Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said Tuesday that she anticipates the government shutdown in January and that lawmakers will not pass any appropriations bills to keep the government funded before the funding deadline. “I see the government shutting down,” Crockett said in his livestream “Crockett’s Quarterly Update” on Facebook. “One reason is that I… Source link
Palau, a small archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Trump administration to take in 75 “third country nationals” in exchange for $7.5 million in foreign aid. The agreement will allow expatriates who have never been accused of a crime “to live and work in Palau, helping locals address…”…
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) declared a state of emergency in several southern counties on Wednesday as a powerful winter storm slammed into the state. Newsom issued proclamations in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Shasta counties, unlocking additional state resources and aid to aid in the emergency response. He warned… Source…
The Hill {Beacon} Health Care Health Care Click for more news from The Big Story Conservatives put pressure on Trump: Where is the mifepristone review? Anti-abortion voices are increasingly impatient for the Trump administration to complete its review of the abortion pill mifepristone, potentially leading to changes in its approval. But changes to abortion access…
Honduras on Wednesday declared President Trump-backed candidate Nasri Asfura the winner of the presidential election, ending a week-long vote count that sparked international concern. The Conservative National Party candidate won the election held on November 30 with 40.27 percent of the vote, defeating Conservative Liberal Party candidate Salvador Nasralla, who received 39.53 percent of the…
A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the Trump administration’s bid to block New York’s so-called Green Light law, which allows the state to issue driver’s licenses to people without providing proof that they are in the country legally. US District Judge Anne Nardecki in Albany ruled that the Trump administration failed to support its claims…
President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump got into the Christmas spirit on Wednesday as they called children across the country in anticipation of the arrival of Santa Claus. The President and First Lady joined the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Santa Tracker Hotline from Mar-a-Lago, where they are spending the holidays…. Source link
Venezuela’s ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday accused the United States of carrying out “the biggest extortion known in our history” at an emergency UN Security Council meeting called by Washington over the seizure of Venezuelan oil tankers. “One of the countries sitting at this table has said publicly that it wants to annex…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday introduced a new 20-point peace plan that offers concessions to Russia in an effort to end the conflict in Ukraine. The proposal slows down the 28-point peace plan proposed by the Trump administration and allocates for the creation of a “fortress belt” made up of cities in the Donetsk…
Libertarian-leaning Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) took aim at the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files on Christmas Eve by posting a blacked-out criticism as part of his annual “Festivus” rant airing his “grievances” with Washington. Paul began his Festivus screed, a tradition he borrowed from “Seinfeld’s” irascible Frank Costanza, by offering Trump a…
