Representative Ro Khanna was barred from leaving the West Bank for 90 minutes, a rare incident where a US politician is detained by Israeli settlers, as he visited the region to show support for Israel.
NYTimes – US Representative Ro Khanna was barred from leaving for 90 minutes. Where past U.S. leaders toured the region to show support for Israel, today’s Democratic presidential aspirants are going to bolster their credentials as critics.
NYTimes – US Representative Ro Khanna was barred from leaving for 90 minutes. Where past U.S. leaders toured the region to show support for Israel, today’s Democratic presidential aspirants are going to bolster their credentials as critics.
BBC News – World Khanna, 49, was visiting the occupied West Bank when he was held for 90 minutes, he says.
Sky News – US A US politician said he was detained by armed Israeli settlers during a visit to the West Bank.
NYTimes – US Darline Graham Nordone, sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham and backed by President Donald Trump, won the Republican primary runoff for U.S. Senate in South Carolina against Representative Ralph Norman. She is temporarily filling the seat and will face the Democratic nominee in November's general election.
NPR – Politics Move by Canada comes after US president spent morning railing against the country, calling it the ‘most difficult’ nation he deals with Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on wide range of US goods Sign up for the US Breaking News email On Truth Social, however, the president shot down assertions that the US talks with Canada collapsed in part due a proposed trade deal that would have weakened French language prote…
NYTimes – US U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States is considering renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America" amid an escalating trade war with Canada. The threat, made as U.S.-Canada trade talks broke down, follows his earlier push to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America." Trump also told Canadian leaders to "fall in line" or face worse consequences than existing tariffs.
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