Top Senate Dem calls for probe into Muslims prosecuted by DOJ for illegal border crossings
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., on Thursday called on the Justice Department to investigate whether immigrants from Muslim-majority countries are being prosecuted when crossing the southern Texas border. In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, Mr. Durbin cited the “increase in Islamophobic attacks” and potential threats against individuals […]
Maryland Senate underdog Alsobrooks emphasizes endorsements as Democrats try to fend off Hogan
Maryland Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks has reached into her electoral toolkit and pulled out her most intriguing endorsements with Rep. David Trone (D-MD) threatening her chances in the state’s Democratic primary. In a new ad, Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD), and Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), two of the state’s heaviest hitters in the Democratic Party, […]
Senate Democrats revive an old antebellum tactic to protect Mayorkas
The Democratic majority in the Senate last week fast-tracked the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.rear some procedural votesboth articles of impeachment Most were rejected on partisan lines. And just like that, public checks on executive power were silenced. House Republicans charged Mayorkas with an Article 2 article of law, accusing him of […]
Wisconsin GOP Senate candidate says Republicans ‘making a mistake’ by not discussing health care
Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde says Republicans have a lot of work to do on health care policy. Hovde said in an interview with Fox News Digital that medical care is extremely expensive in some parts of the Badger State, and in many areas it is difficult to even receive treatment. “You know, the […]
WATCH: Anti-Israel protesters shut down Senate cafeteria
Demonstrators on Capitol Hill reportedly shut down a Senate cafeteria in protest of the war in Gaza. #FoxNews Subscribe to Fox … source
Senate Passes $95B Aid Package For Ukraine, Israel And Taiwan As Biden Promises To Sign Bill
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) OAN’s James Myers8:22am – Wednesday, April 24, 2024 The Senate easily passed a $95.3 billion aid package for the defense of Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan on Tuesday, sending the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk for immediate signature. advertisement On a 79-18 vote by the Senate, the bill passed, giving […]
Mississippi Senate and House haggle over Medicaid expansion as session nears end
Leading Mississippi lawmakers began negotiations Tuesday on what could be a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of people in one of the nation’s poorest states. But even though Republicans control both the state House and the Senate, it is by no means clear whether they will reach a compromise by […]
Biden says he’ll sign foreign aid bill Wednesday after Senate passage
President Biden praised the Senate after it passed a $95 billion emergency foreign aid bill and said he would sign the bill at the White House on Wednesday. “To strengthen our national security and send a message to the world about the power of American leadership, Congress passed my bill,” Biden said in a statement. […]
Senate Passes Foreign Aid Package, Bill That Could Ban TikTok
The Democratic-controlled Senate on Tuesday will move ahead with House Republican Speaker Mike Johnson’s foreign aid supplement that would provide billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as a ban on the social media app TikTok. Passed possible language. The Senate passed the bill 79-18, sending it to President Joe […]
Biden, Zelenskyy, Pence hail Senate passage of package
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, US President Joe Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence have all predicted that a package containing aid for Ukraine will be passed by the Senate. of packageThe bill, which included aid to Ukraine as well as various other items, passed on a bipartisan vote of 79-18. Vote. Biden has promised […]