WASHINGTON: The House approved a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills on Friday just a few hours before funding for some key federal agencies is set to expire, a long overdue action nearly six months into the budget year that will push any threats of a government shutdown to theContinue Reading
COLUMBIA: Former President Donald Trump said Friday that he would “strongly support the availability of IVF” and called on lawmakers in Alabama to preserve access to the treatment. It was his first comment since an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that led some providers in the state to suspend their inContinue Reading
Nikki Haley presented Donald Trump as a candidate who will deliver only more defeats to Republicans as she tries to change the dynamic of the campaign before next week’s crucial presidential primary in South Carolina.“Everything he touches, we lose,” Haley said Thursday night at a campaign rally in Dallas, Texas.Continue Reading
In a deepening standoff between House Republicans and Hunter Biden, the GOP warns of contempt charges if the president’s son fails to appear for a closed-door deposition scheduled for December 13. Hunter Biden, facing pressure from an impeachment inquiry seeking ties to his father’s business dealings, insists on public testimony,Continue Reading
LAS VEGAS: Nikki Haley criticized Donald Trump on Saturday for praising foreign strongmen and warned that his style of “chaos, vendettas and drama” would be dangerous, making her sharpest critiques of the former president as the two GOP presidential candidates and their rivals addressed an influential group of Jewish Republicans.“EightContinue Reading
LAS VEGAS: US Republican presidential candidates including frontrunner Donald Trump touted their unwavering support for Israel wiping out Palestinian Hamas militants, as they campaigned with addresses to major Jewish donors in Las Vegas on Saturday.The Republican Jewish Coalition’s (RJC) weekend donor gathering has taken on heightened importance as Israel preparesContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: Former President Donald Trump is in talks to visit Capitol Hill next week as Republicans debate who should be the next speaker of the House following Kevin McCarthy’s ouster, according to two people familiar with the talks. Some on the far right have floated the idea of Trump asContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden late Wednesday brushed off the House Republicans‘ impeachment inquiry, saying the way he sees it, they launched the investigation against him because they want to shut down the federal government. Biden, speaking at a Democratic fundraiser in Virginia, said that instead of being concerned about theContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: Debt ceiling negotiators for President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy holed up for more talks at the Capitol Tuesday, but Republicans warned of a “lack of urgency” at the White House to resolve the budget standoff in time to avert a potentially chaotic federal default.With barely aContinue Reading