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LA County public defender among those released from prison in Venezuela is a South Bay native
OC Register LOS ANGELES — Eyvin Hernandez, a Los Angeles County public defender and South Bay native who had been imprisoned in Venezuela since March 2022, was on his way back to the United...
LACo Public Defender Among Venezuelan Detainees Released in Prisoner Swap
MyNewsLA Eyvin Hernandez, a Los Angeles County public defender who had been imprisoned in Venezuela since March 2022, returned to the United States Wednesday as part of a sweeping prisoner exchange...
Uyghur News Recap: Dec. 8–15, 2023
Voice of America WASHINGTON — US Restricts Imports From 3 More Chinese Firms Amid Forced Labor Allegations The United States has imposed import restrictions on three additional Chinese...
What to know about Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai’s national security trial
The Washington Post Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai will on Monday appear in court for a long-awaited trial that is emblematic of Beijing’s efforts to silence critics after the pro-democracy...
House passes GOP-supported bills to combat substance use disorders
The Ripon Advance The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bipartisan bill supported by U.S. Reps. Young Kim (R-CA) and David Valadao (R-CA) that would reauthorize community-based...
Kevin McCarthy Bids Farewell on His Last Day of Session in House: ‘I Would Do It All Again’
Breitbart News Speaker Emeritus Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) bid farewell to his constituents and colleagues in the House of Representatives on Thursday, his last day in session as a member. McCarthy...
The Hill’s Changemakers: Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.)
The Hill Second-term Rep. Young Kim (Calif.) immediately stands out in the House for being one of only two Republican Korean women. But beyond those identifiers, Kim has become known for...
Who Read What in 2023: Political Voices and Policy Makers
The Wall Street Journal Young Kim Early this year, I met and had a delightful, engaging conversation with Kevin Rudd, the Australian ambassador to the U.S. I was intrigued by his wealth of...
Democratic divisions deepen over Hamas sexual violence response
The Hill Tensions are rising within the Democratic Party around how to best condemn Hamas for sexual violence in its war with Israel, an escalating battle prompting fury from the White House to...
Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 41
Hong Kong Free Press In the 41st month since Beijing imposed a national security law on Hong Kong, criminalising secession, subversion, collusion with foreign forces and terrorism, debate arose over...
UN account hit for explicitly condemning Hamas’ attack on Israel eight weeks later: ‘Took you long enough’
Fox News The official UN Women X account took serious heat this week after explicitly condemning the Hamas massacre in Israel for the first time, nearly two months after the attack happened. The...
Led by Rep. Young Kim, House members ask UN Women to condemn Hamas’ violence against women
Orange County Register About 90 House lawmakers are pressing the United Nations Women, which works for gender equity, to publicly condemn Hamas for its Oct. 7 attack on Israel and brutality against...
Uproar Mounts Over UN Women’s Failure To Single Out Hamas for Its Sexual Crimes Against Israeli Civilians
New York Sun The United Nations body dedicated to “gender equality,” UN Women, appears to be faltering in its role as the “global champion for gender equality” for failing to specifically condemn...
No Hidden FEES Act Aims To Stop Misleading Advertised Pricing Practices
TravelPulse New proposed legislation, called the ‘No Hidden Fees on Extra Expenses for Stays (No Hidden FEES) Act of 2023’ (H.R 6543), was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives today...
Led by Rep. Young Kim, House members ask UN Women to condemn Hamas’ violence against women
LA Daily News About 90 House lawmakers are pressing the United Nations Women, which works for gender equity, to publicly condemn Hamas for its Oct. 7 attack on Israel and brutality against...
Bipartisan group of lawmakers urges UN Women to condemn Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack
Jewish Insider A bipartisan group of nearly 90 House lawmakers is urging the United Nations’ Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, generally known as UN Women, to speak...
House lawmakers accuse UN Women of disregarding Hamas attack
The Hill More than 80 House lawmakers are accusing United Nations (UN) Women of disregarding the militant group Hamas’s attack on Israel, which left more than 1,200 people dead. In a bipartisan...
Padilla Urges NASA to Reverse Funding Cuts to Mars Sample Return Program
The San Fernando Valley Sun Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.-30) and a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers urged NASA Administrator Bill Nelson to reverse unilateral...
CCP Persecuting Families of Radio Free Asia Journalists Who Report on Uyghur Genocide: Rep. Young Kim
NTD News Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.) says the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been actively persecuting and imprisoning family members of Radio Free Asia journalists who have been reporting on the...