Cindy McCain shares firsthand account of famine in Gaza: “It’s truly a devastating situation”

[ad_1] World Food Programme executive director Cindy McCain recently visited Gaza, where she said she witnessed the food crisis firsthand. McCain told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that she met with a family of 11 who shared photos of themselves from before the conflict with Israel, and she “didn’t even recognize these people.” [ad_2]…

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Mexico’s president asks U.S. to share convicted cartel leader’s $15 billion with her country’s poorest people

[ad_1] Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday said she would ask the United States to share the $15 billion it expects to extract from convicted Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada with her country’s poor. Sinaloa drug cartel co-founder Zambada pleaded guilty in a New York court on Monday to murder and drug trafficking,…

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Pentagon mulls expediting process to reinstate troops discharged over Covid vaccine

[ad_1] The Pentagon is considering speeding up the process to bring back ex-service members discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.  Less than two dozen service members have been reinstated, though hundreds have applied. Sources say Defense Department officials are weighing whether to grant honorable discharges to some…

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House Democrats press DOJ for details on Epstein co-conspirators probe that was “inexplicably killed”

[ad_1] Washington — Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, is seeking documents from the Justice Department on its move earlier this year to end the investigation into alleged co-conspirators of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I write to demand an explanation for why DOJ has abandoned…

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