The Senate voted Thursday to advance development of a controversial spying tool, clearing it for final passage ahead of Friday's deadline. In a 67-32 vote, the Senate invoked cloture, allowing debate on the bill to begin. Senate leaders and intelligence officials have stressed the need to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Authority (FISA) or else “America will go blind.” “With less than a week until FISA authorities expire, time is a luxury the Senate does not...
Two bills grant broad immunity to the IVF industry, and HB 833 redefines the word 'embryo' to remove references to an 'unborn child.'
Marjorie Taylor Greene continues her fierce diatribe against Speaker Mike Johnson and hence her own party, telling Steve Bannon on his War Room podcast that Republican voters are "absolutely done" with the GOP. "They're done with the Republican party. They're absolutely done with Republican leadership like Mike Johnson, who totally sold us out to the Democrats!" — Read the rest
The Republican-held House has a razor-thin majority of just a few members. After the departure of Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., over the weekend the majority is even smaller. Currently, there are 217 Republicans in the House compared to 213 Democrats. Republicans can only lose one GOP vote to pass legislation along party lines
Big tech share prices were dented by a sector-wide sell-off of risky assets last week, ahead of earnings results for some of the 'Magnificent Seven'.
HONOLULU (KHON2) -- Big Island police are urging the public to watch out for the usage of counterfeit $100 bills that have been making their way around East Hawaii. HPD said the bills were presented to retail employees. Retail employees are advised to thoroughly check all U.S. currency. If any employee does come across these []
The skin toasted Australian Minister of Defence, Richard Marles, who resembles, with each day, the product of an overly worked solarium, was adamant. Not only will Australians be paying a bill up to and above A$368 billion for nuclear powered submarines it does not need; it will also be throwing A$100 billion into the coffers of More
For centuries the Democrats have been the “tax and spend guys.” They’re the party of American Treasury confiscatory distribution — to themselves.
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – With warmer weather arriving in the Miami Valley, a local motorcycle shop is reminding drivers to look out for motorcycles on the road. So far this year, there have been 24 motorcycle crashes in the Miami Valley, according to data from the Ohio State Highway Patrol. General manager of Buckeye Harley []
TikTok says the law is unconstitutional and plans to challenge it in court.
KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Three Republicans and two Democrats faced off in the hotly contested 120th district race. After 10 years in Harrisburg, State Representative Aaron Kaufer is hanging up his orange tie and is not seeking re-election to the state house. Representative Kaufer has served the residents of the 120th district since taking []
The United States on Thursday announced new sanctions on Iran targeting its unarmed aerial vehicle production after its attack on Israel, and President Joe Biden said G7 leaders were committed to acting together to increase economic pressure on Tehran.