More than a month after House Republicans impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, despite the GOP’s inability to find any evidence of him committing high crimes, the articles were finally delivered to the Senate on Tuesday. Republicans in the upper chamber responded by demanding a full impeachment trial. They didn’t get one. As NBC News reported, the Senate Democratic majority dismissed both of the articles against the DHS chief just hours after the proceedings began. There...
The dismissal of impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas caps a nearly two-year campaign to boot the official from his job — ending the legislative play to make him the face of the border while raising questions about what comes next for a GOP determined to put migration front and center. For Senate
Super-patriotic GOP candidate forgets words to the Pledge of Allegiance Watch him pledge his allegiance to um uh Delusional Senate Republicans still believe they can control Trump What’s that definition of insanity again? Cartoon: A prickly situation Oh, Arizona. Polls show there's a cost to Trump alienating Haley voters Maybe telling them to take a hike wasn’t the best plan after all. This big county will host its first sheriff's race since the '60s And wouldn’t you know...
Former President Donald Trump endorsed Trent Staggs, a Republican mayor seeking to replace retiring Republican Sen. Mitt Romney, in Utah's GOP primary race for the Senate. "Trent Staggs is 100% MAGA, and is running to fill The Mitt Romney, a Total Loser, Seat as the next Senator from the Great State of Utah," Trump wrote in a Saturday morning post on Truth Social. "A Highly Successful Entrepreneur, who has served brilliantly as Mayor of Riverton for the past six years, Trent knows how to Create...
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Oracle Corp. is eyeing Nashville as its next international headquarters.
Businessman David McCormick has won the Republican nomination for Senate in Pennsylvania, setting him up to face Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) in what will be a closely watched race, Decision Desk HQ projects. McCormick was unopposed for the nomination and coalesced GOP support around his candidacy to try to unseat the three-term incumbent Casey. The
By Brian Rokus, Aaron Pellish and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former Rep. Peter Meijer is dropping his bid for Michigan’s open Senate seat, the Republican said in a statement Friday. “The hard reality is the fundamentals of the race have changed since we launched this campaign. After prayerful consideration, today I withdrew my name
During Donald Trump’s presidency, “infrastructure week” in Congress was a thing that the White House kept trying and failing to make happen. It became a running joke on social media because Trump never did manage to persuade lawmakers to put the desired $1 trillion infrastructure spending package on his desk. It remains to be seen […]
The Connecticut Senate has officially passed one of the first-ever AI legislations in the US. Artificial intelligence regulation proves to be moving forward in the United States, at least in Connecticut, as its senate has reportedly passed a wide-ranging AI bill.
Minnesota Republicans pushed for an expedited investigation after DFL Senator Nicole Mitchell ‘s arrest this week for burglary.Mitchell was absent for Wednesday's Senate floor session and votes were tabled for the day. In the Senate, the DFL only holds a one-vote majority, so Mitchell's vote would be critical for party-line issues.Mitchell, who represents Woodbury, faces a count of first-degree burglary for allegedly breaking into her stepmother's home in Detroit Lakes. In a message on Tuesday,...
After hours of stalemate, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced a deal Friday evening to vote on a package of amendments to a House-passed bill to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) warrantless surveillance program, putting it on a trajectory to pass before a midnight deadline. The expanded surveillance powers authorized by