After four US Senate Republicans on Tuesday helped Democrats advance a war powers resolution intended to halt President Donald Trump’s illegal war on Iran, GOP leadership in the House of Representatives canceled a similar vote on Wednesday, and again on Thursday. Progressive and Democratic Party leaders in the House were quick to call out Republican leadership, including Rep. Mike Johnson (R…
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Over the weekend, thousands of people participated in the “Rededicate 250” national public prayer at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., held as a faith-based “jubilee” to purportedly celebrate the country’s upcoming birthday as “One Nation Under God.” Despite being widely promoted — and the Interior Department using at least $100 million in taxpayer funds to help hold the event — the…
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As a crucial legal deadline for the U.S.’s unauthorized war in Iran approaches later this week, President Donald Trump may opt to ignore it altogether — and Republican leaders in Congress may allow him to. Trump launched the joint U.S.-Israel war in Iran almost two months ago. According to the War Powers Resolution of 1973, any military action taken by a president without congressional…
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) is refusing to criticize members of his own party for their Islamophobic comments over the past several days, instead promoting his own bigoted conspiracy theories targeting Muslims in the U.S. In a social media post on Monday, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tennessee) expressed a desire to remove Muslims from the country completely.
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Top Republican leaders are spewing blatant Islamophobia to justify the U.S. and Israel’s horrific war on Iran, drawing condemnation from Muslim rights advocates. In one instance of patently hateful comments, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said Wednesday that Iranians have a “misguided religion” that seeks the destruction of the U.S. “[Iranians] want to wipe Israel off the face…
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Washington — The U.S. House cleared a government funding package Tuesday, sending the legislation to President Donald Trump, who is expected to quickly sign it and end the partial shutdown that began this past weekend. The 217-214 vote followed a tumultuous couple of weeks on Capitol Hill after the package stalled in the Senate. Democrats demanded additional restraints on immigration…
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