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Netanyahu’s judicial reforms have US lawmakers worried about Israeli democracy
Newsbreak 2 weeks ago in Around The World, Benjamin Netanyahu, Chris Coons, House, International, Israel, Jerusalem, Jim Risch, Joe Biden, News, Policy, Senate 0 President Biden and members of Congress are watching with deep concern how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moves forward with so-called judicial reforms that have drawn unprecedented opposition on the Israeli street. The reforms have been criticized by opponents as stripping Israel’s Supreme Court of its independence — an issue central to the nation’s democratic principles. Weeks of protests have drawn an estimated 100,000 people….
Manchin on Social Security, Medicare: ‘Is there a better program?’
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Thursday emphasized that he’s not going to discuss cutting Social Security and Medicare but suggested that Congress may have to look at whether there is a “better program” to use to make the programs sustainable for future generations. “Is there a better program?” Manchin said in an interview with Fox Business. “Is there a better way younger people can invest…
GOP senators grill Garland on border security, weaponization of law enforcement
Senior Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday about the nation’s fentanyl crisis, the flow of drugs and migrants over the U.S.-Mexico border and the Justice Department’s stance on mandatory minimum sentences. The moments of drama came during the panel’s first oversight hearing of the Justice Department in the 118th Congress. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) challenged Garland over…
McConnell calls Ukraine aid a ‘direct funding’ for US against Putin’s ‘warfare machine’
Newsbreak 4 weeks ago in Around The World, Mitch McConnell, National Security, News, Policy, russia ukraine war, Senate, Vladimir Putin 0 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) affirmed that U.S. aid to Ukraine is a “direct investment” in the country’s pursuits and against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “war machine” on the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion. The senate minority chief said in a statement on Friday that U.S. nationwide safety is tied to stability and safety in Europe and stopping Russian forces from advancing in…
2023: Can Obedient movement determine FCT Senate race
The wave of Obidient movement is sweeping throughout the country, and the FCT seems to be on the centre, as many in the federal capital are sympathetic to Peter Obi of the Labour Party. Apart from the presidential election, the most important election in the FCT is that of the senatorial seat, which Philip Aduda, the Minority Leader has been occupying since 2011. Mr Aduda…
Trump warns Scott on Social Security, Medicare: ‘THERE WILL BE NO CUTS’
Former President Trump warned Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on Wednesday to “fight for Social Security and Medicare” and panned the Club for Growth’s endorsement of the Florida senator’s reelection bid as “the kiss of death.” Trump endorsed Scott’s problem against Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in November however lashed out against his ally after the Club for Growth, a robust conservative advocacy group,…
Biden IRS nominee pressed on ‘troubling’ reports on audit rates of Black taxpayers
Danny Werfel, who was tapped by President Biden to go up the Internal Revenue Service, on Wednesday dedicated before Congress to trying into current reports of racial disparities in who the company audits if he’s confirmed. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (R-Ore.) raised the problem throughout Werfel’s affirmation listening to before the panel on Wednesday morning. “There have been troubling recent reports that Black…
Senators to receive briefing on China after fourth object shot down
Senators are scheduled to receive a categorised briefing on China on Wednesday, days after the U.S. shot down an “unidentified” object over Lake Huron — bringing the variety of downed objects to 4 in a couple of week. It will mark the second briefing in one week, after a spy balloon linked to Beijing was downed off the Carolina coast last weekend. Also this week, Senate…
Ron Johnson says Biden ‘indifferent from actuality’ on China
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) said President Biden is “detached from reality” and “delusional” in regards to the risk posed by China, after the U.S. shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon that traveled over the country earlier this month. “He’s detached from reality. He’s delusional,” Johnson said of Biden on FOX News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.” “He says that we have control over it. We don’t….
