‘They Were Afraid It Would Pass’: House GOP Cancels Iran War Powers Vote for Second Straight Day

‘They Were Afraid It Would Pass’: House GOP Cancels Iran War Powers Vote for Second Straight Day

  “The GOP doesn’t care about your skyrocketing costs for gas, groceries, and everything else. They only care about appeasing Trump,” said the House minority whip. After four US Senate Republicans on Tuesday helped Democrats advance a war powers resolution intended to halt President Donald Trump’s illegal war on Iran, GOP leadership in the House of Representatives canceled a similar vote on Wednesday, and […]

Have a Safe Memorial Day!

Have a Safe Memorial Day!

On the last Monday in the month of May, America stops and remembers those who died while in the U.S. military. While it has been a federal holiday only since 1971, the day has been observed since the end of the Civil War. At that time, the day was known as Decoration Day. Waterloo, New […]

Iranian Official Says Trump Rejected Peace Proposal That Was ‘Reasonable and Generous’

Iranian Official Says Trump Rejected Peace Proposal That Was ‘Reasonable and Generous’

  “The only thing we have demanded is Iran’s legitimate rights,” said Esmail Baghaei, the spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry. A top Iranian official on Monday said the peace proposal rejected by President Donald Trump was a “reasonable and generous” path toward ending the war that the US and Israel launched in late February, plunging the Middle […]

Trump Invokes Wartime Law to Fulfill ‘Wish List for Oil, Gas, and Coal Industries’

Trump Invokes Wartime Law to Fulfill ‘Wish List for Oil, Gas, and Coal Industries’

  “Trump is abusing emergency authorities and wasting taxpayer resources through unprecedented abuse of the Defense Production Act to promote his politically favored fossil fuel projects.” US President Donald Trump on Monday invoked wartime authority in an effort to boost domestic fossil fuel production—with the help of taxpayer funding—as his administration faces growing political backlash over gas price spikes, […]

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