congress trying to de-fund trump/saudi war in yemen

Senate passed measure which called on War Powers Resolution, by 56 to 41 vote, marking historic move to end military support for Saudi-led coalition waging Yemen.. ... Yemeni war started in 2015 when Saudi Arabia and 12 regional allies formed coalition to restore the pro- Saudi into..

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how new york city ended up with 2 competing women’s marches

In the beginning, the only march that existed in the city was organized by Women's March Alliance, organization separate from Washington group. ... one of the leaders of the National Women's March group, Linda Sarsour, Palestinian-American from Brooklyn, tried to join forces with..

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schiff: we wanted to reassure nato allies worried that trump wants to

., and his colleagues were planning to reassure North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies of U.S to the alliance during overseas trip, that Trump has told aides he wants to withdraw from the military alliance.. ... The New York Times reported on Monday that Trump has discussed his desire..

european union

Influential leaders European Union states used migration to stoke fear, justify abusive policies, and block meaningful reform in 2018, even Human Rights Watch said in its. ..

farsnews

TEHRAN - Thousands of anti-war activists from the US and other countries of the world have called on European Union to skip Washington-sponsored anti- Iran conference Poland next month... ..

greek gov't wins confidence vote

The vote was called by Tsipras on Sunday after the withdrawal of the in the coalition due to its opposition to Macedonia name agreement clinched last year to resolve the long-standing name dispute with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia .. ..

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four americans killed in islamic state attack in syria

It was at least the major attack by Islamic State in than month, and was one of the deadliest days that American-led coalition had suffered in the fight against the group.. ... statement from Islamic State, released through its Amaq news agency, said the attacker detonated his vest to target..

congress can end us involvement in the war on yemen

Now House is under Democratic control, there is plan to put forward identical measures in both chambers, logistical support, intelligence and special forces operations with Saudi-led coalition.. ... Passage of resolution by both houses directing the president to end all military support for..

the state of the shutdown

There is little doubt that the reason Dems wish to postpone the State of Union while the shutdown is in place is because their case is weak enough already and the last thing they want to do is give President another forum to harangue them with. ..

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