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Mayorkas faces icy Senate Republicans day after impeachment case dismissed
(WASHINGTON) -- Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas faced an icy reception from Senate Republicans on Thursday, one day after the swift dismissal of the GOP impeachment case brought against him over his handling of immigration policy and the southern border.Mayorkas was on Capitol Hill to testify about President Joe Biden's…
Ignoring Trump, Arizona Republicans don’t want to move too fast to repeal 1864 abortion ban
(PHOENIX) -- Arizona's Republican lawmakers made clear on Wednesday, despite the controversy engulfing their state with the revival of a strict, Civil War-era abortion ban -- roiling the politics of the key battleground and drawing criticism from top conservatives like Donald Trump -- that it's not the time to move…
Ignoring Trump, Arizona Republicans don’t want to move too fast to repeal 1864 abortion ban
(PHOENIX) -- Arizona's Republican lawmakers made clear on Wednesday, despite the controversy engulfing their state with the revival of a strict, Civil War-era abortion ban -- roiling the politics of the key battleground and drawing criticism from top conservatives like Donald Trump -- that it's not the time to move…
Biden, in counter to RFK Jr., gets endorsement of other Kennedy family members
(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden wrapped up a three-day Pennsylvania campaign swing in Philadelphia on Thursday with an endorsement by 15 members of the politically famous Kennedy family -- a counter to the political threat from RFK Jr.Kerry Kennedy, a daughter of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, joined Biden…
Supreme Court to decide if ban on homeless encampments is ‘cruel and unusual’
(GRANTS PASS, Ore.) -- Just past the outfield fence of the local little league ballpark, homeless residents of this sleepy Oregon town erect tents to spend the night protected from cold and rain.“It’s public access, plain and simple,” said Brandon, 38, a Grants Pass native who says the death of…
Sarah Sanders’ office potentially violated state law in $19K lectern controversy, audit finds
(WASHINGTON) -- The little-seen, $19,000 lectern at the center of a controversy in Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' office was made available for viewing on Tuesday night -- after a monthslong audit into how the lectern was procured and paid for found that Sanders' staff potentially violated several state laws.The…
Johnson hawks $95 billion Israel, Ukraine aid package amid threats to speakership
(WASHINGTON) -- Speaker Mike Johnson and other House Republican leaders released a $95 billion foreign aid package Wednesday that provides funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan – as Congress continues to grapple with a response to actions taken by Russia, Iran and China that have defied the international community.The package…
Biden promises union workers to keep US Steel ‘American-owned, American-operated’
(PITTSBURGH) -- President Joe Biden on Wednesday continued his 2024 campaign swing through Pennsylvania, speaking to the United Steelworkers union as he proposed tripling tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum and denouncing the sale of Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel, promising union workers he will keep it a “totally American company.”“U.S. Steel…
Arizona Republicans block another Democratic effort to repeal 1864 abortion ban
(PHOENIX) -- Arizona Republicans on Wednesday again blocked a Democratic-led effort to repeal a controversial 19th-century ban on almost all abortions in the state, which the Arizona Supreme Court has ruled is enforceable.Democrats in the state House failed to overcome procedural obstacles to advance House Bill 2677, introduced by Democratic…
Senate kills Mayorkas impeachment trial, votes both articles ‘unconstitutional’
(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate on Wednesday dismissed both impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, deeming them "unconstitutional."The trial against Mayorkas, long a target of Republican criticism over his handling of immigration policy and the southern border, lasted just three hours after senators were sworn in as jurors.The votes…