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Trump, who has not yet been sworn into office, is showing the power but also the limits of his sway with Congress, as he intervenes and orchestrates affairs from Mar-a-Lago alongside Musk, who is heading up the incoming administration’s new Department of Government Efficiency. “If there is going to be a shutdown of government, let it […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Wednesday cleared a national defense authorization bill celebrated for troop pay raises but condemned by Democrats for targeting transgender children in military families, sending the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk. Senators voted 85-14, with one, Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, not voting, to approve the $884.9 billion National Defense Authorization […]
Senate passes Pentagon spending bill The US Senate has voted 85-14 to pass the $895bn National Defense Authorization Act, legislation which ignited a debate about providing gender-affirming care to transgender children of military service members. The bill which passed in the House last week 281-140 included a provision added by the Republican House speaker, Mike […]
After an intense Republican messaging campaign and a last-minute Senate deal tanked his nomination, Mangi told President Biden that the process for selecting federal judicial nominees is “fundamentally broken.” WASHINGTON (CN) — Congressional Democrats on Tuesday offered mixed responses to an ill-fated White House judicial nominee’s scathing comments about the selection process for federal court […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin told reporters Thursday he holds hope for democratic values in the United States and around the world, but has “major concerns” about foreign policy under the incoming Trump administration. The retiring senior senator from Maryland and chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations reflected on his nearly two […]
Thursday, December 12, 2024 Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee, making the case for Missouri farmers to be compensated in a potential disaster aid package. Senator Hawley’s letter comes as Senate appropriators are mulling introducing a disaster assistance package to aid communities impacted by recent natural disasters, including Hurricane […]
It was all the way back in April when Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez first announced that his Socialist (PSOE) government would be scrapping the Golden Visa scheme. A lot has happened since then. There was the initial shock and outrage, followed by fierce debate about whether the move was a genuine attempt to rectify […]
The Senate on Tuesday mandated the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to issue a warrant of arrest to compel the Managing Director of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, Peer Lubasch, to appear before its committee on works at a date to be specified by the red chamber. The resolution of the Senate followed its consideration and […]
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services faces an uphill battle for confirmation because of his embrace of conspiracy theories and his controversial views on vaccination. But some Democrats appear to be steeling themselves for the likelihood of having to find common ground with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in […]
And one of many issues standing in the way of a year-ending stopgap spending deal is a bipartisan accord on disaster aid funding. Source link