Arkansas Republican senator Tom Cotton, now chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has authored a slender book that punches so much above its modest weight as to make a reader envision some skinny teenager—and Cotton is reportedly 6’5″—taking down Muhammad Ali or, in this case, obese Chinese dictator Xi Jinping. His multigenerational Arkansas roots aside,
Revising emission regulations could sustain declining industry, but expansion unlikely in ’the golden age of natural gas.’ HOUSTON—Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin’s March 12 announcement that he will “reconsider” power plant regulations adopted under the Biden administration is welcome news to the nation’s $28 billion coal-producing industry, mine operators said March 13 at
And the hands were black that held the gun,and white that held the sword,But the difference was none and the color but one,When the red, red blood was poured. So mused a seminal American hero whose 87-year-long action-packed life is the subject of a masterful new biography by historian Douglas R. Egerton. Thomas Wentworth Higginson
The ACLU and Democracy Forward filed a lawsuit challenging Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to speed along deportations of Venezuelan nationals. A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s efforts to rapidly deport members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua through use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. On Saturday, Trump
Trump signs spending bill that united Republicans but divided Democrats – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump signed Congress’ bill to keep the government open on Saturday. The vote for the six-month spending bill united Republicans but left Democrats bitterly divided. Willie James Inman explains. View CBS News In Be the first to know
The measures would dedicate personnel, training, and resources to monitor transnational repression from authoritarian regimes and protect target groups. House lawmakers have reintroduced three bipartisan bills to strengthen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in countering the growing threat of repression from authoritarian regimes on U.S. soil. “Transnational repression occurs when the Chinese Communist Party
Trump also signed a proclamation invoking an 18th-century law called the Alien Enemies Act to further target the Tren de Aragua gang. The Trump administration is set to pay El Salvador $6 million to hold about 300 alleged members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang and two alleged members of the MS-13 gang in