Tag: Congress
In an effort to better understand the needs of everyday Kansans, Topeka Mayor Michelle De La Isla suggests leaders metaphorically walk in the shoes of someone who lives in poverty. De La Isla was…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee next month, appearing for the first time before the panel as questions swirl about whether he intervened in the…
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trumps defense team and the prosecutors of his impeachment are laying out their arguments over whether his conduct toward Ukraine warrants his removal from office. Trumps lawyers on Sunday previewed…
On Thursday morning, hours before senators were sworn in to serve on President Trumps impeachment trial, an independent, nonpartisan government watchdog confirmed what I have long suspected: When Trump froze congressionally appropriated military aid to…
WASHINGTON With a solemn procession through the Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday, the House took the final, formal steps to pave the way for the third presidential impeachment trial in the nations history. But even…
By thrusting the United States to the brink of war with Iran, President Donald Trump may have prodded congressional Republicans to the point where they are finally willing to push back. Trump has bullied them…
It was June 2011, and John Boehner was mad. The House speaker told President Barack Obama that he would violate the War Powers Act if he didnt seek congressional authorization to extend American military involvement…
A proposal in the Illinois Legislature to make Daylight Saving Time permanent would mean residents there wouldnt change their clocks twice a year. The Legislature would trade elimination of this minor inconvenience for a world…
ATLANTA (AP) As a civil rights activist at 25, John Lewis was beaten so badly his skull was fractured and the TV images from an Alabama bridge in the 1960s forced a nations awakening…
ATLANTA (AP) As a civil rights activist at 25, John Lewis was beaten so badly his skull was fractured and the TV images from an Alabama bridge in the 1960s forced a nations awakening…
