Portman among 47 GOP senators to sign letter to Iran WASHINGTON — In a move Democrats denounced as trying to sabotage the Obama administration’s foreign policy, Sen. Rob Portman and 46 other Senate Republicans yesterday warned Iran’s leadership that any agreement to limit Tehran’s apparent efforts to build a nuclear bomb would need Senate approval to stay in effect beyond 2016. More
Coalition on immigration bill clears first tests The bipartisan coalition behind a contentious overhaul of immigration laws stuck together on a critical early series of test votes Thursday, turning back challenges from conservative critics as the Senate Judiciary Committee refined legislation to secure the nation's borders and offer eventual citizenship to millions living illegally in the United States. More
Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
Obama to open middle-class jobs, opportunity tour Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts. More
Republicans block expanded in vitro fertilization coverage for feds in House and Senate Republicans in both the House and Senate on Thursday blocked measures aimed at expanding federal employees and their families ... they ban IVF by making them ineligible to receive Medicaid funding. 06/13/2024 - 11:53 am | View Link
Senate Republicans block bill on women's right to IVF as Democrats make push on reproductive care Senate Republicans blocked legislation that would make it a right nationwide for women to access in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments. 06/13/2024 - 9:18 am | View Link
IVF Vote in Senate Raises Heat on Republicans The Democratic bill, set for an initial vote later Thursday, would protect in vitro fertilization and ensure it is covered under health insurance for federal employees. 06/13/2024 - 7:43 am | View Link
House GOP votes to hold AG Garland in contempt of Congress U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is in contempt of Congress, following a House vote Wednesday, for refusing to provide audio recordings of President Joe Biden's interview with special counsel ... 06/12/2024 - 1:38 pm | View Link
House votes to hold Merrick Garland in contempt over Biden audio The Republican-controlled House narrowly voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress over his failure to hand over audio of Special Counsel Robert Hur's interview with ... 06/12/2024 - 12:55 pm | View Link
“President Emmanuel Macron has always aspired to become one of the great men of history, saving Europe from the fires of populism and setting its economy on course to compete with the U. S. and China,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“The question now looming over Macron is whether he will go down in history as the man who ushered Marine Le Pen and her far-right party to the threshold of power in France.”
“Macron’s decision to call snap elections broadsided France and shocked the world.
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Several sources close to GOP leadership tell Axios that assuming Republicans win the Senate majority in November, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is eyeing chair of the Appropriations Committee.
Politico: “Trump’s grand return to the Hill was a bolt of much-needed energy for the congressional GOP, particularly weary Republicans on the House side who’ve been dogged by infighting and are now at real risk of losing their majority in November.”
“And it served as a highly choreographed unity moment, complete with a press conference with GOP senators, joking with members and even a birthday cake for Trump, who celebrates his 78th birthday on Friday.”
“Hamas does not know how many of the roughly 120 hostages Israel says remain in Gaza are still alive, a spokesman for the militant group said in an interview that aired Thursday,” the New York Times reports.
“The return of the hostages taken in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attacks is a central part of the latest cease-fire proposal that could bring the war in Gaza to an end.”
“Whether Virginia backs Donald Trump or Joe Biden shouldn’t even be a discussion,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“The state hasn’t backed a Republican for president since George W. Bush in 2004.”
“But early polls showing Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, cutting into the Democratic president’s lead have served as a wake-up call for Virginia Democrats, who acknowledge headwinds with voters dissatisfied with Biden’s leadership.