Congress Heights Gunman on the Run After Double Shooting
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A search is underway for a suspect linked to a shooting that injured two people near Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Mellon Street in Southeast on Sunday evening,…
Argentina says IMF deal ‘imminent’; could go to Congress within days
By Agustin Geist and Walter Bianchi BUENOS AIRES – Argentina is poised to “imminently” send an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the country’s Congress for approval, government spokeswoman Gabriela…
Congress Urges Amazon CEO To Aid Tortured Chinese Whistleblower
Congress Urges Amazon CEO To Aid Tortured Chinese Whistleblower Philip Lenczycki on February 23, 2022 The bi-partisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) has called upon Amazon’s CEO Andy Jassy to advocate on…
Fed chief Powell to give policy update to Congress in early March
– Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell will testify before Congress on March 2 and 3 in what are likely to be his final public remarks on monetary policy before the U.S. central…
Full U.S. Congress invited to Biden’s State of Union speech as COVID fades
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON – The full U.S. Congress will be invited to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on March 1, a year after the invitation list to his…
Analysis-U.S. Congress may squawk over a new Iran deal but is unlikely to block it
By Patricia Zengerle and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON – Despite threats from nearly three dozen Republican senators to thwart a revived Iran nuclear deal and the misgivings of some top Democrats, there is…
Honduras’ Congress approves $2 billion in borrowing under new leader
TEGUCIGALPA – Congress in Honduras has authorized the government to borrow up to $2 billion in 2022 and 2023 in domestic and foreign debt under a fiscal and financial emergency decree aimed…
Moderate Democrats fear party infighting could hand U.S. Congress to Republicans
By Tim Reid LANSING, Mich. – If Democrats are to keep control of the U.S. Congress in this year’s midterm elections, moderates in highly competitive districts, such as Representative Elissa Slotkin of…
Ocean County GOP dumps Trump, unanimously endorses Chris Smith for Congress and incumbents
TOMS RIVER, NJ – The Ocean County GOP screening committee has unanimously endorsed Chris Smith, ignoring former President Donald J. Trump’s call to blacklist the longtime ally of the President. Smith, who…
Nancy Pelosi has gazpacho police spying on members of Congress, Marjorie Taylor Greene claims
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is many things, but today, you can officially call her a soup nazi. That’s because Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, the AOC of the right blew…
U.S. Congress passes ban on forced arbitration of worker sex abuse claims
By Moira Warburton and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON -The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would ban companies from forcing employees who allege sexual assault or harassment to settle their claims…
Biden supports Congress staffers’ right to unionize, White House says
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden supports the right of congressional staffers to unionize, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Jarrett Renshaw; Writing by Alexandra Alper; Editing…
U.S. Congress to scrutinize Washington subway system after derailment
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -A U.S. congressional panel, calling Washington’s rail and bus network essential to the functioning of the federal government, holds a hearing on Wednesday in the face of an…
Phil Murphy’s public enemy number one, Ian Smith officially launches campaign for Congress
BELLMAWR, NJ – He’s been kicked down, locked out and locked up over the past two years for defying New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s draconian and ineffective COVID-19 pandemic lockdown orders. Now,…
Factbox-The U.S. redistricting legal battles that could affect control of Congress
By Joseph Ax -North Carolina’s top court heard arguments on Wednesday over whether the state’s new congressional map illegally favors Republicans. The case is among dozens of lawsuits filed in states around…
Explainer-What is Congress doing to strengthen U.S. election laws?
By David Morgan WASHINGTON – Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate hope to prevent a repeat of the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot by reforming a 135-year-old election law laying out…
New Jersey gym owner who defied Murphy’s COVID crackdown announces he’s running for Congress against progressive socialist Andy Kim
BELLMAWR, NJ – During the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Congressman Andy Kim was one of Governor Phil Murphy’s biggest lockdown cheerleaders. Kim praised the governor for his actions during the pandemic including mask…
Former Trump press aide subpoenaed in Congress probe of U.S. Capitol attack – CNN
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives committee probing the deadly Capitol riot last year has issued a subpoena for Judd Deere, who served as one of former President Donald Trump’s communications…
Biden urges Congress to act now on Equal Rights Amendment
By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON -President Joe Biden on Thursday called on Congress to immediately enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment in the U.S. Constitution and formally protect women’s rights nearly a century after…
Biden, buoyed by GDP figures, urges Congress to pass bills
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed the strong GDP growth figure released on Thursday, saying his economic plan is working and urging Congress to pass legislation to make the United States…
U.S. companies push Biden, Congress for caution on Russia sanctions
By Andrea Shalal and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden has threatened to impose devastating sanctions on Russia if leader Vladimir Putin invades Ukraine, but some big companies and business…
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo Says Chip Crisis Is ‘Extremely Urgent,’ Begs Congress To Pass Investment Bill
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo issued a report Tuesday highlighting the dire state of the ongoing semiconductor shortage in the U.S. and urged lawmakers to pass legislation funding domestic chip manufacturing. The…
Analysis-A digital dollar is years away as U.S. Fed kicks issue to Congress
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON – While the Federal Reserve’s paper on potentially adopting a central bank digital currency (CBDC) will advance debate in Washington, its decision to kick the issue to Congress…
Monmouth County Commissioner announces bid for Congress
FREEHOLD, NJ – Monmouth County Commissioner is challenging career Democrat Frank Pallone’s seat in Congress in 2022. Kiley is the second Republican candidate to announce after the former U.S. Senate candidate, Rik…
Business Groups Demand Congress Pass Laws To Protect Privacy, Data
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and dozens of other business groups sent a letter to members of Congress on Thursday urging them to pass federal privacy legislation. The letter, whose signatories include…
Rik Mehta to challenge Frank Pallone for New Jersey Congress seat in 2022
Edison, NJ – Dr. Rik Mehta will challenge Democrat incumbent Frank Pallone in New Jersey’s 6th Congressional District. Mehta was the 2020 Republican U.S. Senate nominee who challenged Senator Cory Booker and…
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