House Republicans release aid bills for Israel and Ukraine, eyeing weekend House votes House Speaker Mike Johnson told members that they expect to vote on separate aid bills for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies on "Saturday evening" after an amendment process. 04/17/2024 - 5:50 am | View Link
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Republicans, Democrats call for immediate vote on military aid package after Iran strike on Israel Nearly 100 House Democrats and Republicans are imploring Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to immediately bring the Senate-passed package that includes aid for Israel for a House vote, following Iran’s ... 04/15/2024 - 2:19 am | View Link
Pressure builds on House Republicans to pass Senate foreign aid bill after Iran strikes House Republicans are facing mounting pressure to pass a Senate foreign aid bill, following the Iranian drone strikes targeting Israel over the weekend. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell ... 04/14/2024 - 7:03 am | View Link
'Common Sense' Department: LA Times publishes 'embarrassing, graceless' op-ed Donald Trump Stung in Primary As Huge Number of Republicans Vote Against Him 60 Mexican Restaurant Copycat Recipes The ‘island of immortals’ where residents regularly live past 100 This tiny ... 04/2/2024 - 12:59 pm | View Link
The first former U. S. President to face a criminal trial and the judge overseeing those proceedings are both children of Queens. Donald Trump grew up in a faux Tudor house in Jamaica Estates, and Juan Merchan was raised a few miles down the Grand Central Parkway in Jackson Heights.
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Merchan knows more about Trump than their shared geography.
The Senate clash over the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas lasted less than three hours as Democrats moved quickly on Wednesday to dismiss the charges as unconstitutional.
The stunted Senate trial marked the end of the deeply partisan and historic effort to convict and remove Mayorkas from office over his handling of the U.
Denver Fire Department Chief Desmond Fulton said Wednesday that he was following what he believed to be the department’s standards when he claimed hundreds of hours of compensatory time off — and then effectively cashed much of it in for $42,000 in extra pay over the last three years.
The chief says he supports an investigation into how he and other members of the department’s leadership tracked and used their hours and paid time off.
One of the world's biggest naval bases to its south. A huge Marine base to its north. And the amphibious landing of foreign invaders went off without a hitch.