The Wisconsin Elections Commission rejected an effort by backers of former President Donald Trump to recall the state’s Republican Assembly speaker. The recall effort was rejected due to insufficient signatures, despite frustration with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos among some of the former president’s supporters. The concern stemmed from Mr. Vos’s refusal to decertify President Joe
The illegal immigrants will be housed in apartments for up to six months. They will also receive job and skills training and food assistance. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced a major shift Wednesday in the city’s response to the illegal immigrant crisis, extending support to six months but with only about 1,000 spaces. The city’s
An earlier draft of the bill was rejected by 19 Republicans who felt it didn’t go far enough to reform the system and protect civil liberties. The House Rules Committee on April 11 advanced a modified version of a bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The rule, which passed
Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security rehashed the costly problem this week, but did not define any real solutions. 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
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