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The US and Israel were among the few votes against the non-binding resolution calling for an end to the fighting. The 193-member United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in war-torn Gaza. Tuesday’s resolution passed with 153 countries voting …

By Bethany Blankley (The Center Square) Despite claims by some political analysts that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Robert “Beto” O’Rourke would carry South Texas, and even after his campaign ran ads with Uvalde parents claiming Gov. Greg Abbott had done nothing for their community after the Robb Elementary School mass shooting, …

Representative Kevin McCarthy of California on Tuesday resoundingly won the Republican nomination for speaker, but a challenge from his right flank that drew more than two dozen defectors showed weakness in his hold on his party, indicating a potentially rough fight ahead of him to secure the job at the …

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) overwhelmingly approved a resolution on Wednesday October 12, telling Russia its annexation of four Ukrainian zones is illegal and not valid. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the resolution “historic” in a tweet and thanked the states that voted in favor. During the assembly’s emergency special …