David Cohen

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Trump ratchets up immigration threats to Democratic-run cities

1 week ago | yahoo.com | David Cohen

In a Sunday tirade zeroing in on Democratic leaders, President Donald Trump said he wants to "expand efforts to detain and deport illegal Aliens in America's largest cities."His Truth Social post attempted to distinguish between those he called "REAL Americans" and those "Radical Left Democrats" to whom he attributed a long list of sins, vices and general moral failings.
Trump should immediately push Russia sanctions, Sen. Blumenthal says

1 week ago | politico.com | David Cohen

“This moment cries out for presidential leadership. There is an urgency here,” he said. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) arrives for a confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 15, 2025. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Sen. Richard Blumenthal on Sunday urged President Donald Trump to immediately push for legislation that would ratchet up sanctions against Russia. “This moment cries out for presidential leadership.
Israel in no rush to wrap up Iran war, ambassador says

1 week ago | politico.com | David Cohen

“The objective is not to contain the war. The objective is to win the war,” Ambassador Yechiel Leiter said. A view of residential buildings destroyed by an Iranian missile strike in Bat Yam, central Israel, on June 15, 2025. | Baz Ratner/AP Israel’s ambassador to the United States said Sunday that Israel was not looking to limit or quickly finish up its war with Iran. “The objective is not to contain the war.
FDA chief wary of federal recommendations for Covid-19 vaccines

3 weeks ago | politico.com | David Cohen

The Food and Drug Administration commissioner repeatedly said patients should rely on guidance from their doctors. Food and Drug Administration commissioner Marty Makary speaks during a news conference at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington on April 22, 2025. | Jose Luis Magana/AP Dr. Marty Makary, commissioner of the FDA, on Sunday made it clear he was dubious of previous federal recommendations on Covid-19 vaccinations and the agencies who made them.
Northern Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly dies at 75

1 month ago | politico.com | David Cohen

On April 28, Connolly said he would not seek reelection in 2026 and also said he would step down from his role as the ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, saying his esophageal cancer had returned.
Trump doesn't want humanitarian disaster in Gaza, Witkoff says

1 month ago | politico.com | David Cohen

But he said that averting starvation is not an easy task. Displaced Palestinians fleeing Beit Lahia amid Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip arrive in Jabalia, Gaza, on May 18, 2025.
Trump doesn't want humanitarian disaster in Gaza, Witkoff says

1 month ago | yahoo.com | David Cohen

Special envoy Steve Witkoff on Sunday said the Trump administration vowed to avert a humanitarian disaster in Gaza but offered a caveat: "It is a very complicated situation there."Speaking Sunday on ABC's "This Week," President Donald Trump's envoy to the Middle East said when it comes to attempting to feed hungry Gazans: "It is complicated. It is logistically complicated. And the conditions on the ground are dangerous. There are still many unexploded shells all over the place.
Trade war is about more than just trade, China's official news agency argues

1 month ago | politico.com | David Cohen

Xinhua said the trade fight is “an encounter between two fundamentally different visions in this age of economic globalization.” Delivery couriers sort out parcels for their customers underneath a tunnel during a rainy day in Beijing on May 9, 2025. | Andy Wong/AP China’s official state news agency argued that the ongoing trade war between the United States and China is about much more than tariffs.
Trade war is about more than just trade, China's official news agency argues

1 month ago | yahoo.com | David Cohen

China's official state news agency argued that the ongoing trade war between the United States and China is about much more than tariffs. "At its heart, this is not just a trade dispute — it is an encounter between two fundamentally different visions in this age of economic globalization: one rooted in openness, cooperation and shared growth; the other driven by confrontation, exclusion, and zero-sum mentality," Xinhua wrote in commentary published early Sunday.
David Souter, former Supreme Court justice, dead at 85

1 month ago | politico.com | David Cohen

“Souter was confirmed October 2, 1990, by a 90-9 vote,” wrote John J. Sullivan in 1995’s “The Supreme Court Justices,” “and took his seat on the Court a week later. He has since emerged as the intellectual leader of the Court’s centrist coalition, often carving out a middle ground for other justices to join. A moderate pragmatist, Souter shows a strong respect for precedent.” In 1992 in the case of Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v.

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