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Ailia Zehra

Washington, D.C., United States

Journalist at The Hill

Journalist. Founder @DissentToday. Prev: Managing Editor @TFT_ | Words in @ForeignPolicy, @Diplomat_APAC, @Truthout etc. @NYU_journalism alumna. 🇵🇰

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Articles

  • 'We must fight': Il gov moves to divest state from El Salvador for facilitating Trump’s court defiance

    1 day ago | alternet.org | Ailia Zehra

    Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) has requested the state's pension funds and procurement agencies to review their investments or contracts with companies operating in El Salvador. This is an initial move toward potentially boycotting the country for its support of President Donald Trump's noncompliance with court rulings regarding the administration's treatment of migrants.

  • 'Spending chill' in US capital as DOGE cuts threaten to 'upend city finances'

    1 day ago | alternet.org | Ailia Zehra

    President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk's rapid efforts to curb government spending is likely to disrupt the economic machinery that shaped contemporary Washington, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has dismissed thousands of federal workers and aims to shut down agencies, terminate leases and cancel billions in government contracts.

  • 'Just trying to get answers': CNN host spars with State Dept. spox over Trump’s foreign policy

    1 day ago | alternet.org | Ailia Zehra

    CNN host Pamela Brown sparred with State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce Wednesday over the lack of progress in the United States' negotiations with Russia and Ukraine for an end to the war.

  • 'Pretty unusual': Far-right reporter who glorified Jan 6 insurrection appointed Navy spokesperson

    1 day ago | alternet.org | Ailia Zehra

    TrumpKristina Wong, a correspondent for the far-right Breitbart News who has publicly glorified the January 6, 2021 insurrection, was appointed chief spokesperson for the Department of the Navy, where she will also serve as Director of Communications for Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan. In a post on the social platform X on Tuesday, Phelan announced her appointment. Social media users including journalists and commentators raised concerns over Wong's old Jan.

  • 'A different world': How Gen Z voters became 'significantly more conservative'

    1 day ago | alternet.org | Ailia Zehra

    The Right WingA new survey has found that American teenagers who were stuck at home due to lockdowns during the Covid-19 pandemic have now become Republicans. Five years ago, when children aged 13 and 16 were stuck indoors, they used social media more frequently than they had before the pandemic. These individuals, who are now 19 to 21 years old and can vote, gravitated to the Republican Party.

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Ailia Zehra
Ailia Zehra @AiliaZehra
11 Apr 25

RT @ZaidJilani: This general lesson is true for every country. In America it’s not brave to denounce say China because that’s just the offi…

Ailia Zehra
Ailia Zehra @AiliaZehra
11 Apr 25

If you live in Pakistan, condemning the violence in Gaza is easy & does not come with any risks because the Pakistani state is pro-Palestine. The true test of your humanity lies in your stance on the atrocities in Balochistan and on the faith-based persecution of Ahmadi citizens

Ailia Zehra
Ailia Zehra @AiliaZehra
11 Apr 25

RT @JAC_Refugees: Pakistani kids are heartbroken as their Afghan classmates are being forced to leave. Kids are asking the govt: please d…