Max Schachter, whose 14-year-old son was killed during the 2018 mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida, said he’s heartbroken after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., blocked a school safety bill named after his son Wednesday. After the horrific mass shooting at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school that killed 19 …
Read More »McConnell encourages Cornyn to talk with Democrats to find common ground on gun laws
mitch-mcconnell” target=”_blank”>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell< on Tuesday. A spokesperson for Cornyn confirmed that the senator had a conversation with McConnell. McConnell told CNN on Thursday that he is “hopeful” that a bipartisan solution can be found. TEXAS SCHOOL SHOOTING: LIVE UPDATES Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters …
Read More »Republican push to block Biden admin's asylum rule fails in Senate
A elections to block an asylum rule put forward by the Biden administration failed in the Senate on Thursday — despite picking up the support of one moderate Democrat. The joint resolution of disapproval, introduced under the Congressional Review Act, sought to remove a rule by the Biden administration that …
Read More »US not interested in 'Cold War' with China, plans to increase direct communication: Blinken
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said the U.S. was not interested in entering into a “Cold War” with China and vowed to increase Washington’s world-regions. “We are not looking for conflict or a new Cold War. To the contrary, we’re determined to avoid both,” Blinken said speaking at George Washington …
Read More »Lawmakers wary that Turkey is 'playing double game' in NATO, arms negotiations
EXCLUSIVE: Lawmakers on the Hill are increasingly wary that world-regions is “playing a double game” as he looks to shore up political gains in exchange for European security, sources told Fox News Thursday. Some in Congress have become increasingly hesitant of entering into a negotiation with Ankara after Erdogan took …
Read More »After Biden's Taiwan remark, Blinken insists US 'remains committed' to One China policy
Secretary of State Antony Blinken directly addressed the Biden administration’s stance on China and Taiwan on Thursday, after President Biden stated earlier in the week that he would take military action to defend Taiwan against China. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin expressed “strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition” to Biden’s …
Read More »Graham 'enthusiastically' supports Biden pick for DC Circuit after she was passed over for SCOTUS
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., gave a full-throated endorsement of President Biden’s nominee for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge J. Michelle Childs, following the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote to overwhelmingly support her appointment. Childs, who received 17 votes in favor and just five against her nomination, is currently a …
Read More »Rep. Hinson calls for answers over release of suspected terrorist into US by Border Patrol
FIRST ON FOX: house-of-representatives is calling for answers about why a suspected terrorist was released into the U.S. by Border Patrol — and why it took two weeks for him to be picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “I write today with grave concern over the state of …
Read More »Biden judicial nominee said criminal justice system rooted in ‘racial animus’
joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden’s< nominees in January, aiming to fulfill a “promise to ensure that the nation’s courts reflect the diversity that is one of our greatest assets as a country,” the White House said at the time. Nusrat Jahan Choudhury, a district judge nominee, listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing …
Read More »Oklahoma abortion law protecting life from conception to face legal challenge from Planned Parenthood
Hours after Gov. Kevin Stitt, R-Okla., signed a judiciary from the moment of conception onward, the Center for Reproductive Rights announced that it and Planned Parenthood would file a lawsuit to block the law after it went into effect upon Stitt’s signature Wednesday. The law, H.B. 4327, bans all abortions …
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