Payments ranged from nearly $39,000 to over $100,000 each, the report found. A group of Republican senators is calling for nearly $11 million in “unjustified” bonuses paid to senior executives within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to be recouped and for those responsible for distributing them to be fired. The group, led by Senators
President Trump said on social media that he would ‘never advocate imposing restrictions on birth control or other contraceptives.’ Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced on May 22 that the Senate will vote on a bill to protect access to contraception in the coming weeks. The bill, led by Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and
Justice Alito has said he had ‘no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag.’ A Tennessee congressman has introduced a House resolution to censure U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito—a George W. Bush appointee—over an inverted American flag hung outside his Virginia home between the Jan. 6, 2021, ‘Stop the Steal’ protests and
‘Let me ask you something, the other women in that prison, do they have any rights?’ Mr. Cruz asked. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) questioned one of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees on Wednesday about why she recommended that a biologically male prisoner convicted of multiple sex crimes be transferred to an all-female prison. The Republican
Washington — The Senate is expected to vote Thursday on a bipartisan border security measure that Republicans blocked earlier this year after former President Donald Trump announced his opposition to it. The bill is likely to fail for a second time, but Democrats will try to use Republicans’ resistance to shift public opinion in their
Washington — The Senate on Thursday failed for a second time to advance a bipartisan border security measure that Republicans first blocked earlier this year after former President Donald Trump came out against it. In the 43 to 50 vote, the measure fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance in the upper chamber. The outcome
The bill is expected to come before the Senate in a matter of days. The White House is pushing Republicans to pass a border security bill, touting its implications for the crisis at the border between the United States and Mexico. The legislation, which is said to have bipartisan support in Congress and will likely