Politic related news.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House passed legislation that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism. The bill passed 219-184, with the majority of the support coming from Republicans who accused Democrats of reversing course in their support for the “common sense” proposal only [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia’s third largest bank, Gazprombank, and its six foreign subsidiaries last week were hit with U.S. sanctions in a move intended to curtail Russia’s ability to evade the thousands of sanctions imposed on the nation since the start of its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the [...]
Women will for the first time make up a majority of state legislators in Colorado and New Mexico next year, but at least 13 states saw losses in female representation after the November election, according to a count released last week by the Rutgers Center for American Women and Politics. While women will fill a [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional panel has recommended that the United States toughen its trade relationship with Beijing, pushing to roll back a nearly 25-year-old decision that helped bring about China’s rapid economic growth but that many in Washington now see as hurting American interests. In its annual report to Congress released earlier this week, [...]
BALTIMORE (AP) — President Joe Biden’s pending request for nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid includes money to rebuild Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed under the impact of a massive container ship that lost power and veered off course in March. Within hours of the disaster, Biden said the federal government will [...]
The election of Republican Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire’s governor means 13 women will serve as a state’s chief executive next year, breaking the record of 12 set after the 2022 elections. “It matters to have women in those roles to normalize the image of women in political leadership and even more specifically in executive [...]
PRAGUE (AP) — European nations boosted their defenses in response to the annexation of the Crimea Peninsula in 2014 and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a London-based think tank said, but much remains to be done for them to be ready to face threats from Russia. That’s the conclusion of a report from [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is stepping up criticism of Israel for not doing enough to improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza as a 30-day deadline looms for Israeli officials to meet certain requirements or risk potential restrictions on military assistance. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller this week gave Israel a “fail” grade in terms [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — Votes cast for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein in Ohio will not be counted despite her name appearing on Tuesday’s ballot after an appeals court panel denied her motion seeking to force the election chief to tally them. The three-judge panel on the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Billions of dollars in advertising are raining down on voters across the Rust Belt, Rocky Mountains and the Southwest as the two major political parties struggle for control of the U.S. Senate. In three races alone — Ohio, Pennsylvania and Montana — more than $1 billion is projected to be spent [...]