Well more than the two-thirds of the 100-member chamber required, the Republican-controlled Senate approved the $740.5 billion National Defense Authorization Act to fund the military for fiscal year 2021.
Comment: America must choose whether to accept or resist Trump's vision that casts protesters, not violent police, as the country's evil undoing, writes Khaled Beydoun.
All is not enough: Why 'Black Lives Matter'
Comment: The truth of the matter is, America has yet to be great for all its citizens, writes Aabye-Gayle D. Francis-Favilla.
Celebrating Juneteenth in the age of Black Lives Matter
Juneteenth, an annual celebration commemorating a 19th century proclamation that freed slaves in Texas, comes with deep significance amid this ...
Protesters throw bust of slave owner into Mississippi River
A bust in New Orleans has become the latest to fall amid a nationwide effort to remove monuments linked to the Confederacy and slavery.
America's last true wake-up call
Comment: The sight of white supremacists openly waving their banners of hate may be the last true wake-up call we get as a country, write Andrew Leber and Nicholas Morley.
Charlottesville: Car-ramming suspect charged with murder
Police identify 20-year-old James Fields as the suspected driver of a car that ploughed into an anti-racism demonstration killing at least one ...
Calls for banning Kuwaitis from travelling to Iran
The uncovering of an alleged terrorist cell linked to Iran and Hizballah has stirred a political controversy in the Gulf nation, with calls by ...
The Sultans of Arabia intervene in Yemen's domestic conflict
Comment: With Yemen in danger of entering a new order outside Riyad's control, Saudi Arabia had to act. All talk of Iranian proxies and ...
Custody battle puts Jordanian justice system in the dock
Feature: Veteran al-Jazeera correspondent Rula Amin has been caught in a vicious custody battle that has thrown a harsh light on the way the ...