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Presidents should use full power of U.S. military to go after cartels: Full Sen. J.D. Vance NBC News Source link
American presidents should possess the power to deploy the U.S. military to pursue drug cartels in Latin America, Ohio Sen. JD Vance told NBC News’ “Meet The Press” in an interview that aired Sunday. “I want to empower the president of the United States, whether that’s a Democrat or Republican, to use the power of […]
TOPEKA — U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall took to social media Sunday to allege President Joe Biden violated federal flag code by hanging from the White House balcony a pair of U.S. flags straddling a colorful flag honoring lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer rights. Marshall declared on Twitter that Biden appeared more invested in celebrating […]
Conservative delegates to the annual North Carolina Republican Party convention voted Saturday to censure the state’s senior U.S. senator, a member of their own party, for votes that delegates said went against the party’s views on key issues, according to reports from WRAL. U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican who has served in Congress since […]
It is, on the surface, a modest proposal. Nearly 330 Americans are shot every day. Reducing that figure through the pursuit of meaningful gun control laws remains, even now, a third rail of U.S. politics. In the meantime, could policy makers at least ensure that Americans who survive being shot can obtain assistance to rebuild […]
NASHVILLE — U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Georgia, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, fired off a letter Wednesday urging U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate last week’s expulsions of two Black state Democratic legislators by Tennessee House Republicans. GOP lawmakers expelled Democrats Justin Jones of Nashville and Justin Pearson of Memphis for […]
Republican Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina is taking the next official step toward a bid for president in 2024. In a video released Wednesday morning, Scott announced he was forming an exploratory committee, which moves him closer to a formal campaign for the White House. He leaned into his biography as a Black man […]
Frederica Freyberg:In Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency just released recommendations for drinking water standards contaminated with forever chemicals known as PFAS, setting them at four parts per trillion. Wisconsin standards are currently set at 70 parts per trillion. The new standards will regulate public water systems, but not private wells. Earlier, we spoke with Wisconsin […]
HOUSTON, March 10 (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin on Friday said he opposed allowing tax dollars that finance electric vehicle purchases to go to Chinese battery maker CATL through its partnership with U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co (F.N).
Washington (March 9, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Jesús G. “Chuy” García (IL-04) today joined union leaders and airport service workers to announce the reintroduction of the Good Jobs for Good Airports Act, legislation to provide airport service workers — a predominantly Black, Brown, and immigrant workforce — with the wage and […]