The Tennessee Senate on Thursday passed HJR 5, a resolution applying for a national convention to propose term limits on Congress with a vote of 18 yeas and 11 nays. The effort was sponsored by State Rep. Chris Todd and Senator Richard Briggs.
Five months after the elections, the Dutch right and far right are still unable to form a government. The Socialist-Green coalition, which came second in the elections, could take over as early as this week.
The Santa Ana City Council has voted to ban short-term residential rentals within city limits. Effective immediately, the ordinance impacts residential rentals of less than 30 days.
Amazon.com said on Wednesday it plans to push its cashierless shopping technology into more third-party stores this year, even as it reduces its reliance on the technology in its own. The online retailer said about 140 stores use the system, known as Just Walk Out, which allows customers to scan an app to enter a store and leave with their items without paying at a register. Amazon will more than double that number this year. The company refuted a report by tech site The Information this month...
The parties negotiating a new right-wing cabinet want to restore the daytime speed limit of 130 km/h on motorways, sources have told AD.nl. The limit was reduced to 100 km/h between the hours of 6am and 7pm four years ago as part of a package of emergency measures to reduce nitrogen compound emissions. Prime minister Mark Rutte described it as a “really rotten measure”, but argued it was a necessary trade-off to enable the construction industry – another source of
The Charleston area’s largest water provider is pushing back – hard – against a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule to reduce so-called "forever chemicals" in drinking water due to health risks.
The deprecation will now likely occur in early 2025.
NASA has developed an advanced propulsion technology to facilitate future planetary exploration missions using small spacecraft. Not only will this technology enable new types of planetary science missions, one of NASA's commercial partners is already preparing to use it for another purpose—to extend the lifetimes of spacecraft that are already in orbit.
The PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB are discussing whether the speed limits on Dutch highways can be increased back to 130 kilometers per hour, sources told the newspaper AD on Tuesday. The topic has been on the agenda for a few weeks, but the leak to the media now may be an attempt to distract from a looming impasse on the asylum and migration file, political reporters think.
Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, who is also a ranking member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, has put forth a bill that would strip felons of Secret Service protection, in a move that some see as a preemptive strike against Donald Trump who faces more than one criminal trial. The bill, titled the Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated toward Convicted and Extremely Dishonorable Former Protectees Act, or the DISGRACED Act, would terminate Secret...
Trump has abandoned his previous support of federal pro-life laws, but Students for Life, Abby Johnson, and Lila Rose are pressing him to fight for the unborn at all levels.
PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon told some 500 party members that Quebecers have one 'ultimate' chance to secure their language and culture.