A federal appeals court has dismissed an effort from environmental groups to prevent an oil rights drilling auction from proceeding without protections for an endangered species of whale. Instead, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Biden administration will have 37 days to carry out the auction for rights to drill in the Gulf…
Kevin Wurm/ReutersRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has slammed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, an pro-Israel lobbying group, for its social media attack on a Republican congressman who voted against legislation pushed by the organization. “AIPAC endorsed scores of Jan 6th insurrectionists. They are no friend to American democracy,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on social media, later adding that they were “racist and bigoted” and an “extremist organization.” It came after AIPAC denounced
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) got in a heated back-and-forth with a leading pro-Israel lobbying group Tuesday after he announced his opposition to a $14 billion aid package for Israel being pushed by House GOP leadership. “If Congress sends $14.5 billion to Israel, on average we’ll be taking about $100 from every working person in the…
The Justice Department is dropping its five-year-old criminal case against Bijan Kian, the former lobbying partner of Michael Flynn whom prosecutors had accused of illicit lobbying for Turkey during the 2016 US presidential election.