With Expired Passports
By Sara Marcus
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
NEW YORK - Americans abroad whose passports expired during the pandemic will be able to travel back to the...
Kentucky hardest hit as storms leave dozens dead in 5 states
MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — A monstrous tornado, carving a track that could rival the longest on record, ripped across the middle of the U.S....
US Abstention On Anti-Israel UNRWA Vote Marks ‘Dangerous Backslide’ In Policy...
The United States voted last week to abstain on a resolution concerning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the...
Republican lawmakers introduce bill to designate Muslim Brotherhood as terror group
Several U.S. allies, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, have already done so.
(November 12, 2021 / JNS) Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Mario...
Social Security Recipients May Get Biggest Cost-Of-Living Bump In Almost 40...
The 69 million Americans who collect Social Security are on track to get the biggest cost-of-living hike since 1983, with one advocacy group for...
US Leaves Bagram Airfield In Afghanistan After Nearly 20 Years
After nearly 20 years, the U.S. military left Bagram Airfield, the epicenter of its war to oust the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaida...
Pro-Israel Congress members pen letter to Biden, criticizing internal anti-Semitic rhetoric
“We believe we need a united, all-of-government effort to combat rising anti-Semitism in this country,” they say, citing an uptick in violent acts that...
US Averaging Fewer Than 50K Cases A Day For First Time...
The U.S. is averaging fewer than 50,000 new coronavirus cases per day for the first time in over five months.
Why it matters: The downward trend...