Washington — The Senate approved a $95 billion foreign aid package this week, with a bipartisan group of senators backing the bill that includes assistance to Ukraine and Israel. But Republican leaders in the House have been reluctant to commit to bringing the measure to the floor, resisting calls from President Biden and Democratic leaders.
Harvard University was hit with a congressional subpoena on Friday for obstructing a House probe into rampant anti-Semitism on its campus. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R., N.C.), who is helming the investigation as chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, announced that she had served the Ivy League school with several subpoenas after
Column: The pro-Israel, pro-Ukraine majority deserves to be heard Mike Johnson (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) On February 13, the Senate passed a $95 billion aid package for weapons to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. The vote was 70 to 29. Action now moves to the House—which is out of session. And where the bill looks dead on
As a part-time customer service representative, Jolene Dybas earns less than $15,000 a year, which is below the federal poverty level and too low for her to be eligible for subsidized health insurance on the Obamacare marketplace. Dybas, 53, also does not qualify for Medicaid in her home state of Alabama because she does not
On January 24, Stanford University held a forum on combating anti-Semitism. The event, which featured Stanford president Richard Saller and provost Jenny Martinez, was meant to reassure Jewish students that the university had their back amid the wave of anti-Semitism sweeping college campuses. “We really do want to make sure that all of the communities
IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel warned lawmakers that reducing the tax-collecting agency’s budget will add to the growing federal deficit and undo many of its service improvements. Appearing before a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Feb. 15, Mr. Werfel defended the Internal Revenue Service’s budget increase, cautioning that clawing back these funds would undermine
Veteran diplomat who negotiated Doha Agreement tells House panel the president remained steadfastly committed to an unraveling plan. President Joe Biden discarded advice to maintain a military presence in Afghanistan unless the Taliban complied with the Doha Agreement, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad told a House panel on Feb. 15. “He decided not