The situation provides ammunition to conservative Republicans who are vowing to shut down the government unless Congress agrees to harsh new anti-immigration measures. Powered by WPeMatico
Mr. Carter was already the longest-living president in American history, but his staying power even in hospice has captured the imagination of admirers around the world. Powered by WPeMatico
President Volodymyr Zelensky told lawmakers that Ukraine would lose the war to Russia if the United States curtailed the flow of aid and weapons. Powered by WPeMatico
It was the second time in a week that hard-right Republicans had defied Speaker Kevin McCarthy on a spending measure, signaling that the G.O.P. was still far from agreement on a bill to fund the government. Powered by WPeMatico
Republican-led states accused the Labor Department of violating a federal law covering retirement plans, part of a battle that goes back several years. Powered by WPeMatico
Following House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s second stunning defeat in just three days, he cried “uncle,” calling it quits for the day. There reportedly weren’t enough votes for the House to officially adjourn, possibly because some Republicans apparently didn’t want to hang around just to vote to leave. x House Rs telling me some members have already caught flights out of DC today https://t.co/ztKqHP9vK6 — Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) September 21, 2023 That’s how seriously they take McCarthy, who declared on Monday,…
You can read more great Ukraine coverage by both staff and community members here. Ukraine liberated Robotyne, in the southern Zaporizhzhia front, in late August. Since then, things seem to have slowed down, but Ukraine has been busy. And in the last few days, things have gotten truly interesting again. Powered by WPeMatico
On Thursday, House Republicans were unable to get themselves together and agree to debate a military funding bill, to say nothing of a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown. Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference to make sure the message to the American people is clear: This will be the “unnecessary Republican shutdown of government.” This is an inherent problem with the Republican Party’s inability to govern. After walking through the facts and calling out House…
It’s not enough that a Republican-forced government shutdown will almost surely come back to bite the GOP in the butt next year. Now former President Donald Trump has proposed a way to supersize their political pain by explicitly tying Republican support for funding the government to defunding the federal prosecutors who have secured indictments against him. “Republicans in Congress can and must defund all aspects of Crooked Joe Biden’s weaponized Government,” Trump posted Wednesday on his Truth Social media platform,…
Last year, Kentucky Republicans imposed a highly restrictive abortion ban on voters by overriding the veto of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. And this year, Beshear is using the ban to dismantle the Republican nominee seeking to unseat him, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron. On Sept. 1, Beshear rolled out an ad featuring Jefferson County Prosecutor Erin White castigating Cameron for believing a “9-year-old rape survivor should be forced to give birth.” A little over two weeks later, Cameron flip-flopped on…