Washington — The House on Tuesday defeated an effort that would have effectively killed a push to allow new parents to vote remotely around the birth of their child, an embarrassing loss for House Speaker Mike Johnson. Nine Republicans joined all Democrats during a procedural vote to help sink it. Johnson called the outcome “disappointing,”
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy recently announced 10,000 workers would be fired. WASHINGTON—U.S. health agencies have started terminations recently announced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., employees said on April 1. One person who has worked for the federal government for decades said she and co-workers regularly worked more than 10 hours a day
A district court, upheld on appeal, ordered a halt to the operation that the administration was carrying out under the Alien Enemies Act. The Venezuelan illegal immigrants suing President Donald Trump over his use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to deport them are asking the Supreme Court to reject his appeal of a lower
A procedural vote that would have allowed the House of Representatives to consider two bills backed by the Trump administration went down in flames on Tuesday afternoon.
‘Long live the student intifada!’ Momodou Taal says in statement announcing exit from US Cornell student Momodou Taal addresses fellow protesters (Cornell Daily Sun/YouTube) A Cornell University graduate student who had his visa revoked after pledging his allegiance to the “armed resistance in Palestine” has self-deported after a federal court twice rejected his request for
The speech, which surpassed 24 hours in length, is in protest of President Donald Trump’s agenda. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has officially broken the record previously held by the late Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.), by delivering the longest continuous floor speech in Senate history. As of 7:19 p.m. ET on April 1, Booker had spoken
The New Jersey senator’s speech is one of the longest in the history of the Senate. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has been staging a marathon speech on the Senate floor, protesting against President Donald Trump’s agenda. The address, which as of publication has been going for more than 17 hours, has focused on multiple issues.