By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Late Thursday night, the House Rules Committee passed a series of foreign aid bills out of committee using Democratic support, in a sign that Republicans in the chamber will need to rely on Democrats to pass the legislation. Three Republicans – Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Ralph Norman of
Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., announced his support for a motion to vacate Johnson on Friday. He was outraged over Johnson putting money for Ukraine's 'purposeless' fight against Russia on the House floor without border security measures attached
Wave Goodbye To Another Set Of Freedoms With The New Digital ID Authored by Graham Young via The Epoch Times, “Papers please” used to be the ostinato of totalitarian systems, at least in the movies. With the passing of the government’s Digital ID bills, Australians will have to become used to the digital equivalent - so what does that say about present-day Australia? A few things have surprised me over the last few years, not the least the way the famous Aussie spirit of...
The party plans to release ugly, low-quality parts of the green belt to help meet its housebuilding targets if it wins power.
The Canary Islands have been a popular holiday destination for Brits for decades, but a recent anti-tourist movement has been gaining momentum in the Spanish archipelago
The new stock trading system is expected to go live on May 2
The US Senate has voted to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a move that has sparked widespread debate and concern among civil liberties advocates and members of the crypto community. Related Reading: Halving Hype Debunked: Binance Founder Says Don’t Fall For This Bitcoin Myth Section 702, originally introduced as a […]
Miss Hawaii USA 2023 bids farewell to her year of reign. Miss Hawaii USA 2023, Savannah Gankiewicz, took time to reflect on her last year. "Some of my favorite memories were really going into this year and knowing I can make an impact. I knew I wanted to not only inspire but also be an []
The U.S. Senate voted by a wide margin late Tuesday in favor of legislation that would ban TikTok in the United States if its owner, the Chinese tech firm ByteDance, fails to divest the popular short video app over the next nine months to a year.Driven by widespread worries among U.S. lawmakers that China could access Americans' data or surveil them with the app, the bill was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday and U.S. President Joe Biden has said he will sign it into law on...
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that, once signed into law by President Biden, will give TikTok's parent company ByteDance nine months to divest the app or face a national ban, reflecting significant bipartisan concern over the app's Chinese ownership and potential data security risks. read more
U.S. officials say the Pentagon is poised to send $1 billion in new military aid to Ukraine as the Senate begins debate on long-awaited legislation to fund the weapons Kyiv needs to stall gains made by Russia. The decision announced Tuesday comes after months of frustration, as bitterly divided members of Congress deadlocked over the funding. House Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to cobble together a bipartisan coalition to pass the bill. The overall $95 billion foreign aid package is expected...
New Mayor John Whitmire’s “Water Bill Improvement Plan,” in which single-family residential customers will temporarily be charged a fixed monthly amount, took effect April 1. The initiative eliminated Houston Public Works’ previous practice of charging estimated amounts to customers with faulty electronic meter-reading devices, which in many cases led to residents being charged for much more water than they actually used.