Congress · 119th Congress
Supreme Court invalidates Trump’s tariff regime
↵↵The 6-3 ruling found that Trump overstepped the emergency authority Congress gave to presidents in the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977, or IEEPA.
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Congress · 119th Congress
Angry Trump slams six Supreme Court justices who nixed his tariffs
The court's 6-3 ruling found that the Trump administration overstepped emergency powers granted by Congress under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA.
Congress · 119th Congress
Trump speech expected to be heavy on politics, lower on policy
↵↵The speech will likely include references to the Supreme Court's bombshell 6-3 ruling Friday striking down his claimed authority to implement sweeping tariffs.
Policy · 118th Congress
Biden administration open to legislation after Ohio derailment
Although the initial derailment did not breach these cars, authorities evacuated the area on Feb. 6 over concerns that they might explode.
Congress · 118th Congress
Sanctions waiver for Syria quake victims brings fears of abuse
The rebel-held northwestern part of Syria was hardest hit by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake on the Turkish-Syrian border on Feb. 6.
Congress · 118th Congress
House foreign aid cardinal sanguine on fiscal 2024 funding
In the fiscal 2023 bipartisan omnibus spending deal, Congress provided $59.7 billion in enduring funding for foreign aid and diplomacy programs, a $3.6 billion boost or roughly 6 percent increase
Policy · 118th Congress
With EV batteries in demand, some in GOP say ‘no’ to China
China sold 6 million to 7 million electric vehicles last year, an uptick from 2021, and at least a quarter of EV sales worldwide are in China, Nakano said.
Congress · 117th Congress
Ukraine aid bill has billions for Pentagon, arms makers
The Ukraine bill would provide $6 billion for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, a program used to train, equip and support the Ukrainian armed forces.
Policy · 117th Congress
Inflation may shrink Biden’s big defense plan
Congress helped the Pentagon deal with inflation in fiscal 2022 by allocating in the omnibus bill fully 6 percent more than in the previous fiscal year, and that bill provided the Pentagon $6.5 billion
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Three takeaways from House GOP retreat as McCarthy, caucus eye return to majority
Following the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, magnetometers were installed outside the entrance to the House chamber, another measure McCarthy vowed to eliminate.
Congress · 117th Congress
Defense spending deal bristles with weapons Biden didn’t seek
The $782.5 billion figure was some $42 billion above fiscal 2021 spending, or nearly 6 percent.
Policy · 117th Congress
Backlogs force Ukrainians to face long visa waits
Andrey Plaksin, a Ukrainian-born immigration lawyer based in Miami, wakes up each morning by 6 a.m. and turns on the news in preparation for another long day of fielding calls and emails from potential
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden warns of higher pump prices as he bans Russian energy
Of the rest, 61 percent came from Canada, 10 percent from Mexico and 6 percent from Saudi Arabia.
Congress · 117th Congress
Far reaches of right and left call for de-escalation with Russia
Mike Braun, R-Ind., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., one of the GOP ringleaders of the Jan. 6 effort to oppose the certification of President Joe Biden’s legitimate Electoral College win.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
High court appears poised to hand Trump another 2024 attack line with Roe on ropes
Most observers predicted that the 6-3 rightward tilt of the court once Barrett was confirmed by the Senate would likely deliver just what Trump floated on his one-time favorite cable news show.
Policy · 117th Congress
Ethiopia violence stokes alarm in Washington about civil war
Some 1 million people in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray area are experiencing famine-like conditions, and an estimated 5.2 million of the region’s 6 million people need some form of humanitarian aid,
Policy · 117th Congress
House hearing on Afghanistan withdrawal descends into partisan mudslinging
who raised his profile this year as one of the few House Republicans willing to criticize his party’s embrace of Trump’s efforts to undermine public faith in the 2020 election and to excuse the Jan. 6
Policy · 117th Congress
Supreme Court denies Biden’s attempt to end ‘Remain in Mexico’
The court denied, 6-3, the Biden administration’s application to block an Aug. 13 order by a Texas federal judge to reinstate the policy, formally known as Migrant Protection Protocols, or MPP, which
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate’s internet access plan rests on better broadband maps
“I’ve got lots of 6-year-olds at home with no internet,” said Jim Stritzinger, who directs the broadband office at the South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff.
Policy · 115th Congress
Senators Worry US Standing Abroad Is at Risk
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 6, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1; …extremism, and all reference was pointing to Qatar.