The US House has passed a package of gun control measures, including stepped-up background check requirements for younger buyers and funding for mental health programs, on Friday. Already passed by the Senate on Thursday, the legislation heads to President Joe Biden’s desk, where it is expected to be signed. Biden …
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The group of “moderate” Republicans and Democrats, tasked with ironing out differences so that a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package can be passed, announced on Sunday that the legislative text of the bill was ready. The 2,702-page document, if approved, will see $550 billion in new funding be earmarked to building …
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Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) put forward the National Security Powers Act on Tuesday, the latest effort to curtail presidential war powers, which have steadily accrued to the executive branch over several decades. “I believe that we have become far too comfortable with the …
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The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) celebrated on Twitter Friday, following the approval last week, thanking both the Democrat and Republican members of the House Appropriations Committee. AIPAC declared that the “critical aid helps ensure our ally has the resources needed to defend itself by itself in the world’s …
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“If this is the only one that comes to me, I’m not signing it,” Biden said at the White House on Thursday afternoon, referring to the deal struck with a group of moderate Republicans earlier in the day. Instead, he will only consider it “in tandem” with a much larger …
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“We must evacuate our Afghan friends and allies immediately,” the lawmakers told Biden in a letter spearheaded by Seth Moulton, a Democrat from Massachusetts. It would be a moral failure to transfer the responsibility to protect our Afghan partners onto the shoulders of the Afghan government. The US forces have …
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A recent Pentagon report seen by the Hill found “no malicious code or intent” in two drone models manufactured by Da Jiang Innovations (DJI), a Chinese company and one of the world’s foremost drone makers. The report, dated May 6 and reported on Tuesday, concludes that DJI’s drones are “recommended …
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Figliuzzi, who worked under Robert Mueller at the FBI, made it clear during a Thursday appearance on MSNBC he buys into conspiracy theories about Donald Trump being influenced by the Russian government, calling him “the most vulnerable president in history.” Vaguely mentioning various business dealings the president had previously had …
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