United Nations and other international aid officials have been warning that Yemen is on the brink of famine. “Donald Trump’s Shift On Yemen Risks Plunging The Country Into Famine,” the Huffington Post reports, warning that the Trump Administration may be giving Saudi Arabia a green light to attack and close the critical port of Hodeidah,…
President Trump’s ramped-up support of Saudi Arabia’s war may cause a famine in Yemen, the Huffington Post reports. Aid workers fear Saudi Arabia is planning to attack and close the critical port of Hodeidah on Yemen’s west coast, where most of the country’s food has come in. The Obama Administration had opposed such an attack,…
Iraq war architect and Iran war advocate John Bolton is reportedly one of four candidates being interviewed for National Security Adviser. CNN says there are “signs of strong support inside and outside the administration for Bolton.” Urge your representatives to oppose the nomination of John Bolton to be National Security Adviser by signing our petition…
Under the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution, Congress has the sole authority to initiate the use of force if the U.S. is not under armed attack. But during the Cold War, a bizarre exception to this basic idea of our democracy was introduced and tolerated: the President could start a nuclear war on his…
CNN has reported that the Defense Department “might propose that the US send conventional ground combat forces into northern Syria for the first time,” and that the move would “significantly alter US military operations in Syria if approved and could put troops on the ground within weeks.” CNN says “one goal of their presence would…
An apartment building in a West Bank settlement was funded by an organization headed by David Friedman, Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Israel. The building is financed by American Friends of Beit El Institutions, which Friedman chairs. American Friends of Beit El Institutions raised almost $667,000 for its Israeli counterpart, the Organization for the Sukkat…
President Trump has already “increased logistical support” for the Saudi bombing of Houthis in Yemen. Trump Administration officials are threatening to conduct drone strikes against the Houthis. But Congress never authorized this war. Under the War Powers Resolution, a single Member of Congress could force a debate and vote on what Trump is doing. Unfortunately,…
President Trump has threatened to escalate U.S. participation in the Saudi war in Yemen by conducting drone strikes on Shia Houthi rebels. U.S. military action against Shia Houthi rebels has never been authorized by Congress. That means that under the War Powers Resolution, a single Member of Congress can introduce a privileged resolution to force…
Roll Call reports: the Trump administration escalated its sudden sabre-rattling toward Iran when President Donald Trump directly criticized Tehran in a series of tweets … Hours after his top national security adviser put Iran “on notice” and other senior administration officials refused to rule out U.S. military action against the Islamic Republic, Trump himself appeared…
On January 23, the US announced that it was withdrawing from the anti-democratic, anti-worker Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement [TPP] and seeking a reopening of the North American Free Trade Agreement [NAFTA]. The AFL-CIO praised the moves, saying, “Today’s announcement that the US is withdrawing from TPP and seeking a reopening of NAFTA is an important first…