Giorno: 21 Settembre 2023

Vance, 28 other lawmakers say Biden Ukraine funding ask ‘makes a mockery’ of Congress

Ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Washington, D.C., a group of 29 Republican lawmakers has vowed to oppose further funding for Ukraine. In a scathing letter to the White House, six senators and 23 House members said they reject President Biden’s request for $24 billion in additional security, economic and humanitarian aid to […]

Feds probing if Dem Sen Menendez or wife accepted gold bars worth hundreds of thousands from felon: report

Federal investigators are probing whether Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez or his wife accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gold bars from a felon in a trade for help, according to a report.  NBC News 4 reported Monday that the FBI and IRS criminal investigators are attempting to determine if Menendez or his wife had taken […]

Biden, Governors Push for Efficient Heating, AC by 2030

A group of 25 state governors that make up the U.S. Climate Alliance and the Biden administration announced a pledge Thursday to quadruple the number of heat pumps in U.S. homes by 2030, from 4.7 million to 20 million.[#item_full_content]

Alex Murdaugh to Plead Guilty to Financial Crimes

Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh is expected to stand before a judge Thursday and do something he hasn’t done in the two years since his life of privilege and power started to unravel: plead guilty to a crime.[#item_full_content]

House GOP Looks to Restart Spending With Defense Vote

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will try to restart his stalled Republican spending agenda on Thursday, with a procedural vote on a fiscal 2024 defense appropriations bill that Republicans have already twice failed to advance…[#item_full_content]

House descends into chaos as GOP rebels again sink key defense vote a second time this week

House Republicans failed for the second time this week to pass a procedural hurdle for one of its 12 annual spending bills, a sign of the ongoing chaos over how to fund the government in the next fiscal year. The Thursday vote failed 212-216, with five Republicans joining Democrats to tank the procedural bill, known […]

McCarthy Denied Zelenskyy’s Wish to Address Congress

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., declined Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s request to deliver a joint address to Congress, as he did last December, multiple outlets reported.The New York Times first reported the denial Wednesday.[#item_full_content]

Brookhaven Official to Newsmax: NYC Statues Welcome Here

The longtime town supervisor of Brookhaven, New York, told Newsmax on Thursday that the residents of the Suffolk County enclave would gladly take the statues being considered for removal from New York City, saying, “We think a little bit differently.”

Sen. Tuberville Vows Hold Will Remain: ‘They Blinked’

After the Senate confirmed Gen. Charles Quinton Brown as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., claimed vindication over his hold on mass military confirmations, which he said will remain.”We called them out, and they blinked,”…[#item_full_content]

US pours billions into Cold War submarine program as China bolsters navy

The U.S. Navy is investing billions of dollars to revamp its Cold War-era submarine detection system in the Pacific Ocean as China bolsters its own navy and becomes more belligerent. The U.S. Integrated Undersea Surveillance System was first built in the 1950s as a top secret program aimed at countering Russia’s naval capabilities in the […]