1+ week, 3+ day ago   (344+ words) Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill to bar colleges and universities from participating in boycotts of Israel or preventing students taking part in exchange programs with the country. The Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (365+ words) Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A federal judge in California on Friday ruled that the Trump administration violated the Constitution's First and Fifth Amendments when it sought to deport international students critical of Israel. Judge Noël Wise, of the Northern District of California,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (313+ words) Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The Israeli military announced Wednesday that it's opening an investigation into the 2024 attacks on a Palestinian family and the ambulance that came to help them, killing nine people, including a 5-year-old girl. The military confirmed it fired on…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (398+ words) July 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to defeat an amendment cutting military aid to Israel by billions of dollars, although more than 100 Democrats voted for the measure. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., proposed the amendment, which was attached…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (497+ words) June 24 (UPI) -- Democratic lawmakers accused the Trump administration Wednesday of seeking to push through a multimillion-dollar arms deal with Turkey by bypassing congressional review, the latest executive action critics say usurps the lawmakers' authority. Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., ranking member…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (497+ words) March 19 (UPI) -- The FBI is investigating Joe Kent, who resigned this week as the counterterrorism director in protest over the war with Iran, over allegations that he leaked classified information, according to reports, while Trump administration officials attack his credibility....

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (651+ words) April 2 (UPI) -- Democrats late Wednesday lambasted President Donald Trump's Iran war address to the nation for shifting timelines and lacking an end plan, while Republicans broadly praised the GOP leader for taking action against a U.S. threat. Trump spoke for nearly…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (403+ words) Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Hundreds of people gathered outside the White House in Washington, D.C., and at other locations across the capital on Saturday in protest of the country's attack on Iran. Organizers coordinated protests within hours after President Donald Trump announced a…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (358+ words) Jan. 28 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Truth Social on Wednesday, saying the country must negotiate on its nuclear weapons plan. The president posted that "a massive Armada is heading to Iran. It is moving quickly, with great power,…...