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Israeli policemen gather during clashes with Palestinians at the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, amid tension over the possible eviction of several Palestinian families from homes on land claimed by Jewish settlers in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, in Jerusalem’s Old City, May 7, 2021. Photo by Jamal Awad (c) APA Images. Israel’s push to evict Palestinians from their houses in East Jerusalem, and its crackdown on Palestinian protests of the evictions, have been getting international attention in a largely negat...

Drew Angerer/Getty Images A left-right coalition of antiwar and pro-military restraint groups have a message for members of Congress: Make President Joe Biden seek authorization before launching lethal strikes like the ones in February. Lawmakers from both parties — but particularly Democrats — denounced the strikes almost immediately, saying the US is not at war with Syria and that Congress didn’t approve any attack on Iranian-backed militants. “Offensive military action without congressional approval is not constitutional absent extraordinary circumstances,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)...

Neera Tanden accepts defeat; Biden promises another job Thursday, March 4, 2021 IWK Bureau Indian-American Neera Tanden, who had alienated politicians on all sides, has withdrawn her nomination for a cabinet position, but US President Joe Biden has promised her another job that will not need Senate approval. "I look forward to having her serve in a role in my administration. She will bring valuable perspective and insight to our work," Biden said on Tuesday night after Tanden accepted defeat in her bid for Senate confirmation as the director of the Office of Management and Bud...

NEW YORK – With the nomination of Indian American cabinet nominee Neera Tanden deadlocked, the focus is now on Vanita Gupta, who is soon to face the Senate for confirmation as the third highest-ranking official in the Justice Department. Conservatives are split on Gupta, an Indian American civil rights lawyer, with two groups fighting it out with TV ads – one rallying against attacks on her by another. President Joe Biden has nominated Gupta to be the associate attorney-general and the Senate is to take up her confirmation on March 9. The first salvo came from the Judicial Crisis Ne...

Conservatives clash on Indian-American Associate AG nominee By Arul Louis New York– With the nomination of the Indian-American cabinet nominee, Neera Tandon, deadlocked, the focus is now on Vanita Gupta, who is soon to face the Senate for confirmation as the third highest-ranking official in the Justice Department. Conservatives are split on Gupta, a civil rights lawyer, with two groups fighting it out with TV ads — one rallying against attacks on her by another. President Joe Biden has nominated Gupta to be the associate attorney-general and the Senate is take up her confirmation – a r...