New Hampshire primaries: A muted ‘circus’ with Biden missing from ballot | Elections News

New Hampshire primaries: A muted ‘circus’ with Biden missing from ballot | Elections News

“Never going to happen.” That’s how New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu responded early last year to the prospect of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) stripping his state of its first-in-the-nation presidential primary. For more than 100 years, New Hampshire has held the first primary contest in the United States, giving…

Republican caucuses? Iowa’s Arabs and Muslims are more concerned with Gaza | Elections News

Republican caucuses? Iowa’s Arabs and Muslims are more concerned with Gaza | Elections News

Des Moines, Iowa – National media, political pundits and United States presidential hopefuls all converged on the state capital of Des Moines this week, as it played host to the final Republican debate before the Iowa caucuses. But just miles down the road from where Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis…

‘Dangerous’: US attacks on Yemen’s Houthis belie push for de-escalation | Israel War on Gaza News

‘Dangerous’: US attacks on Yemen’s Houthis belie push for de-escalation | Israel War on Gaza News

For months, top United States officials have repeatedly said that President Joe Biden does not want to see Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip escalate into a wider conflict in the Middle East. That was the central message US Secretary of State Antony Blinken conveyed this week as he made…

‘Political games’: Advocates vow to fight US border policy standoff | Joe Biden News

‘Political games’: Advocates vow to fight US border policy standoff | Joe Biden News

Washington, DC – Military aid for Ukraine in exchange for stricter migration and asylum policies: That is the gambit put forward by Republicans in the United States Congress as they negotiate with Democrats over government spending. But the prospect of tighter border restrictions has prompted concern among advocates, particularly as…

Q&A: Former Biden appointee says US policy is ‘dehumanising’ Palestinians | Israel War on Gaza News

Q&A: Former Biden appointee says US policy is ‘dehumanising’ Palestinians | Israel War on Gaza News

Tariq Habash says it was “the only thing” he could do. A Palestinian American and political appointee in the United States Department of Education, Habash drew headlines last week when he became the second official to publicly resign from the administration of President Joe Biden over its response to the…

Three years on, January 6 Capitol riot reverberates in US courts, 2024 race | Politics News

Three years on, January 6 Capitol riot reverberates in US courts, 2024 race | Politics News

Shattered glass. Clashes with police. Angry protesters scaling walls outside the United States Capitol. The images from the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, remain some of the most memorable in modern political history. That day saw thousands of supporters of then-President Donald Trump storm the building in an effort…

Biden under pressure to act amid new fears of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

Biden under pressure to act amid new fears of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

Rights advocates in the United States are urging President Joe Biden to end his administration’s “complicity” in Israeli rights abuses after key members of Israel’s government backed the idea of pushing Palestinians out of Gaza. Far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich said this week that Israel should “encourage emigration”…