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
Event at Clinton Township’s Parkway dealership helps find homes for animals The Jeep Babes Michigan Chapter hosted a Cause or Paws event to support Peace, Love & Paws rescue at Parkway Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Clinton Township April 27. 04/29/2024 - 7:41 am | View Link
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Biden administration aims to speed up demise of coal-fired power plants Even without a government mandate to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, most of what is left of Illinois' once-robust coal fleet is scheduled to close by the end of the decade. 04/26/2024 - 4:30 am | View Link
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Tennessee’s 5th Baby Box to be blessed in Clinton Tennessee’s 5th Baby Box to be blessed in Clinton April 16, 2024, 8:10 p.m. 04/16/2024 - 1:15 pm | View Link
Leading Colorado Democrats and the state’s oil and gas industry announced a preemptive armistice Monday — one that seeks to defuse the latest round of dueling ballot initiatives and legislation aimed at the industry and its environmental impacts.
The proposals, described to reporters by Gov. Jared Polis and legislative leadership, include imposing a new per-barrel production fee on the industry and enacting new environmental standards.
Former Speaker of the House and all around badass had no time for Katy Tur's bullshit today. She joined her for a polite in studio interview at MSNBC and with the skill and bluntness that only Nancy Pelosi possesses, she put Tur in her place with on sentence.
PELOSI: So there's nothing in his performance, if that's the word we'll use, what he has done, that would indicate that he cares, prioritizes, or ever valued or did anything to support a democracy.
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has doubled down on her defense of murdering her 14-month-old puppy, Cricket, who, she said in her new book, she "hated." Noem didn't try to rehome Cricket to someone with a soul. She said she "hated that dog" and shot her dead by the gravel pit.
CNN reporter Donie O'Sullivan is working on a special investigation into the pervasiveness and perversity of Christian Nationalism and the misinformation it brings with it.
In his latest segment, he shows an encounter he had with a woman named Julian Lightfoot, who was adamant that our Constitutional rights were God given rights because God is in the Constitution.
“As he awaits his turn to take the witness stand, Michael Cohen has discussed Donald Trump, the ongoing trial, and the testimony already underway during nightly livestreams on TikTok which appear to be earning him financial benefit through viewers’ donations,” ABC News reports.
“And while the undertaking doesn’t appear to run afoul of any court order, experts say it hurts the already-blemished credibility of an essential witness in the case.”
“Chinese President Xi Jinping is heading to the European Union for the first time in five years with a clear message: Beijing offers much more of an economic opportunity for the bloc than the U. S. wants to admit,” Bloomberg reports.
“The Chinese leader will begin his five-day trip to France, Serbia and Hungary on May 5, according to the Foreign Ministry in Beijing.