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Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams One hundred U.S. foreign service officials have signed a “scathing” internal memo blasting President Joe Biden’s “unwillingness to de-escalate” Israel’s assault on Gaza and his failure to stop Israeli “war crimes and/or crimes against humanity” in the embattled Palestinian enclave. Axios reported Monday that the five-page …

By Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune Feb. 23, 2022 Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz will stop blocking President Joe Biden’s State Department nominees now that the administration is implementing sanctions against a company that built a Russian gas pipeline meant to supply Germany with natural gas. Still, Texas’ junior senator …

The first planeload of Afghan interpreters who helped American troops in combat has arrived in the United States. More than 200 Afghans, including family members of people who worked with U.S. forces, were on the first flight out of Afghanistan to Virginia, said Russ Travers, the deputy homeland security advisor …

The U.S. State Department said Tuesday that it is considering a possible joint boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics. State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters that the prospect of a joint boycott is “something that we certainly wish to discuss,” citing human rights violations by the Chinese government. “A …

The first hearings for President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet nominations begin today. We will hear testimony from his picks to lead all of his cabinet positions over the next several weeks. We will profile the nominees in advance of their hearings so our readers will have some background information as the …

Three days after Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were the projected winners of the Presidential and Vice Presidential election, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo failed at an assumed attempt of humor when he told reporters that there would be a “smooth transition to a second Trump administration.” According to The …