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reportedly informed Congress that it is planning to advance a $23.4 billion sale of weaponry to the United Arab Emirates that was inked under former President Donald Trump, a move anti-war critics denounced as a betrayal of President Joe Bidens recent pledge to end US support for "offensive operations" in Yemen. One of the major members of the Saudi-led coalition that has been bombing and strangling Yemen since 2015, the UAE is set to receive 50 F-35 fighter jets, more than a dozen armed...

Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) during hearing on the Department of Agriculture Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2020 at the Rayburn House Office Building, in Washington, D.C., April 9, 2019. (USDA photo by Preston Keres) “U.S. assistance intended for Israel’s security must never be used to violate the human rights of Palestinian children, demolish the homes of Palestinian families, or to permanently annex Palestinian lands,” McCollum said. “Peace can only be achieved by respecting human r...

The Nation, check out our latest issue. Subscribe to Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? Robert Reich knows a thing or two about federal budgets, and the economist who has served in three presidential administrations says there is something wrong with Joe Biden’s plan to increase Pentagon s...

US Troops To Withdraw From Afghanistan By September 11 Like Obama and Trump, Biden promised to end Americas 20-year involvement in Afghanistan. JIM WATSON via Getty Images President Joe Biden said on March 25 he did not believe American troops would be in Afghanistan next year. US President Joe Biden will end America’s thousands-strong military presence in Afghanistan by September 11, administration officials told The Washington Post and Reuters on Tuesday – blowing past a May 1 dea...

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Dingell calls on Biden administration to press Saudi Arabia to end Yemeni blockade Posted: Tuesday 04.06.2021 5:41 pm Revised: Friday 04.09.2021 5:41 pm on Saudi Arabia to lift the blockade on Yemen immediately, unilaterally and comprehensively. The letter asserts that the blockade has been a leading driver of Yemen’s humanitarian catastrophe since 2015 and has contributed to shortages of fuel, affordable food, clean water, electricity and transportation. The World Food Program p...

Last week 43 hawkish senators sent a letter to the White House pushed by the Israel lobby group AIPAC calling on President Biden not to return to the Iran nuclear deal, as he promised, without addressing Iran’s “destabilizing activities” in the region. The great news is that only 43 senators signed the letter, including 14 Democrats, one of them Israel lobby tool Bob Menendez. Forty-three is quite a fall from an AIPAC lobbyist’s boast 20 years ago (to Jeffrey Goldberg) that “In twe...

Progressives say Biden’s foreign policy is the same as Trump’s. They’re wrong. Vox.com 4 days ago Alex Ward © Brendan Smialowski, Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden during the final 2020 presidential debate. There’s a growing argument, coming mostly from the left, that President Joe Biden’s foreign policy is essentially the same as former President Donald Trump’s. It goes something like this: Two months into...

Friday, 12 March 2021, 6:49 am GENEVA (11 March 2021) – The Myanmar junta’s brutal response to peaceful protests likely meets the legal threshold for crimes against humanity, a UN expert told the Human Rights Council today, calling for a united global response in the country’s hour of need. “The people of Myanmar need not only words of support but supportive action,” said Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. “They need the help of the ...

How Joe Biden Can Stop Donald Trump’s Massive UAE Arms Deal The president has temporarily paused the $23 billion weapons package. His final decision will show if hes serious about building a more progressive foreign policy. By Akbar Shahid Ahmed 03/08/2021 05:45 am ET One hour before Donald Trump left office, he quietly tried to secure one of the bloodiest parts of his legacy: funneling American weapons to Middle Eastern dictators committing war crimes and human rights abuses. As Americaâ...