[ The University of Vermont (UVM) has canceled United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s commencement speech amid pro-Palestinian protests on campus as protests sweep colleges across the nation. “We are looking forward to the upcoming Commencement ceremonies and the opportunity to celebrate our 2024 UVM graduates,” Suresh Garimella, the university’s president, said in a message to … Read more
[ Senate Energy Committee Chair Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he will lead a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to undo the Biden administration’s final rule on permitting announced Tuesday morning. “All the White House had to do was implement the commonsense, bipartisan permitting reforms in the Fiscal Responsibility Act, that all sides agreed upon, but … Read more
[ Despite President Biden making climate change a central issue of his administration, only a small share of Americans in a new poll said they have heard a lot about his plans. The CBS News/YouGov poll, released Monday, found that 45 percent of Americans said climate change is a very important issue. However, only 10 percent … Read more
[ Former national security adviser John Bolton criticized President Biden for putting “enormous pressure” on Israel to not “do more” to Iran Friday, after the country launched retaliatory strikes on Israel following an attack earlier this month in Syria. Early Friday, the Israeli military struck close to a major air base and nuclear site in … Read more
[ President Biden praised the NATO alliance to mark its 75th anniversary Thursday, amid threats from former President Trump to encourage aggression towards “delinquent” members. Biden called NATO “the greatest military alliance in the history of the world,” adding that for the last 75 years, the “United States and our fellow Allies have chosen to come … Read more
[ The international food charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) is requesting an independent investigation into an Israeli strike earlier this week that killed six of its workers and a translator. The nongovernmental group (NGO) asked the U.S., Australia, Canada, Poland and the U.K. to “join” them in demanding “an independent, third-party’’ probe into Monday’s incident. … Read more
[ President Biden chastised what he called an “extreme” Florida Supreme Court ruling upholding the state’s 15-week abortion ban and triggering an even more restrictive policy. “Yesterday’s extreme decision puts desperately needed medical care even further out of reach for millions of women in Florida and across the South,” Biden said in a statement Tuesday. … Read more
[ Most Americans in a new survey said they support the Biden administration hiring more border patrol agents and immigration judges as migrant surges persist at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Associated Press-NORC Center survey, released Friday, found that the majority of the public agrees with policy ideas related to immigration and security at the southern … Read more
[ President Biden on Saturday signed the government spending legislation to keep an array of federal departments open, as lawmakers turn their focus to the remaining appropriations bills. Biden signed the $460 billion package of six spending bills, which passed the Senate earlier Friday. The package funds military construction, water development and the departments of … Read more
[ A floating pier intended to be used to deliver critical humanitarian aid by sea to Gaza is expected to take up to two months to construct and require as many as 1,000 U.S. servicemembers to complete, the Pentagon’s top spokesperson said Friday. The Defense Department will undertake the emergency mission to establish a temporary pier off the … Read more
