Air pollution from Canadian wildfires continues to blanket the eastern and midwestern United States. The Associated Press reports that more than 400 fires have forced over 20,000 to evacuate and the […]
Fire smoke spreads widely
NYC grand jury indicts Trump
Former president Donald Trump was indicted by a New York City grand jury on Thursday, becoming the first one-time chief executive of the nation to be charged with a crime. According to […]
New House rules on the way?
Now that Republicans have a majority in the House of Representatives and have elected a speaker, attention now turns to procedural rules that may be changed. According to The New York Times, […]
House Speaker battle drags on
The issue of who will be the next Speaker of the House of Representatives remained undecided on Wednesday. According to The Associated Press, the House held fourth, fifth and sixth ballots and […]
Republicans win the House
Republicans have won control of the U.S. House of Representatives. With all races decided, members of the GOP will have 218 seats to 210 for the Democrats, a relatively narrow edge. Republican […]
Birth control bill passes House
Seeking to enshrine access to contraceptive devices in case the conservative Supreme Court declares it a state decision – as it has in the case of abortion – the House of Representatives […]
House backs marriage rights
The U.S House of Representatives voted to protect same-sex and interracial marriages on Tuesday. In what ended up being a relatively bipartisan conclusion, the vote was 267-157. All House Democrats voted in […]
Some hope in the Ukraine crisis?
Is there a ray of light in the tense standoff between the United States and Russia over the Ukraine? Stating his willingness to continue talks, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday criticized […]
Contempt charge for Meadows?
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows now faces possible criminal contempt charges for refusing a subpoena from a committee of the House of Representatives investigating the Jan. 6 attack on […]
Trump’s team calls charges a “lie”
Donald Trump’s defense team on Friday attempted to refute accusations that the former president incited the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by far-right supporters. According to The New York Times, […]
