The US Biden administration couldn’t resist the temptation to launch major military strikes against Houthi forces in Yemen. In doing so, it brought renewed attention to the fact that the presidential exercise of war powers has become routinely unconstitutional.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the main pro-Israel lobbying group in the United States, is reportedly gearing up an effort to entirely eliminate progressive lawmakers from the House of Representatives in the 2024 election cycle with over US$100 million in planned spending.
The US political and media establishment is beginning to wake up to the fact that, having lost the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War, it is now on the path toward losing its proxy war in Ukraine as well.
US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar on Sunday contended that some of her Republican Party critics—led by US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy—are trying to oust her from the US House Foreign Affairs Committee because she is a Muslim refugee from Somalia.
Although US President Joe Biden vowed on the campaign trail to phase out federal leasing for fossil fuel extraction, his administration approved more permits for oil and gas drilling on public lands in its first two years than the Trump administration did in 2017 and 2018.
When it comes to highlighting issues affecting US citizens such as the student debt crisis, Democrats Abroad Japan has taken a passive approach, focusing mainly on voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts, rather than promoting a progressive agenda for positive change.
Senator Elizabeth Warren and other US lawmakers are demanding that the Pentagon stop its systematic undercounting of civilian deaths after more than two decades of the so-called Global War on Terrorism.
US progressives in recent days have renewed efforts to push President Joe Biden and Congress to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for its atrocities, including war crimes in Yemen and the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The family of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh expressed hope that the FBI’s newly announced investigation into her death will bring them “closer to justice,” as Israeli officials declared that they will not cooperate, and even condemned the United States for opening a probe at all.
Republican lawmakers in the US House of Representatives are calling for increased confrontation with China, and should this party take power in next week’s midterm elections, they may exercise significant influence on US foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific region.
