The Iraqi government is choking off the exportation of more than 400,000 barrels of oil per day in the country’s Kurdistan territory, prompting a regional trade association to petition Congress for help pressuring Baghdad to reverse course. The Association of the Petroleum Industry of Kurdistan warned in a letter sent Monday to the House and
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has subpoenaed the sergeant at arms for the U.S. House of Representatives. The Office of the Sergeant at Arms was served with a grand jury subpoena for documents, it was announced on the House floor in Washington on Jan. 29. “After consulting with the office of general counsel, I
Sen. Bob Casey, perhaps more than any other senator, faces a dilemma over Biden judicial nominee Adeel Mangi. The Pennsylvania Democrat could vote to confirm Mangi, who has come under fire for his work with anti-Israel and anti-police organizations. Or Casey could buck his party by voting against President Joe Biden’s “historic” nominee to the
Democratic politicians think they’re cool because they get to hang out with liberal celebrities at parties or on private jet excursions organized by international sex traffickers. As a result, many of these Democrats delude themselves into thinking they can do things that other cool people do all the time, such as dance in public. The
An Arizona lawmaker has introduced legislation that would commemorate victims of communism and require classroom instruction on the harms of communism. An Arizona state GOP lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require schools to teach about the harms of communist regimes, including such ills as poverty, suppression of speech, and systemic lethal violence. House
The San Francisco store that inspired the movie Toy Story will close next month, with the owner citing crime as one reason for its demise. An attorney representing the Luhn family, which owns Jeffrey’s Toys—told SFGATE that “the perils and violence of the downtown environment, inflation, the decrease in consumer spending, and the demise of retail across
On Jan. 29, the Biden administration unveiled two new rules that would limit the use of pay history for federal employees and employees of federal contractors. The Office of Personnel Management has issued a policy for agencies that will limit the use of salary history in the process of determining pay for employment inside the