Trump administration officials subpoenaed Apple for data on accounts belonging to at least two Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, congressional aides and their family members to find who was behind the leaks of classified information, The New York Times reported on Thursday
“By turning a blind eye to the PRC’s gross human rights violations in Xinjiang, the [International Olympic Committee] is betraying its own charter and legitimizing the PRC’s actions at a time when the international community should be lock-step in condemnation,” Meeks said in a statement on Monday.
Other components of the Senate bill that aren’t addressed in Meeks’s include a report on the origins of COVID-19 and language on Taiwan.
“The initial House version of the legislation is not as strong as it could be on several key issues from our support for Taiwan’s democracy, to an appropriate response to Beijing’s genocide against the Uyghurs. We need to come together in a bipartisan manner to respond with tough legislation that holds the [Chinese Communist Party] accountable for its aggression toward its neighbors and its abuses at home,” said Rep. Steve Chabot
“Legitimate criticism of the policies of both the United States and Israel is protected by the values of free speech and democratic debate. And indeed, such criticism is essential to the strength and health of our democracies,” the Democratic leadership team said in its statement.
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“But drawing false equivalencies between democracies like the U.S. and Israel and groups that engage in terrorism like Hamas and the Taliban foments prejudice and undermines progress toward a future of peace and security for all, the statement adds.
In her clarification, Omar, a progressive Minnesota Democrat and one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, explained that her original comments had focused on ongoing International Criminal Court probes “not a moral comparison between Hamas and the Taliban and the U.S. and Israel.
The Labor Department on Thursday released a COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) for health care workers, following more than a year of Democratic lawmakers pushing for such a standard the all front-line workers in the coronavirus
Haley said earlier this week that she would not seek the GOP nomination if Trump does. I would not run if President Trump ran, and I would talk to him about it, the former South Carolina governor said Monday.
ADVERTISEMENT Recent reports suggested Haley would not run in 2024 if Trump does, but bookies say she’d have the best shot at beating him, a US-Bookies spokesperson said in the release. “At 11/1 to win the 2024 election, she’s just behind Trump, who’s 11/2.”
Trump has neither confirmed nor denied a 2024 presidential bid.
Behind Trump and Haley, oddsmakers give the best chances for the GOP nomination to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis