by Meaghan Downey | Oct 17, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Republicans failed on Tuesday to leave the chaos of the last two weeks behind, after Jim Jordan of Ohio fell short of the votes needed to win the race to be the next speaker of the House. Thirteen days after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as Speaker of...
by Phillip Powell | Oct 11, 2023 | Featured, Politics
In a closed-door meeting Wednesday, U.S. House Republicans narrowly chose Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) as their nominee for the next speaker of the House by a vote of 113-99. But with the Republican caucus still sharply divided after the recent ouster of former Speaker...
by Meaghan Downey | Oct 11, 2023 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Majority Leader Steve Scalise emerged from the Republican House Conference’s closed-door vote Wednesday as the party’s nominee to run for speaker of the House. Scalise of Louisiana secured the nomination over House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio,...
by Nicole Norman | Oct 11, 2023 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Abortion opponents have complicated the reauthorization of a 2003 HIV/AIDS law that had long garnered bipartisan support. The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, originally signed by President George W. Bush, had been renewed three times and...
by Meaghan Downey | Oct 5, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – A pandemic, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and other conflicts have slowed progress on sustainable development and international security, a senior US diplomat said Thursday. “Certainly, the challenges we face are exacerbated in this pivotal moment of history,...
by Nicole Norman | Oct 4, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON– Senator Ben Cardin, D-Md., led his first meeting as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday after the former chair stepped down in disgrace. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J, who was not present for the new chair’s opening remarks,...
