Government & Politics

Tlaib has paid out $170,000 to firm of anti-Israel activist who supports defunding the police Rasha Mubarak tweeted in April 2021 that she believes police should be abolished

(Fox) The campaign of “Squad” Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., has paid out $170,000 to an anti-Israel activist who has called Israel an “apartheid state” and has called for defunding the police multiple times. Tlaib’s campaign has paid $147,000 to Unbought Power LLC, […]

Children & Teens

Sweden repatriates women, children from northeast Syria Sweden repatriated two women and four children from northeast Syria on Thursday, the day after the area's Kurdish-led authorities announced the end of a prison stand-off which left scores dead.

(New Arab) Sweden repatriated two women and four children from northeast Syria on Thursday, the day after the area’s Kurdish-led authorities announced the end of a deadly prison stand-off in the city of Hasakeh. The six Swedes were met at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport […]

Interfaith

F.B.I. director calls Texas synagogue attack an act of antisemitism Christopher A. Wray said the hostage taker targeted the Jewish community, contrary to the agency’s initial statement.

(NY Times) The F.B.I. is treating the attack on a suburban Fort Worth synagogue on Saturday as “an act of terrorism targeting the Jewish community,” Christopher A. Wray, the bureau’s director, said on Thursday. “This was not some random occurrence,” Mr. Wray […]