The stopgap funding bill now heads to the president’s desk for signature. Earlier on Friday, 10 Democrats joined Republicans to advance the measure. WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate on March 14 approved a House-passed bill to extend government funding by six months, hours before a shutdown deadline. After days of speculation about its ultimate fate in the
The bill now goes to the president for his signature. The new classification would mean fentanyl could not be prescribed by a physician. The Senate passed a bill on March 14 that would reclassify fentanyl as a Schedule I narcotic, pulling it from medical use and toughening penalties for those charged with criminal offenses related
The policy will apply to current and former foreign officials for deporting Uyghurs or members of other ethnic or religious groups with ‘protection concerns.’ The United States on March 14 announced visa restrictions on Thailand officials in response to the deportation of 40 Uyghurs to China, where the ethnic group has faced continued suppression. The
Aidan Parisi, the son of a longtime State Department official who emerged last spring as a Columbia University encampment leader and is best known for owning an “emotional support rabbit,” was among the students Columbia expelled for storming Hamilton Hall, he announced Thursday night. Parisi, a graduate student in Columbia’s School of Social Work, wrote
The decision comes after the recent wildfires in Los Angeles caused catastrophic damage to residents and businesses. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking action to minimize wildfire risk across the country, seeking to ensure that fire-prone areas are not disadvantaged due to stringent regulations that thwart wildfire prevention efforts. EPA administrator Lee Zeldin
President Trump had said last week that he would ‘probably’ extend the deadline if a deal is not reached by April 5. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on March 14 that President Donald Trump wants to solidify a deal on TikTok ownership under the existing deadline. “It’s in Donald Trump’s hands. He is going to
A federal agency quietly approved a $5 billion loan on Thursday to fund a liquefied natural gas facility in Mozambique owned by TotalEnergies, a French company that has a history of working with foreign adversaries, including Iran, Russia, and China. The U.S. Export-Import Bank’s decision to finance TotalEnergies’ LNG project is facing backlash from conservatives