November 29, 2023 2023-11-29T15:12:52-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMzM5XC8wMDNcLzE3MDEyODg4NjhfMDAzLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19Families of hostages captured by Hamas testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia. Witnesses emotionally detailed their last conversations with loved ones and urged Congress to help bring hostages home. They included family members of a four-year-old hostage recently released in the Israel-Hamas

Popular anger against U.S.-sanctioned human rights abuser Rayan al-Kildani has grown in the two months since the wedding hall fire in the Nineveh Plains, casting a shadow over his election hopes. Popular anger against U.S.-sanctioned human rights abuser Rayan al-Kildani has grown in the two months since the September 26, 2023 wedding hall fire in

However, patriarchy is not unique to Afghanistan; it is a common thread that connects women’s oppression all over the world.“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” - Alice WalkerIn Afghanistan, patriarchy is a brutal force that crushes women’s spirits. It is a constant presence, like a

Beijing’s sharply anti-Israel response to the Gaza conflict, prompted by its increased focus on challenging Washington, exposes the limits of its diplomatic reach in the Middle East and the broader tensions in its foreign policy strategy. When news broke of the Hamas attack on Israel last month, the silence from Beijing was conspicuous amid the

November 29, 2023 | Clip Of House Session 2023-11-29T12:12:52-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/ec5/001/1701278247_001.jpgGeorgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files a second privileged resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the situation on the border. Her first resolution was referred to committee for consideration in a 209-201 vote of the House on November 13. Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie

November 29, 2023 | Part Of U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives 2023-11-29T11:59:27-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMDhjXC8wMDFcLzE3MDEyNzczMjlfMDAxLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19The House will begin work on legislation to prohibit federal funding for housing undocumented immigrants on any federal lands controlled by federal land management agencies including the National Park Service. The House will begin work on legislation to prohibit federal funding

It is tempting to presume that the return of Donald Trump to the White House in 2025 would revive the bromance between Trump and Kim Jong Un and spark renewed tensions within the U.S.-South Korea alliance over the level of South Korean contributions to support the U.S. troop presence. But while in office, Trump showed

Table of ContentsIn recent years, both the United States and the European Union (EU) have modernized their export control regulations, particularly those related to digital technology. Yet, experts disagree on the purpose and intent of these changes. Scholar Cindy Whang, for instance, argues that the United States has centered its export control policies around the

Table of ContentsThe tragic death of Jhina (Mahsa) Amini due to beatings while in the custody of Iran’s morality police precipitated a massive popular uprising in the country in September 2022. Protests spread across Iran, encompassing more than 140 cities. Despite ebbs and flows in the intensity of the movement, it continues today—in the form

Table of ContentsIn 1999, noted U.S. human rights scholar Louis Henkin delivered an emphatic (and now famous) lecture at Fordham School of Law calling for the erasure of “sovereignty,” or “that S word,” from international political and legal discourse. He argued that sovereignty had been used illegitimately to protect state control at the expense of