Sen. Peter Welch said U.S. weapons have “grave implications” for “the millions of civilians trapped in Gaza who had no part in the horrific slaughter of innocent Israelis on October 7th.” The Biden administration’s decision late last week to circumvent congressional review of a $147.5 million arms sale to Israel is drawing growing backlash from U.S. lawmakers, […]
The request would remove most conditions on Israel’s use of a U.S. weapons stash, including a requirement that it only use surplus or obsolete weapons and a cap on how much the U.S. can spend resupplying the stash. President Joe Biden has requested that Congress to lift most of the restrictions on Israel’s access to […]
“The United States must immediately freeze all aspects of our cooperation with Saudi Arabia,” said Sen. Bob Menendez, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Democratic chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee pledged late Monday to block all future U.S. weapons sales to Saudi Arabia as backlash over OPEC’s decision to cut oil production […]
(Juneau, AK) – The Second Amendment right to bear arms is important to millions of Americans and is fundamental to Alaskans. As such, the State of Alaska is supporting legal efforts that uphold robust Second Amendment rights. Alaska is prepared to challenge laws that infringe on those rights. This week, Alaska joined an amicus brief […]