Kuwait Has Detained American Journalist Who Shared US Warplane Crash for 6 Weeks
Advocates are calling for the release of well-known American-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin from detention in Kuwait, where he has been detained for over a month after sharing content related to the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran. Shihab-Eldin was arrested by Kuwaiti authorities on March 3. The journalist, who has millions of followers across his social media platforms and has worked…
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Van Hollen Says Ending Iran War Is “My Top Priority,” Joining War Powers Push
Six senators joined Democratic efforts in the Senate to introduce War Powers resolutions to end the U.S.’s war on Iran, the group announced on Monday, with one Democrat saying that ending the war is his “top priority” as talks between Iranian and U.S. officials falter. Democratic Senators Kirstin Gillibrand (New York), Mark Kelly (Arizona), Andy Kim (New Jersey), Jeff Merkley (Oregon)…
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Trump Reports More to Netanyahu Than to the US on Iran War, Lawmaker Says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked outrage after he reportedly said that the Trump administration gives him detailed updates on the Iran war and negotiations every day, despite U.S. officials stonewalling the American public and Congress on its aggression. In an address to an Israeli cabinet meeting on Monday, Netanyahu said that he had a phone call on Sunday with U.S.
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Mass Action Targets Schumer and Gillibrand Ahead of Senate Vote on Israel Aid
On Monday, April 13, the scene in front of Senators Chuck Schumer’s and Kirsten Gillibrand’s offices in Midtown, Manhattan was too quiet, the couple hundred New Yorkers inconspicuously gathered in hoodies and jackets dressed too warm for the mild spring weather. Even the uninitiated had an inkling that something was afoot — a staffer returning from a coffee run cried out: “What the fuck…
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Former US and Iranian Negotiators Discuss Trump’s Failed Iran War Talks
After the first round of ceasefire negotiations in Pakistan collapsed over the weekend, we speak to two former nuclear negotiators about prospects for ending the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, including what another nuclear deal might look like. Robert Malley, a U.S. negotiator for the 2015 nuclear deal (which President Trump withdrew from in his first term), says Trump’s “mercurial” behavior…
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