TOP NEWS: Progressive Leaders Warn Biden's Support for Gaza 'Slaughter' Risks Millions of Young Votes

 

Top News To Fight Poverty, Economists Urge Congress to Bring Back Expanded Child Tax Credit "Letting 9 million children in this country live in poverty is a policy choice," said analysts who called on lawmakers to prioritize children from the lowest-income households. Julia Conley Supporters of Government Surveillance Reform Act Aim to End 'Litany of Abuse' "For too long, federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies have had nearly unchecked access to Americans' personal data," said Rep. Zoe Lofgren. Jessica Corbett Progressive Leaders Warn Biden's Support for Gaza 'Slaughter' Risks Millions of Young Votes "Every day Biden chooses to fund genocide, he loses support," said Sunrise Movement. Brett Wilkins Tlaib Rips Colleagues Who Are 'More Focused on Silencing Me Than They Are on Saving Lives' "Many of them have shown me that Palestinian lives simply do not matter to them, but I still do not police their rhetoric or actions," said Rep. Rashida Tlaib. Jake Johnson Amid Rising Internal Dissent, US State Dept. Claims Israel Not Guilty of Genocide "The U.S. is not simply standing by, failing to prevent or punish genocide against Palestinians—it is actively enabling and supporting the gravest crime under international law, making the U.S. complicit," argued one attorney. Jake Johnson Netanyahu Suggests Israel Plans to Occupy Gaza Strip for 'Indefinite Period' The far-right prime minister told ABC News that Israel will "have the overall security responsibility" in Gaza after the current deadly assault ends. Jake Johnson

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