Joseph Stepansky

Washington, D.C., United States

Senior Producer at @AJEnglish. Former @NYDailynews staff reporter. Opinions mine, retweets not endorsements. let's talk: [email protected].

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Iran open to diplomacy, Israel vows continued attacks

1 week ago | aljazeera.com | Alastair McCready |Joseph Stepansky
Trump's cabinet is less hawkish. Will that affect his Israel-Iran response?

1 week ago | aljazeera.com | Joseph Stepansky

Washington, DC - United States President Donald Trump has surrounded himself with a cabinet and inner circle that is markedly less hawkish on Iran than during his first term. But analysts told Al Jazeera that it remains unclear whether the composition of Trump's new cabinet will make a difference when it comes to how the administration responds to the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel.
Celebration or 'dictator behaviour'?

1 week ago | aljazeera.com | Joseph Stepansky

Washington, DC - It was the 250th birthday of the United States Army, and Trump's 79th. Tanks and other armoured military vehicles rumbled down the streets of Washington, DC, on Saturday, in what Trump had teased as an "unforgettable" event and critics had called a pricey tribute to the "egoist-in-chief". Recommended Stories Speaking after the hour-long procession, which cut through a balmy evening dotted with raindrops, Trump framed the spectacle as a long time coming.
Trump to host 'unforgettable' military parade in DC, but who is it for?

2 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Joseph Stepansky

Washington, DC - Tanks are coming to the streets of the United States capital. Twenty-eight 61-tonne Abrams battle tanks, to be exact, as well as a fleet of 56 armoured Stryker and Bradley fighting vehicles, a flock of artillery launchers, 6,600 US troops, 34 horses - plus two mules. And a dog. Recommended Stories It is all part of the military celebration on Saturday that has been kicked into overdrive by the administration of US President Donald Trump in recent weeks.
LA protests live: Trump’s troop rollout should ‘alarm Americans’, gov says

2 weeks ago | winnmediaskn.com | Joseph Stepansky

By California Governor Gavin Newsom rejects US President Donald Trump’s claim that he called him before deploying the Marines and says that “Americans should be alarmed”. Trump has doubled down on his decision to deploy about 700 Marines to control Los Angeles protests against his immigration policies, while doubling the number of National Guard members there to 4,000.
LA protests live: Trump defends sending troops as anti-ICE rallies spread

2 weeks ago | winnmediaskn.com | Joseph Stepansky

By United States President Donald Trump has doubled down on his decision to deploy about 700 Marines to control Los Angeles protests against his immigration policies, while doubling the number of National Guard members to 4,000. California Governor Gavin Newsom, who said yesterday he would sue the Trump administration over the National Guard deployment, has accused the president of using members of the military as “political pawns”.
As Trump raises deportation quotas, advocates fear an expanding 'dragnet'

3 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Joseph Stepansky

Washington, DC - There were shackles at her wrists. Her waist. Her ankles. The memory of being bound still haunts 19-year-old Ximena Arias Cristobal even after her release from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. Recommended Stories Nearly a month after her arrest, the Georgia college student said she is still grappling with how her life has been transformed. One day in early May, she was pulled over for a minor traffic stop: turning right on a red light.
Chinese students in US grapple with uncertainty over Trump's visa policies

4 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Joseph Stepansky

Washington, DC - For Anson, hearing the news that Chinese student visas were the latest target of US President Donald Trump's administration was "heartbreaking".
Key takeaways from King Charles's 'Speech from the Throne' in Canada

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Joseph Stepansky

King Charles III has delivered a rare royal speech from Canada's Parliament, emphasising the country's sovereignty in a new era of "dangerous and uncertain" times. The so-called " Speech from the Throne" on Tuesday was historic. It represented both the first time Charles had given an address from Canada since becoming king and only the third time the annual speech kicking off the parliamentary session had been delivered by a British monarch, not a lower representative of the Crown.
Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil challenges arrest in US immigration court

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Joseph Stepansky

Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestine protest leader targeted for deportation by the administration of US President Donald Trump, has sought to have the case against him thrown out in a consequential immigration hearing. Khali's lawyers were set to present evidence they say shows "egregious government misconduct" surrounding his March 8 arrest during Thursday's hearing in Louisiana.