#Pentagon: US ‘surging’ air defense, munitions to Israel

#Pentagon: US ‘surging’ air defense, munitions to Israel

The United States is “surging” air defense and munitions to Israel following terrorist attacks against the country over the weekend, a senior defense official said Monday.  “We remain in constant, ongoing contact with our counterparts in Israel to determine and then support their most urgent requirements,” the official told reporters Monday. They declined to specify the…

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#White House condemns online attacks against openly gay Interior spokesman

#White House condemns online attacks against openly gay Interior spokesman

The White House is condemning recent online attacks against an openly gay Interior Department spokesman, calling them cruel and unacceptable. The attacks online are targeting Tyler Cherry, Interior’s principal deputy communications director, and started when the right-wing social media account LibsofTikTok criticized Cherry’s appearance on X, formerly known as Twitter. The account shared photographs and…

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#Here’s the latest on Israel’s response to Hamas attack as nation declares war

#Here’s the latest on Israel’s response to Hamas attack as nation declares war

The Israeli government formally declared war against Palestinian militant group Hamas on Sunday following the group’s surprise onslaught of attacks Saturday that have left hundreds of people dead and thousands more injured. In the 24 hours that followed Hamas’s unprecedented attacks early Saturday, both Israel and Gaza saw rising death tolls as Israeli forces attempted…

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#Booker says he’s ‘shaken’ from Hamas attacks

#Booker says he’s ‘shaken’ from Hamas attacks

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said Sunday he is “shaken” from Hamas’s attacks on Israel after he and his staff were forced to shelter in place while in Jerusalem on Saturday. “I was in Israel when the horrific attacks carried out by Hamas started on Saturday,” Booker wrote Sunday in a post on X, the platform…

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#Palestine defends attack on Israel

#Palestine defends attack on Israel

Palestinian officials are defending the Saturday attack against Israel after militant forces assaulted the country in multiple directions in a surprise maneuver that has left at lest 40 Israelis dead. The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said they have “repeatedly warned against the consequences of blocking the political horizon and failing to enable the Palestinian…

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#Trump voluntarily dismisses lawsuit against Michael Cohen

#Trump voluntarily dismisses lawsuit against Michael Cohen

Former President Trump filed to voluntarily dismiss his lawsuit against Michael Cohen on Thursday evening, court documents show. The sudden twist comes just days before Trump was set to sit for a deposition in the case. Trump sued Cohen, his longtime attorney and fixer, in April for $500 million over accusations that Cohen maliciously worked…

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