Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has announced he will not be standing at the next UK general election. The Tory MP said on X it had been an “honour and a privilege to serve” and passed on his thanks to his constituents in Daventry, England. He also thanked Rishi Sunak as well as former British […]
President Julie Su? Unlikely, but the acting U.S. secretary of labor is in the official line of succession to the presidency. And Republicans are furious. Su, a former California cabinet official, has been in her current job for the past 14 months. She’s “acting” because she appears to lack the votes for Senate confirmation. Many […]
J.B. McCuskey (left) won the Republican nomination for West Virginia attorney general and Kris Warner (right) won the Republican nomination for Secretary of State on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (Courtesy photos) State auditor J.B. McCuskey won the Republican nomination for attorney general Tuesday night over opponent Sen. Mike Stuart, R-Kanawha. In November, McCuskey will face […]
US secretary of state Antony Blinken has arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced diplomatic mission to reassure Ukraine it has American support as it struggles to defend against increasingly intense Russian attacks. The visit comes less than a month after Congress approved a long-delayed foreign assistance package that sets aside $60 billion in aid for […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced diplomatic mission to reassure Ukraine it has American support as it struggles to defend against increasingly intense Russian attacks. The visit comes less than a month after Congress approved a long-delayed foreign assistance package that sets aside 60 billion dollars (£48 billion) […]
Residents of South Bethany elected Town Council Secretary Edith “Edie” Dondero as their new mayor on Saturday. She beat fellow Town Council member Tim Shaw by 51 votes. In response to a questionnaire from Delaware Online/The News Journal, Dondero said that she wants to fix storm water management infrastructure, plan ahead for rising sea levels […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday declined to identify the Biden administration’s “red line” with Israel, despite President Joe Biden’s comments earlier this week that the U.S. will withhold certain military assistance if Israel launches an offensive on Rafah. “What we’ve seen over the last few months is a deep concern on our part […]
(Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates next week to work on “climate co-operation” and other issues, two Biden administration officials told Reuters on Friday. The visit will run from Tuesday through Thursday, with Granholm visiting the UAE first, one of the officials said. It will […]
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden decided to hold back delivery of high payload munitions to Israel because Washington believes a possible Israeli offensive in the Gaza city of Rafah could put civilians at risk, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday. Austin added that the administration was also reviewing […]
Charging that Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su has engaged in “a posture of blatant negligence” in her dealings with Congress, a Republican-led House committee has subpoenaed her to get cooperation. Before coming to the Labor Department, Su was part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s team. She was California’s Secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Department […]
As Farm Bill negotiations hit full force in Washington, D.C., in the next few weeks, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said he’s not on board with making cuts to a food assistance program for lower-income Americans. Vilsack praised Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s proposal, which outlined Democrats’ priorities for massive omnibus legislation, which is passed roughly every […]
Kentucky Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams, who worked to expand early voting in the Bluegrass State and has spoken out against election denialism in his own party, has been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year. In its announcement Monday, the JFK Library Foundation said Adams was recognized […]