Sarah Sanders’ office potentially violated state law in $19K lectern controversy, audit finds

by admin | Apr 18, 2024 | Politics

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, governor of Arkansas, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, May 2, 2023. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) — The little-seen, $19,000 lectern at the center of a controversy in Arkansas...

Johnson hawks $95 billion Israel, Ukraine aid package amid threats to speakership

by admin | Apr 17, 2024 | Politics

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson and other House Republican leaders released a $95 billion foreign aid package Wednesday that provides funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan – as Congress continues to grapple with...

Biden promises union workers to keep US Steel ‘American-owned, American-operated’

by admin | Apr 17, 2024 | Politics

Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images(PITTSBURGH) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday continued his 2024 campaign swing through Pennsylvania, speaking to the United Steelworkers union as he proposed tripling tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum and denouncing the...

Arizona Republicans block another Democratic effort to repeal 1864 abortion ban

by admin | Apr 17, 2024 | Politics

Getty Images – STOCK(PHOENIX) — Arizona Republicans on Wednesday again blocked a Democratic-led effort to repeal a controversial 19th-century ban on almost all abortions in the state, which the Arizona Supreme Court has ruled is enforceable.Democrats in...

Senate kills Mayorkas impeachment trial, votes both articles ‘unconstitutional’

by admin | Apr 17, 2024 | Politics

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Wednesday dismissed both impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, deeming them “unconstitutional.”The trial against Mayorkas, long a target of Republican...