How this obscure House procedure can pass Ukraine aid without Mike Johnson
House Democrats have begun their efforts to force a vote on Ukraine aid on the floor of the House over the protestations of Speaker Mike Johnson.
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TikTok ban: House votes for bill that requires app to be sold or blocked
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would ban TikTok in the United States if its Chinese parent company ByteDance doesn’t sell.
Judge cuts bond by nearly $1.9 million for man accused of car crash that injured Sen. Manchin's wife
An Alabama judge cut bond by nearly $1.9 million on Tuesday for a man accused of fleeing from police during a car chase and causing a crash last January that injured Gayle Manchin, the wife of U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, and a work colleague.
Senate Hits Brakes On Possible TikTok Ban
WASHINGTON ― The Senate is set to put a bipartisan proposal aiming to ban or force a sale of the popular social media app TikTok on ice, even as the legislation is set to sail through the U.S. House later this week.
Government shutdown narrowly avoided after late night Senate vote
A partial government shutdown was narrowly avoided when the Senate passed a six-bill package to ensure funding through September.
‘Dramatic,’ ‘creepy’ and ‘insincere’: Republican Katie Britt’s SOTU rebuttal is the butt of the joke
Alabama Senator Katie Britt slammed President Joe Biden on border security,calling him a “dithering and diminished leader” in her response to the State of the Union.
Democrats walk out of Kentucky hearing on legislation dealing with support for nonviable pregnancies
Democratic lawmakers walked out of a Kentucky committee hearing Thursday when the GOP-led panel took up a bill to expand access to prebirth and newborn services for pregnant women carrying nonviable fetuses that are expected to die before or soon after birth, in a state that bans abortion in such cases.
Who is Katie Britt, the Republican set to deliver response to Biden’s State of the Union address?
The youngest Republican woman to serve in the US Senate will deliver the response to President Biden’s State of the Union address on Thursday night.