Three Senate Democrats crossed the aisle on Wednesday to vote against a plank of the Biden administration’s electric vehicle agenda. Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of Read More
(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...
The US Senate on Wednesday voted to end the impeachment case against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, bypassing with procedural votes the first attempt by Congress to oust a Cabinet secretary in more than a century and a half. The pair of votes, which split along partisan lines, swiftly killed a Senate trial that had only just begun, with Democrats and three independents voting to stop the process. The Republican-controlled House impeached Mayorkas in February. The senators voted...
It was the first time in almost 150 years the chamber had considered a US cabinet secretary's impeachment.
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
Lucknow: The Yadav clan will come together in Mainpuri to lead a mega show on April 16 when the ‘badi bahu’ of late Mulayam Singh Yadav and wife of Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, Dimple Yadav, will file her nomination papers from Mainpuri.While Akhilesh will accompany Dimple, other members of the Yadav family are also expected to attend the event.Though most of the senior members of the family, including Ram Gopal Yadav and son Akshay, Shivpal Yadav and son Aditya, and Dharmendra...
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) -- In just a few months, all eyes will look to the skies for the 50th Dayton Air Show. Kevin Franklin, executive director of the Dayton Air Show, sat down with 2 NEWS to talk about the upcoming event, including new static displays and planes to keep an eye out for. With []
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More than a dozen House Democrats voted against a resolution condemning Iran's airstrikes on Israel Thursday. The resolution, which also affirms U.S. support for Israel responding to the attack however it deems necessary, overwhelmingly passed 404 to 14. Just one House Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., voted against the bill. Fox News Digital reached out to Massie for comment. Massie was joined by 13 Democrats, including "Squad" member Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.; Rashida Tlaib,...
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is weighing in on a tax package sent to her desk, which includes a slew of tax cuts. The package received bipartisan support in the Senate with one Democrat voting in favor of the plan, and it passed unanimously in the House. However, the Governor said Tuesday that []
Christian Democrat leader Henri Bontenbal has called for the number of motions put before parliament to be halved by restricting parties to two per debate. Bontenbal said parliamentary motions were becoming a “blunt” instrument, with parties using them to score points on social media rather than make real changes to laws. He was particularly critical of motions that were not costed or went into unnecessary detail. “They’re often used just to show their voters: look what a good job we’re
Striking images showing how a new riverside residential community could look have been revealed as council development chiefs press ahead with regeneration plans. Earlier this week, Sunderland City Council’s Planning and Highways Committee approved plans for public realm works in the Sheepfolds area to improve connectivity ahead of a major transformation. The vision set out by development bosses for part of the Riverside Sunderland regeneration site includes hundreds of new homes which would...