Chinese spy balloon has GOP saying no cuts to defense
Newsbreak 1 month ago in Around The World, China, China spy balloon, Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy, Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, News, Rand Paul, Senate, Tom Cotton 0 A rising variety of Senate Republicans are saying that President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) ought to take defense spending cuts off the desk in their negotiation over the debt ceiling. The Republicans are digging in their heels after receiving a labeled briefing on a Chinese spy balloon that floated over delicate navy installations. “The entire civilized world should recognize that communist China…
McConnell says sunsetting Social Security, Medicare is a ‘Rick Scott plan’ only
Newsbreak 1 month ago in Around The World, House GOP, Joe Biden, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Medicare, Mike Johnson, Mitch McConnell, News, Rick Scott, Senate, Senate GOP, Social Security, State of the Union 0 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Okay.Y.) said in an interview on Thursday a proposed initiative to sundown Social Security and Medicare was not a “Republican plan,” however one proposed and supported only by fellow Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.). Scott, who was unsuccessful in his run against McConnell for the highest seat in the National Republican Senatorial Committee, proposed a plan in 2022 to sundown all…
How the House GOP blew up at Biden’s State of the Union
Newsbreak 1 month ago in Around The World, House, Joe Biden, Marjorie Taylor Greene, News, Senate, State of the Union 0 House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had said that Republicans wouldn’t play “childish games” during President Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. While it began as a cordial occasion, by the end, the speech had some of the rowdiest pushback from an opposing party in latest reminiscence. House Republicans began the day with a reminder that there can be sizzling mics and cameras throughout the House flooring…
Booker says he’s talking with Scott, Graham about policing reform package
Newsbreak 1 month ago in Around The World, Booker, Graham, policing reform, Scott, Senate, Sunday Talk Shows, Tyre Nichols 0 Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said on Sunday that he’s talking with a pair of Republican senators about a possible policing reform package, after the killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tenn. reignited a congressional push to cross reform laws. Booker was a lead negotiator of an unsuccessful effort to cross a policing reform invoice in 2021 with Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.). Now, Booker says he…
Trump endorses Jim Banks for Indiana Senate seat
Former President Trump on Wednesday formally endorsed Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) in the Indiana Senate primary, one other signal that the GOP is coalescing round his candidacy in the race. “Jim Banks is running for the United States Senate from the Great State of Indiana. I know Jim well, have seen him tested at the highest and most difficult levels, and WIN!” Trump wrote on…
Rubio: DOJ response to request for information on classified documents ‘foolish’
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is dismissing as “silly” the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) response to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s request for information on classified documents discovered at President Biden’s and former President Trump’s residences. “Their answer is that it would imperil the investigation,” Rubio, the highest Republican member of the Intelligence panel, told Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Monday evening. “It’s a silly letter. It’s…
Twenty-four GOP senators warn they will oppose debt limit increase without fiscal reforms
Nearly half of the Senate Republican convention has signed onto a letter to President Biden warning they will not vote for any invoice to lift the nation’s debt limit except it’s related to spending cuts to deal with the nation’s $31 trillion debt. The letter, led by conservative Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.), says it’s the coverage of the Republican convention…
DOJ ‘working’ to share info on classified Trump, Biden docs with senators: reports
Newsbreak 2 months ago in Around The World, classified documents, doj, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Marco Rubio, Mark Warner, National Security, Senate, Senate Intelligence Committee 0 The Department of Justice has told Senate Intelligence Committee members that it’s working to present more info on the classified paperwork discovered on the houses of President Biden and former President Trump. “We are working with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to support the provision of information that will satisfy the Committee’s responsibilities without harming the ongoing Special Counsel investigations,” reads a…
Tennessee lawmakers urge ‘accountability’ for Tyre Nichols after police video release
Newsbreak 2 months ago in Around The World, Bill Hagerty, House, Marsha Blackburn, memphis, Memphis Police Department, News, Senate, State Watch, Steve Cohen, Tennessee, Tyre Nichols 0 Tennessee lawmakers on Friday night time called for “accountability” in the dying of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, after Memphis authorities launched video footage from the arrest that resulted in his deadly accidents earlier this month. “Like so many across our state and nation, I am deeply disturbed by the video footage released this evening,” Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) said in an announcement, including, “The criminal justice…
Warner, Rubio push for Intelligence Committee access to Biden, Trump documents
Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the main members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, are pushing for their panel to achieve access to the categorized documents discovered at President Biden’s and former President Trump’s residences over the last year. “Our job is not to figure out if somebody mishandled those [documents],” Warner told CBS News in an interview alongside Rubio, set to air on…
