Tennessee Republicans move bill to undo police reforms placed after Tyre Nichols’s death
Tennessee Senate Republicans have passed a bill that would undo reforms passed last year after the police beating of Tire Nichols, 29. The Senate-passed bill was supported by state Republicans for weeks. The bill now heads to the desk of Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (R). If signed, it would overturn an ordinance passed by the […]
Georgia school voucher bill narrowly clears longtime obstacle with state House passage
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans on Thursday pushed a voucher plan to fund private school tuition and home study through the state Legislature, with Republican leaders overcoming long-standing skepticism from some local lawmakers. The move brings the state’s school choice advocates closer to a long-eluded goal. The House passed Senate Bill 233 by a vote […]
Bill Ackman gives $10,000 to GoFundMe for Kaylee Gain
Billionaire Bill Ackman is one of the top donors to a GoFundMe for a Missouri teen who was left in critical condition after a brutal assault just blocks from her high school. A spokesperson for Pershing Square Capital Management confirmed to the Post that the hedge fund firm launched the project earlier this week to […]
James Comer mounts crackdown on China’s influence in US after TikTok bill vote
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer launched a “whole-of-government” investigation into the Chinese Communist Party’s influence in the United States, a day after the House passed a bill to ban TikTok in the United States. Comer (R-Ky.) on Wednesday issued a flurry of requests to nine different government agencies seeking information on steps taken to […]
Republicans pan Sanders’s 32-hour workweek bill
Republican lawmakers criticized Sen. Bernie Sanders (R-Vt.)’s new proposal for a 32-hour work week at a committee hearing Thursday, saying such a mandate would harm workers and hurt small businesses. They objected to the move, saying it would destroy the company. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, chaired by Sanders, will meet to […]
Bernie Sanders champions bill to create four-day work week without pay loss
Get ready for a long weekend at Barneys! Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wants Americans to follow the lead of some members of Congress and work fewer hours while still receiving the same pay. The self-described “democratic socialist” passionately advocated for a 32-hour work week as a national standard while chairing Thursday’s Senate Health, Education, Labor, […]
Bernie Sanders’ New Bill Would Allow Americans To Work Only 32 Hours A Week
(Photo by Steven Maturen/Getty Images) OAN’s James Myers8:26am – Thursday, March 14, 2024 Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday introduced a bill that would establish a standard four-day work week in the United States without a pay cut. advertisement of 32 hour work week law The proposal proposed by Mr. Sanders, I-Vt., would reduce the […]
TikTok CEO Shou Chew tells users to ‘make your voices heard,’ contact senators as House bill gains steam
Defiant TikTok CEO Shou Chu urges Americans to “make their voices heard” against banning Chinese-owned app, overwhelmingly approves bill to force parent company ByteDance to divest It effectively criticized the members of the House of Representatives who passed the bill. Chiu doubles down on his company’s aggressive pressure campaign even after TikTok reportedly infuriated members […]
Spanish parliament passes controversial bill forgiving Catalan separatist crimes
Spain’s parliament has approved an amnesty bill that forgives crimes committed by Catalan separatists during the failed 2017 independence referendum. During the 2017 crisis, the Catalan government held a referendum against orders from Madrid. The bill’s passage remains uncertain, and it faces rejection in the conservative-controlled Senate. Spain’s parliament on Thursday issued an agreement aimed […]
TikTok CEO urges app users to ‘protect your constitutional rights’ against bill
TikTok CEO Xiang Chu has loudly protested the continued success of a bill to force China to divest from the social media app. The House of Representatives easily passed a bill Wednesday that would require TikTok’s parent company ByteDance to withdraw from the app. Otherwise, TikTok will be banned from being distributed in the United […]