Plan to admit Palestinian refugees to the US should be met with a resounding ‘no’ The proposed plan to allow Palestinian refugees from war-torn Gaza to enter the United States under a P-2 designation should be met with opposition due to the potential for radicalization and the ... 06/28/2024 - 7:00 am | View Link
Almost 70 Democrats call for opening pathways to Palestinian refugees A group of nearly 70 Democrats are urging Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to consider opening pathways for Palestinian refugees ... 06/20/2024 - 12:01 pm | View Link
Why Democrats’ call to welcome Palestinian refugees is so complicated for Biden House and Senate Democrats are calling on the Biden administration to allow Palestinian refugees into the United States, putting President Joe Biden in a difficult position. In a letter addressed ... 06/20/2024 - 11:00 am | View Link
Denied the ‘right to hug': In many U.S. jails, video calls are the only way detainees can see loved ones In Genesee County, video calls are free — if the “visitor” travels to the jail and uses a screen there. Detainees are given one longer or two shorter at-home calls for free per week. Otherwise, the at ... 06/20/2024 - 11:00 am | View Link
Ranked: Where refugees to the US come from (and why they fled their home countries) In 2022, for the first time in history, the number of refugees worldwide reached more than 100 million people. Millions of people are fleeing violence, persecution, and economic instability, and ... 06/20/2024 - 2:12 am | View Link
"What ails Joe Biden cannot be fixed," says CNN's Michael Smerconish,"and eventually it comes for us all. Which is why, he says, a contested Democratic Convention is needed to determine a replacement candidate.
Biden's aging has been "a topic that is radioactive," says Wall Street Journal Reporter Annie Linskey. So even though stories of his slipping were circulating, "The Democratic party is very much bound together by this fear of Donald Trump returning to power, and there has been a reluctance to be candid about some of Biden's drawbacks because of that."
Calls for Biden to step aside for a replacement continue to grow. But given that he currently controls most of the party's delegates, what is the procedure were he to drop out? An expert explains.
With voters now worrying if Biden can last another four months, much less four years, pollster Frank Luntz says, "What this debate is going to do is to give Trump a lead in every one of the swing states. If things stay as they are, Donald Trump is the next President of the United States and the Democrats have to come to grips with that."