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,…
Republican China committee chairman Gallagher retiring from US Congress
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher, who chairs the House select committee on competition with China, said on Saturday he will not run for re-election, four days after…
‘No plan B’ to getting Ukraine aid package through US Congress: US govt
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The White House is focused on getting a Ukraine aid package through the U.S. Congress, the White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Wednesday, adding there was…
Yellen says Congress should provide authority to regulate stablecoins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told lawmakers on Tuesday that Congress should provide a federal authority to regulate stablecoin issuers and wallet providers to close gaps in consumer protection…
‘We Need This Fix Now’: Nikki Haley Calls For Congress To Hammer Out A Border Bill
‘We Need This Fix Now’: Nikki Haley Calls For Congress To Hammer Out A Border Bill Harold Hutchison on February 5, 2024 Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley called on Republicans Monday…
‘No obstacle’ to Argentina mega reform bill in Congress, government says
By Walter Bianchi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s government said on Tuesday that it was confident its sprawling economic reform bill, known as the “omnibus bill”, would gain approval in Congress after…
US Congress negotiators reach deal on 12 gov’t spending bills -Republican lawmakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bipartisan negotiators in the U.S. Congress have reached agreement on the spending levels in the 12 bills that legislators would need to pass to avert a government shutdown beginning in…
‘It’s Dynamic’: ICE Chief Asks Congress To Pony Up More Cash For Detention Beds While Thousands Remain Empty
‘It’s Dynamic’: ICE Chief Asks Congress To Pony Up More Cash For Detention Beds While Thousands Remain Empty Jennie Taer on January 25, 2024 President Joe Biden’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
Factbox-What’s in the bipartisan tax deal moving through the US Congress?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives could vote next week on a bipartisan tax package that includes benefits for businesses and families. It has backing from Republicans and Democrats even…
Dozens Of Energy Policy Experts Write To Congress Opposing ‘Carbon Tax’ Gateway Bill
Dozens Of Energy Policy Experts Write To Congress Opposing ‘Carbon Tax’ Gateway Bill Nick Pope on January 16, 2024 Dozens of energy policy experts signed a Tuesday letter to lawmakers urging them…
JAMES CARTER And JIM ELLIS: Don’t Buy Into The Media’s Narrative On Congress
JAMES CARTER And JIM ELLIS: Don’t Buy Into The Media’s Narrative On Congress James Carter and Jim Ellis on January 1, 2024 A recent headline in The New York Times blared: “House…
Biden Again Bypasses Congress For Weapons Sale To Israel
Biden Again Bypasses Congress For Weapons Sale To Israel Micaela Burrow on December 29, 2023 The Biden administration used emergency powers to bypass congressional approval to sell weapons to Israel for the…
Congress Unlikely To Pass All Appropriations Bills Before Next Government Funding Deadline In 2024, Experts Say
Congress Unlikely To Pass All Appropriations Bills Before Next Government Funding Deadline In 2024, Experts Say Arjun Singh on December 25, 2023 The Senate and House of Representatives are unlikely to pass…
Argentine president calls for extraordinary sessions of Congress to speed up reforms
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine President Javier Milei has issued a decree calling for extraordinary sessions to speed up reforms, reinstate the tax on salaries abolished by the previous government, and modernize…
Brazil’s Congress approves government target to eliminate primary deficit in 2024
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Congress approved its budgetary guidelines bill on Tuesday, setting the goal of eliminating the primary deficit by 2024, but including a provision allowing for a limited reduction in…
White House plans one more Ukraine aid package, then up to Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden is planning one more military aid package in December for Ukraine in its war against Russia, the White House said on Monday, then further assistance to…
Ex-US, NATO officials call on Congress to pass new Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 40 former top U.S. and NATO diplomats and defense officials on Monday urged Congress to approve new aid for Ukraine, warning that losing its war with Russia…
N.Y. Republicans pick Pilip to seek George Santos’ former seat in Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New York Republicans have picked Ethiopia-born former Israeli paratrooper Mazi Melesa Pilip as their candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives seat vacated by George Santos’ ouster, the Queens…
‘Legal Self-Immolation’: Johnathan Turley Says Hunter Biden Is In ‘Flagrant Contempt Of Congress’
‘Legal Self-Immolation’: Johnathan Turley Says Hunter Biden Is In ‘Flagrant Contempt Of Congress’ Harold Hutchison on December 13, 2023 George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said Wednesday that Hunter Biden “is…
Zelenskiy, in Washington, urges Congress not to play into Putin’s hands
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told a U.S. military audience on Monday that he hoped he can still count on the United States and…
Australia ‘heartened’ as US Congress expected to pass AUKUS provisions
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s government on Friday welcomed signs that a U.S. defense spending bill which would authorise the sale of nuclear submarines to Australia is set to pass…
Yellen says U.S. would be ‘responsible for Ukraine’s defeat’ if aid fails in Congress
By David Lawder MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday that the United States would be “responsible for Ukraine’s defeat” if Congress fails to approve the Biden administration’s…
U.S. bank CEOs expected to protest regulation push before Congress
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top bosses of JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and other major banks are expected to warn lawmakers this week that capital hikes and…
TIM HEAD: Here’s How Congress Can Tackle Antisemitism, Support Israel And Take On Iran
TIM HEAD: Here’s How Congress Can Tackle Antisemitism, Support Israel And Take On Iran Timothy Head on December 3, 2023 Eight weeks ago, Hamas terrorists brutally committed the worst massacre of Jews…
Guatemala Congress strips electoral judges of immunity in troubled transition
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala’s ruling-party-led Congress on Friday stripped four electoral judges accused of fraud of their immunity from prosecution, in a move critics fear is aimed at blocking President-elect Bernardo…
El Salvador’s congress allows president to leave job to run for re-election
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -El Salvador’s Congress late on Thursday granted President Nayib Bukele permission to leave his post so that he can campaign ahead of the country’s presidential election next year. The…
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