U.S. Senate condemns anti- Semitism

San Diego Jewish World

U.S. Senate condemns anti- Semitism

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –– StandWithUs commends the US Senate for passing unanimously a Resolution Condemning all forms of antisemitism on June 13, 2019. The resolution was announced five days after a gunman burst into a synagogue...

Flooded residents: Finish the pumps

Brookhaven Daily Leader

Flooded residents: Finish the pumps

By Luke Horton, publisher

On a recent trip up Hwy. 61 to Lake Washington, I saw first-hand the devastation backwater flooding has brought to the lower Delta.

Fields have turned to lakes. Homes have been submerged. Lives have been ruined...

Senators push for PTSD recognition

Dunn County (N.D.) Herald

Senators push for PTSD recognition

June 13, 2019 

North Dakota’s Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer have helped introduce bipartisan legislation that designates June 27 as “National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day” and the month of June as “National Post-Traumatic...

Mississippi senator asks Trump for pumps to ease flooding

Associated Press

Mississippi senator asks Trump for pumps to ease flooding
 
By Jeff Amy

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Faced with weeks more flooding in a part of Mississippi that's been underwater since February, one of the state's U.S. senators on Wednesday asked President Donald Trump to order temporary...

Mississippi-based federal judge nominated to appeals court

Associated Press

Mississippi-based federal judge nominated to appeals court

By Emiliy Wagster Pettus

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — President Donald Trump is nominating a federal district judge from southern Mississippi to serve on one of the nation's most conservative federal appeals courts.

The White...

Thad reminded us to search for common good

Brookhaven Daily Leader

Thad reminded us to search for common good

By My Turn

Draped in black mourning cloth, a life-sized portrait of Senator Thad Cochran sitting in a favorite chair looked as if he was gazing over the packed Northminster Baptist Church in Jackson Tuesday morning. The painting...

HYDE-SMITH PRAISES TRUMP SANCTIONS ON IRANIAN REGIME

HYDE-SMITH PRAISES TRUMP SANCTIONS ON IRANIAN REGIME

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s executive order imposing additional sanctions to punish Iran for recent acts against United States interests:

“President Trump is right to increase pressure on the Iranian regime.  Iran is ruled by leaders who are tyrants and sponsors of terrorist groups that threaten the safety and interest of the United States and our...