Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., is holding up the promotion of a top military general. That may sound familiar, but unlike his blanket hold on all senior military officials in 2023, this is a single officer for a specific reason.  Lt. Gen. Ronald Clark is a senior aide to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and is up…

Israeli commandos conducted a rare ground raid in Syria this week, targeting a weapons facility tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, officials said Thursday. The operation, near Masyaf, combined airstrikes and a commando assault. The site reportedly produced chemical weapons and missiles for Hezbollah, a militant group backed by Iran. Israeli jets launched the initial…

Israeli attacks on Wednesday, Sept. 11, killed more than two dozen Palestinians as hope for cease-fire appears to be dimming. An Israeli strike reportedly killed five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank while a separate strike in the Gaza Strip killed at least 20 people, including 16 women and children. Israel said the strikes were…

Some developing news from the wars in Europe and the Middle East on Tuesday, Sept. 10. Ukraine struck Moscow and parts of western Russia in one of its biggest-ever drone attacks. According to Russia, at least one woman is dead and dozens of homes have been destroyed.  Russian officials said they destroyed at least 20 drones over Moscow alone, and…

We’re just hours away from the first presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. And we look back on the legendary career of actor James Earl Jones. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. Trump, Harris prep for first presidential debate tonight Vice President Kamala Harris and…

A new report accuses the BBC of displaying heavy bias against Israel in its coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict. The report was put together by a team of 20 lawyers and 20 data scientists. It comes after a four-month analysis of the BBC’s output across television, radio and other platforms. In it, the group claims…

A report claims the BBC’s coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict shows “deeply worrying bias” against Israel, associating it with genocide 14 times more than Hamas. Research led by Trevor Asserson reveals the BBC breached its editorial guidelines over 1,500 times during the Israel-Hamas war.The BBC Arabic channel was identified as one of the most biased…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel and Hamas to finalize a Gaza truce, noting that “90 percent of a deal was ready.” Blinken stated that the US would propose more ideas through mediators Egypt and Qatar to help seal the agreement, seeking to bridge the gap between the two sides.Israeli Prime Minister Binjamin…

Negotiators working to achieve a permanent cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war have experienced a roller coaster of highs and lows since the Oct. 7 attack, at times coming close to a workable deal. Complicating their work is the difficulty of establishing any long-term political and security framework that meets the needs of both the Israeli…

The family of American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was executed along with five other hostages by Hamas, is giving the OK to share a video of him before his death, in the hopes it serves as an “immediate wake up call to the world.” The Hamas propaganda video released on Thursday, Sept. 5, shows Goldberg-Polin…