(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...
DHARAMSALA/WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) – The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) on April 17 applauded the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s approval of the Resolve Tibet Bill, an effort of the US to push the Chinese government to resolve the longstanding Tibet-China dispute through dialogue with Tibetan leaders. […]
Senators will be sworn in now that House GOP managers delivered the
A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty Tuesday to punching a pregnant woman in the stomach and sexually assaulting another woman in a crime spree in Tustin. Sean Anthony Aguilera pleaded guilty to attempted robbery and assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, both felonies, as well as battery and touching an intimate part of […]
Democrats in Sacramento are releasing a new crime package aimed at curtailing retail crime and theft
The court will investigate crimes against humanity committed during the African country’s two civil wars between 1989 and 2003Senators in Liberia have voted overwhelmingly to establish a war crimes court, two decades after civil conflict ended in the west African country.The new court will investigate and try crimes against humanity and corruption committed during Liberia’s two civil wars between 1989 and 2003, which killed up to 250,000 people. Continue reading
Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) called for retaliatory strikes against Iran after Tehran launched drone and cruise missile attacks against Israel on Saturday. “Iran has begun launching drone strikes on Israel,” Blackburn said Saturday on social media platform X. “@POTUS — we must move quickly and launch aggressive retaliatory strikes on Iran.” Blackburn's post gives
House Republicans really wanted an impeachment of someone. President Joe Biden, preferably, or his son Hunter, or maybe Hunter’s laptop, or perhaps Hunter’s dog walker. They decided on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who didn’t commit any high crimes or misdemeanors but did attempt to execute the policies of the administration in which he serves. On Wednesday, the Senate took one look at the articles of impeachment oh-so-solemnly delivered by a hard-right House faction just...
Donald Trump made a pit stop Tuesday at a New York City convenience store where a worker stabbed an ex-con to death in self-defense in 2022. The former president vowed to take on crime and “straighten New York out.”
Six Republican senators decided against signing a stern letter that was sent to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, demanding an impeachment trial for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.House Republicans impeached Mayorkas on their second attempt in February, accusing the secretary of ignoring immigration laws and making "false statements" about the U.S.-Mexico border. The articles of impeachment are expected to be delivered to the Senate by House Speaker Mike Johnson...
The Arizona Supreme Court was preparing to rule on the enforcement of an 1864 near-total abortion ban.
WASHINGTON — Conservative Republicans in the Senate were cagey Tuesday as they were asked to delve into the chaos going on among the Republican House colleagues.Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is threatening to throw out Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) if he moves forward with a Ukraine and Israel funding package. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) was once known as being the no-filter official, being among the first to embrace social media and say whatever he wanted — typos be damned, Politico showcased...