Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced on Feb. 7 that he will put forth a bill to assist Israel and Ukraine following an expected failed vote on a $118 billion supplemental bill. “Republicans said they would only do Ukraine and Israel, humanitarian aid with border. Then they said they would not do it with
The second bill includes $60 billion in assistance for Ukraine and $14.1 billion for Israel. A controversial foreign assistance package that includes border security measures failed to pass a procedural vote in the Senate on Feb. 7. The bill failed to garner the 60 votes needed to begin debate, with 50 senators voting against its
Political operative worked with Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) in the midterms. A political operative who has worked with both major parties has been arrested and charged with election fraud, President Joe Biden’s administration announced. Craig Callaway, 64, former president of the city council in Atlantic City, was arrested and charged with one count of
Political operative worked with Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) in the midterms. A New Jersey political organizer and operative who has worked with both major parties has been arrested and charged with election fraud, federal prosecutors announced. Craig Callaway, 64, a former Atlantic City council president, was arrested on Feb. 7 and charged with one
Some 70 industry and trade groups had urged the Biden administration to keep the current standards in place. The Biden administration has finalized a new national limit for soot, the tiny air pollution particles from tailpipes, smokestacks and wildfires, saying that stricter air quality standards could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year. The rules
The New York State Board of Elections has approved President Donald Trump’s eligibility for the presidential primary ballot, but some Democrats vow to sue. Former President Donald Trump has received the green light to be on New York’s GOP presidential primary ballot, though a Democrat state senator is threatening to challenge the decision in court.
His answer was in response to a reporter asking whether there would be an effort to bring up a national security supplemental through a specific mechanism. House Republicans have reached out to House Democrats hoping to pass a supplemental bill to provide assistance for Israel, Ukraine, and the Indo-Pacific, said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries