By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress left Washington this week for an extended holiday break with several key issues unsettled including emergency aid for Ukraine and tighter border security, setting the stage for a complicated January. Lawmakers will face two government-shutdown deadlines and continue efforts to write one piece of legislation that […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 40 former top U.S. and NATO diplomats and defense officials on Monday urged Congress to approve new aid for Ukraine, warning that losing its war with Russia would be disastrous for Ukraine and threaten the security of the United States and its allies. THE TAKE The former officials – members […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden is planning one more military aid package in December for Ukraine in its war against Russia, the White House said on Monday, then further assistance to Kyiv will require an agreement in Congress where prospects for a deal were uncertain. “When that one’s done … we will have no […]
A new Monmouth University poll released Monday has revealed Americans’ least favorite leader in Congress, but all maintain underwater approval ratings. According to the poll, just 6% of adults say they approve of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s, R-Ky., job performance, with a whopping 60% saying they disapprove. 34% had no opinion. McConnell was the […]
The Senate looks unlikely to advance new border security restrictions alongside billions more for Ukraine aid this month, as negotiators work through complex border law in difficult closed-door discussions with the Biden administration and top Senate aides. Negotiating Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.), Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) met for three hours on Sunday […]
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Congress on Thursday overturned a veto by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva so it can reinstate legislation that undoes protections of Indigenous peoples’ land rights. The decision sets up a new battle between lawmakers and the country’s top court on the matter. Both federal deputies and senators voted by […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Anthony Fauci, former chief White House medical adviser, is expected to testify before Congress early next year as part of Republicans’ yearslong investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and the U.S. response to the disease. Fauci, who served as the nation’s top infectious disease expert before retiring last year, will sit for […]
WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, former chief White House medical advisor, will testify before Congress early next year on the origins of COVID-19 and other preventative steps officials took in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Fauci’s testimony comes as the House’s Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus continues to investigate the pandemic. Rep. Brad Wenstrup, […]
Embattled New York Rep. George Santos was expelled from the House on Friday in a historic vote following a House Ethics Committee investigation into alleged fraud perpetrated by his campaign after months of scandals around the freshman Republican lawmaker. Following the release of the ethics report last month, Santos, 35, said he would not seek […]
California’s chief elections officer said late Friday that Bakersfield Republican Vince Fong cannot appear on the ballot for a Central Valley congressional seat because he is already running for reelection to the state Assembly, a decision the state lawmaker vowed to challenge in court. When Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) announced his retirement earlier this month, […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New York Republicans have picked Ethiopia-born former Israeli paratrooper Mazi Melesa Pilip as their candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives seat vacated by George Santos’ ouster, the Queens County Republican Party said on Thursday. Pilip, a county legislator, will face Democratic former U.S. Representative Tom Suozzi in the Feb. 13 special […]
Some members of the Republican Party are meeting with associates of Hungary’s conservative minister, Viktor Orbán, in Washington D.C. this week to discuss terminating U.S. aid to Ukraine. Starting on Monday, the Guardian reported, a two-day event hosted by right-wing organization Heritage Foundation will commence, melding GOP-ers with members of the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs […]