Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) complained that Democrats had ignored Senate procedures after they voted down two articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.In a vote along party lines, Democrats managed to table the two articles of impeachment. Republicans cried foul because the move circumvented a Senate trial."We've set a very unfortunate precedent here," McConnell said following the vote. "This means that the Senate can ignore,...
An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying on Friday that it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression. The ban on X has been in place since February, when the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a nationwide protest against alleged election rigging ahead of the Feb. 8 vote that allowed Sharif to come to power. “We demand that the ban on X, which is...
Fresh off his partisan exoneration from House impeachment charges, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas made a rocky return to Capitol Hill on Thursday, facing furious Republicans who laid blame for dead Americans directly at his feet.
Prior to these maneuvers, the same system had been in place since 1942. This administration deserves the same authority as previous administrations.
For nearly two decades, Mitch McConnell’s only job uncertainty hinged on whether he’d serve as Senate majority or minority leader after the next election. With his days as Republican leader now numbered, the Kentuckian is talking more freely about his priorities once he’s no longer calling the shots for his party.
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The bill includes some $4 billion to replenish Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system, which intercept '99%' of Iran 's drone attacks over the weekend. The two parties remain at an impasse as the White House has made clear President Joe Biden does not support a package with aid for only Israel. House PASSES bill to give $14 billion in aid to Israel by cutting IRS funding
CHERAW, S.C. (WBTW) -- McLeod Health has announced plans to build a new hospital in Cheraw. The hospital will serve Cheraw, Chesterfield, Marlboro, and surrounding counties. McLeod Hospital made the announcement Tuesday in a news release. Construction on the new hospital should begin in 2024-2025. The $45 million facility will be on the current McLeod []
(The Center Square) – Republican U.S. senators are sounding the alarm over a purported plan by Senate Democrats to dismiss House impeachment charges against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The House was expected to deliver impeachment charges this week after voting to impeach Mayorkas in February. They rescheduled for next week after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, changed scheduling on the Senate calendar. Schumer has called...
Kettering General Hospital has become the first hospital in Europe to fit 100 of a new type of recording device to measure heart rhythm for up to three years. The device – called an implantation loop recorder - is an inch (2.5cm) long and is fitted just under the skin of a patient’s chest and used to diagnose infrequent heart rhythm disturbances like atrial fibrillation (unusually irregular/fast heart rate). Because such disturbances can occur infrequently it can be difficult to determine what...
Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested dozens of anti-Israel protesters who shut down a Senate cafeteria to demand Congress send more aid to Gaza and stop selling weapons to Israel.
The bulk of the Senate GOP conference has joined a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer that calls for the chamber to hold a trial regarding the articles of impeachment the House lodged against Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas back in February.According to reports, a spokesperson for House Speaker Mike Johnson has indicated that "the House will transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate next week." — (@) Forty-three GOP senators signed...