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Jeff Greenfield is a contributing writer at POLITICO Magazine covering U.S. politics. He’s a five-time Emmy-winning network television analyst and has written multiple books about American politics. The United Center, the site of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, is seen in Chicago, Illinois, on May 22, 2024. | Francis Chung/POLITICO It’s been decades since America […]

Israel resumed its bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, following renewed criticism from its key military supporter, the U.S., over significant civilian casualties in the ongoing conflict. Palestinian women react at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the Israel assaults, Gaza Strip, Palestine, July 16, 2024. (Reuters Photo) According to […]

Somali government alleges that the firearms were smuggled from Ethiopia. Other sources say the Somali government purchased them from the Ethiopian government. Among the Ethiopian firearms looted by militia in central Somalia (Photo credit : Horn Observer) Toronto – Two trucks of firearms believed to have originated from Ethiopia were reportedly looted by militia forces in […]

Former President Donald Trump is proceeding with the Republican convention in Milwaukee this week after an attempted assassination on Saturday, one that opened up major implications for politics and national security and left politicians on both sides of the aisle reeling. I “have just decided that I cannot allow a ‘shooter,’ or potential assassin, to […]

The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office is investigating a company that plans to build a housing development in Lakeville for Somali-American families, saying $25,000 “reservations” are being sold for homes on land the company doesn’t own. Attorney General Keith Ellison. Allegations were included in a court filing that’s part of a civil investigation of Nolosha Development […]

The Palestinian resistance group Hamas said Sunday it was pulling out of Gaza truce talks after an Israeli airstrike against one of its military leaders killed over 90 civilians. Palestinians flee after an Israeli raid on the tents of displaced people in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, July 13, 2024. […]

The apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on Saturday outraged, electrified and emboldened Republicans, who hailed Trump’s clenched fist in the wake of gunshots, while it sobered Democrats who were already nervous about the threat of political violence and their diminished prospects this fall. Within minutes of the rifle fire at Trump’s rally […]

Palestinians walk through the rubble of destroyed buildings after the Israeli military withdrew following a two-week assault on the Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, Palestine, July 11, 2024. (AFP Photo) President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday said attempts to cooperate with Israel within NATO are “not acceptable.” “It is not possible for the Israeli […]

Congressional Democrats are frozen over the decision whether to pressure President Joe Biden to step aside to be replaced by a new nominee. Making the wrong decision could have lasting ramifications for the party and the country. At stake is not just the White House, or control of the House and Senate, but the future of democracy itself, Democrats […]

Israeli forces intensified airstrikes across Gaza on Wednesday, targeting what they claimed were Hamas members allegedly operating from within a U.N. agency building. Children check the destruction at a U.N.-run school after Israeli bombardment in Nuseirat, Gaza Strip, Palestine, July 9, 2024. (AFP Photo) The Israeli army announced a review of Tuesday’s attack, where hospital […]