October 12, 2024

Sen. Mark Warner rallying fellow Democrats to urge Biden to drop out of presidential race: report

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) is seeking to put together a delegation of Democratic senators to ask President Biden to drop out of the 2024 race, according to a report.Ā  Warner, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has reportedly told his colleagues that he fears the 81-year-old will lose to former President Donald Trump, 78, […]

Top Senate Republicans Urge Biden to Keep Title 42, Warn of ā€˜Untenableā€™ Illegal Migrant Surge

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and all Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee called on President Joe Biden on Wednesday to preserve the Title 42 border barrier, which will expire next week. ā€œWe write today to implore you to reverse your decision to end the Title 42 public health order,ā€ wrote McConnell, ranking member

8 Senators Urge Pentagon to ā€˜Take a Hard Lookā€™ at Sending Ukraine F-16s: Could Be ā€˜Game Changerā€™

A bipartisan group of senators called on the Pentagon on Tuesday to ā€œtake a hard lookā€ at sending advanced U.S. fighter jets to Ukraine to aid the country in its war with Russia. The group of eight senators, led by Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), wrote in a letter to Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin

Foundry Groups: Inability to Find Workers ‘Has Reached Crisis Level,’ Urge End to Extended Unemployment

The American Foundry Society (AFS) and the Foundry Association of Michigan (FAM) sent a letter to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) Thursday urging her to end extended unemployment benefits. In a letter obtained by Breitbart News, the two groups said the ā€œnumber one issueā€ facing the metalcasting industry is ā€œthe inability to find workersā€ and said…

Arab Rioters Torch Synagogue in Lod as Israel’s Leaders Urge Calm

Arab rioters set fire to another synagogue in the mixed Arab-Jewish city of Lod (Lydda), Israel, on Thursday night as violence between Jewish and Arab citizens continued. Earlier this week, as Breitbart News reported, Arab rioters launched a ā€œpogromā€ against Jewish residents, setting fire to synagogues and attacking local Jewish-owned stores. Crowds of Jewish hooligans…

44 Attorneys General Urge Mark Zuckerberg Not to Release Instagram for Kids

44 state attorneys general are urging Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg not to follow through with his companyā€™s plan to develop a version of Instagram aimed at children under the age of 13. In a letter sent to Zuckerberg, the attorneys general note:Ā ā€œFurther, Facebook has historically failed to protect the welfare of children on its platforms.ā€…

GOP Congresswoman Pulls Biden Aside After Speech to Urge Him to Tour Border

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), one of few Republicans who spoke with President Joe Biden following his joint address to Congress on Wednesday night, urged the president to make a trip to the southern border and show support for the border patrol agents who are working there. According to Malliotakisā€™s office, the New York congresswoman spoke…

Corporate Leaders Urge Approval of Pro-Transgender Legislation: ‘Right Thing to Do for Businesses’

In an op-ed at USA Today Wednesday, four U.S. corporate leadersĀ urgedĀ their colleagues in business and industry to work to throw out state and federal legislation that seeks to protect children from life-altering transgender drugs and surgeries and to preserve womenā€™s sports for women. The leaders asserted such legislation is bad for their businesses. Chris Adamo,…

Joe Biden’s Deputies Urge Intending Foreign Migrants to Be Patient

Two deputies for President-elect Joe Biden are urging migrants not to rush the U.S. border, saying officials will soon offer various legal routes for migrants to get into U.S. workplaces and communities. ā€œIndividuals should not believe those who are pushing the idea that they must come to the United States right now,ā€ Jake Sullivan, the…

Anti-Eviction Activists Urge ‘Rent Strike’ in New York During COVID-19 Pandemic

An anti-eviction activist group is promoting a ā€œrent strikeā€ in New York state during the COVID-19 pandemic. The group claims the strikers will ā€œcancel rentā€ in the state because they ā€œcannot pay,ā€ or are ā€œin solidarity with those who cannot pay.ā€ The group, Truthout.org, reports there are 57 properties in New York City where tenants…

Huge Majority of US Senators ā€“ Excluding Sanders ā€“ Urge Obama to Increase Israeli Military Aid

An overwhelming majority of US senators are urging Obama to increase Israelā€™s defense budget, but Jewish presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is not among them. Eighty-three out of 100 US senators have signed a letter asking President Barack Obama to approve a larger defense aid package for Israel. The letterā€”led by Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and […]

ACTION ALERT Urge Your Senators to Support Muslim Brotherhood Bill

Last week, we sent out an email asking you to contact your Senators and Representatives in support of S.2230 and H.R. 3892, Senate and House bills stating that Congress believes the Muslim Brotherhood meets the criteria of a Foreign Terrorist Organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). H.R. 3892, […]

114 House Democrats Urge Obama to Sidestep Congress for Gun Control

On November 23 Representative Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)16%(D-CA-5th) and 113 of his Democrat colleagues submitted a letter urging President Obama to circumvent Congress by using executive action to expand background checks to cover private gun sale. The letter says: The Republican leadership in Congress continues to sit on their hands as gun violence becomes Americaā€™s […]

More than 200 retired generals and admirals urge Congress to reject Iran deal

The number of retired generals and admirals signing on to a letter to Congress rejecting the Iran nuclear deal continued to swell Thursday, with some 214 of the former high-level U.S. military officers putting their stamp on the document that asserts the ā€œagreement will enable Iran to become far more dangerousā€ and ā€œintroduce new threats […]

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