Tag: Senate
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US State Secretary lays out plan for Venezuela during Senate Hearing: says the government is working cautiously to retain stability
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio laid out the plan for Venezuela’s transition to democracy during a Senate Committee Hearing. The US State Secretary did not lay out a timeline and said critics insist the transition is slow but the State Secretary said that this is the first time in decades in which Venezuela has…
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US Attorney-General gives a political performance at the Senate Hearing and avoids questions about Jeffrey Epstein
The US Attorney-General Pam Bondi gave a very politically charged performance, yesterday at the US Senate Oversight Hearing of the Department of Justice. The US Attorney-General defended firing experienced attorneys and replacing them with Trump loyalists, politicising the Justice Department and avoided questions about the Jeffrey Epstein files. She also said that the FBI found…
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The US is still sending military aid to Israel despite the fact that Biden described Israel’s actions as “over the top”
The US is still sending weapons to Israel even though President Biden has said that Israel’s actions in Gaza have been “over the top”. Effectively, the US is showing that it is ineffective in punishing its close ally for crimes it knows very well that it has committed. The US defense intelligence and reporting branches…
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Europe does not necessarily have the backing of the US and should ramp up weapons production and arms supplies to Ukraine
Yesterday, Donald Trump admitted and even took pride in sabotaging a bipartisan-Senate deal that would have addressed the border crisis and send up to $60 billion in US arms supplies to Ukraine including missiles and ammunition. Ukraine is currently stating that it is in desperate need of artillery shells and missiles to hold off Russian…
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Republican Senators are using military aid to Ukraine as domestic bargaining chips
Republican Senators are using a military aid bill to Ukraine and Israel as bargaining chips to pass extensive immigration and border reform. In his latest comments to the press, Republican Senator Mitch McConnell has claimed that Republicans are agreeing with the aid but won’t pass the bill without their comprehensive reforms. Republican Senators are playing…