More than 70 lawmakers send letter calling on Biden to grant rail workers seven sick days
More than 70 House and Senate members despatched a letter to President Biden on Friday to urge him to do all the pieces he can to assure rail workers have seven days of paid sick go away. The lawmakers thanked Biden for his position in negotiating an agreement between freight rail carriers and unionized rail workers to keep away from a strike that would have…
Elon Musk praises Kyrsten Sinema for leaving the Democratic Party: ‘I hope more of our elected leaders act independently’
Newsbreak 3 months ago in Arizona, Around The World, Congress, Democratic Party, Elon Musk, Kyrsten Sinema, News, Politics, Senate 0 Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Sen. Krysten Sinema, an Arizona unbiased Getty Images Elon Musk praised Sen. Krysten Sinema for leaving the Democratic Party. “I hope more of our elected leaders act independently …,” Musk wrote on Twitter. Sinema introduced that she is now an unbiased and can now not be formally thought-about a Democrat. Some of her Democratic colleagues are bidding her good riddance,…
White House expects to ‘work efficiently’ with Sinema despite party change
The White House on Friday downplayed the ramifications of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) announcing that she will leave the Democratic Party and formally register as an impartial days after Democrats had secured a 51-49 majority within the Senate. “We understand that her decision to register as an independent in Arizona does not change the new Democratic majority control of the Senate, and we have every…
Top Republicans ask watchdog to look at economic assistance to Ukraine
Newsbreak 3 months ago in Around The World, House, International, Jim Risch, Mike McCaul, News, Policy, Russia, Senate, Ukraine 0 The high Republicans with oversight of international affairs are calling on an unbiased congressional watchdog to present detailed info on the Biden administration’s supply of economic and humanitarian assist to Ukraine. The request comes as stress grows throughout the GOP to minimize or audit the help offered to Ukraine by the administration, an effort that has triggered worries about continued assist for the war-torn nation….
Georgia loss fuels GOP divisions over Trump
Herschel Walker’s loss within the Georgia Senate runoff is setting off a contemporary spherical of recriminations amongst Senate Republicans, with allies of Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) pointing the finger at former President Trump’s involvement in Senate GOP primaries and discontented conservatives blaming their management for missing an agenda. Tuesday’s loss in Georgia reopened the Election Day wound of failing to defeat a single…
Senate committee to kick off public probe of FTX collapse
Lawmakers are scrambling to perceive why FTX collapsed and the way the implosion of a titanic cryptocurrency agency might upend the trade. The Senate Agriculture Committee will maintain a listening to Thursday with a high monetary regulator centered on how the federal authorities can get a clearer view into the cryptocurrency trade and forestall future incidents just like the FTX blowup. The listening to additionally…
Rubio stokes 2024 chatter with planned book release
Newsbreak 4 months ago in 2024 presidential election, Around The World, Campaign, Marco Rubio, Senate 0 There’s a attainable new entrant within the 2024 GOP book major: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). Rubio, who completed third within the 2016 GOP major race, is ready to release a brand new book, titled “Decades of Decadence,” on June 13 with jockeying underway for the 2024 presidential major. The 272-page book is ready to be launched by Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. HarperCollins did not…
Democrats succumb to political reality on same-sex marriage bill
The Senate’s Respect for Marriage Act has progressives arguing that efforts to safeguard same-sex unions stay unfinished after concessions have been made to Republican calls for for bolstered non secular liberty protections. The bill because it presently stands would formally repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and require state recognition of authorized same-sex and interracial marriages however wouldn’t codify the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling in…
The eight most vulnerable Senate Democrats in 2024
Senate Democrats are gearing up for what’s anticipated to be a difficult reelection atmosphere in 2024 at the same time as they await the outcomes of a Senate runoff in Georgia between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) and Republican Herschel Walker subsequent month. About two dozen Democrats or those that caucus with the celebration shall be up for reelection, and several other are anticipated to face…
Pence says he was ‘shocked’ that Republicans didn’t win more seats in the midterm elections
Newsbreak 4 months ago in 2022 elections, Around The World, House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, Mike Pence, Politics, Republican Party, Senate 0 Former Vice President Mike Pence, left, stumps for Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia at a marketing campaign rally in Cumming, Ga., on November 1, 2022. AP Photo/John Bazemore Mike Pence stated he was “surprised” that Republicans didn’t win more seats in the 2022 midterms. While on the CBS program “Face the Nation,” Pence stated residents need the GOP to concentrate on the future. Pence, who…
Concerns as 9th Senate lowers the bar of budget defence
Any parliamentary reporter would at all times be conversant with the phrase, “closed-door session or executive session”. During closed-door or govt periods, non actors in parliamentary discussions excused themselves for the parliamentarians to deliberate on confidential points. During this time, points mentioned are anticipated to be with ‘utmost fidei’ such that no one ought to hear about it. The confidentiality of the subject material varies,…