The deadline to have a facility expired in 1998. The United States still has no plan for permanently storing more than 94,000 tons of highly radioactive spent nuclear waste produced by nuclear power plants, despite a 1998 deadline that required the federal Department of Energy (DOE) to have a facility available to accept the waste.
The court appeared skeptical of claims the ban amounts to unconstitutional discrimination. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments over the nation’s first ban on gender transition procedures for minors on April 11. Arkansas is appealing a lower court’s ruling striking down its Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act as unconstitutional. The law
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) announced Thursday that he and his fellow House Democrats are not planning to provide House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) with enough votes to advance a vote on government surveillance authorities, which might help the Republican leader overcome an impasse on the matter. For months, lawmakers have deliberated whether to
However, the House minority leader said this is an ‘observation’ not a ‘declaration,’ as there would need to be a conversation before deciding how to proceed. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) suggested on April 11 that Democrats would come to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) rescue were there to be a motion to strip
Former CBS investigative reporter Catherine Herridge led witness testimony on Thursday at a House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government hearing on “Fighting for a Free Press: Protecting Journalists and Their Sources.” Ms. Herridge was held in contempt and subjected to fines of $800 per day for refusin… Original News Source Link –
Conservative Republicans contend Democrats will gut the Senate’s constitutional power by dismissing the homeland security chief’s day of reckoning. Senate Republicans have said that if Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) tables or dismisses impeachment charges against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, it will ravage the upper chamber’s already declining authority by “nuking the
Journalist Catherine Herridge spoke out Thursday about how after her termination, her former employer, CBS, seized her documents and journalistic files, including confidential source information. Ms. Herridge was speaking at a House Judiciary Subcommittee centering on press freedom and protection, where she called the CBS move “… Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning For