[ad_1] Shomari Figures, a Democrat who worked in the Justice Department, will face Caroleene Dobson, a lawyer and Republican political newcomer, this November for Alabama’s Second Congressional District seat, according to The Associated Press. The two candidates won primary runoff elections Tuesday in the district, which was redrawn after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last … Read more
[ad_1] After two months of delay, House Republicans on Tuesday delivered to the Senate the articles of impeachment against Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the secretary of Homeland Security, while demanding a full trial of the first acting Cabinet secretary to be indicted. by Congress. Constitutional scholars They have described the case against Mayorkas as unfounded, and … Read more
[ad_1] President Mike Johnson said Monday that he planned this week to advance a long-stalled national security spending package to help Israel, Ukraine and other American allies, along with a separate bill aimed at appeasing conservatives who are have vehemently opposed backing Kiev. Johnson’s announcement, which came after he had agonized for weeks over whether … Read more
[ad_1] President Mike Johnson said Monday that he planned this week to advance a long-stalled national security spending package to help Israel, Ukraine and other American allies, along with a separate bill aimed at appeasing conservatives who are have vehemently opposed backing Kiev. Johnson’s announcement, which came after he had agonized for weeks over whether … Read more
[ad_1] President Mike Johnson said Sunday, after Iran’s overnight attack on Israel, that the House would vote in the coming days on aid to Israel, and suggested that aid to Ukraine could be included in the legislation. “House Republicans and the Republican Party understand the need to support Israel,” Johnson said on Fox News, noting … Read more
[ad_1] Knowing that a vote on another aid package for Ukraine loomed in his future, Rep. Chuck Edwards, a freshman Republican, spent part of last week traveling across the country to see for himself how U.S. dollars would be used. in the nation’s fight to defend itself from Russian invaders. . What he witnessed as … Read more
[ad_1] The House took a critical first step Friday to reauthorize a law extending an expiring warrantless surveillance law that national security officials say is crucial to combating terrorism, voting to take it back up two days later. after a previous attempt to approve it failed. Trying to save the measure before the law expires … Read more
[ad_1] President Biden intends to use the first joint meeting with the leaders of Japan and the Philippines on Thursday to send a strong diplomatic message to an increasingly aggressive China: Beijing’s harassment of Philippine ships in the South China Sea is a violation of international law and must stop. In recent months, Chinese coast … Read more
[ad_1] President Mike Johnson on Wednesday faced Republican opposition to his bid to extend a warrantless surveillance law that national security officials see as crucial to their efforts to combat terrorism, after former President Donald J. Trump urged legislators to overturn the legislation. Republican leaders said they would move forward with a noon vote to … Read more
[ad_1] When Marilyn Lands, a Democrat, won election last month to a northern Alabama state House district that Republicans had controlled for more than two decades, she extended the political power of reproductive rights to the limits of the Appalachians. Democrats hailed her victory as an example of how potent the issue will be in … Read more