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The young democracy of Mongolia begins voting for an expanded 126-seat parliament
The young democracy of Mongolia begins voting for an expanded 126-seat parliament
Collective amnesia seems to have struck the conservative majority on the Supreme Court, especially around the question: Is the president above the law?Five of the six conservative justices who ruled to give the president absolute immunity for “core” presidential duties seem to have made contradictory statements during their Senate confirmation hearings.“No man is above the law,” Neil Gorsuch told Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) during his confirmation hearing in 2017. Read more at The Daily Beast.Get
Over opposition from two conservative justices, the Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away a challenge that could’ve gutted the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). An Ohio-based construction contractor backed by Republican-led states and anti-regulatory interests contended Congress unconstitutionally delegated its legislative powers to the executive branch when it gave such broad authority to the agency,…
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi's first speech in the new parliament ran into controversy with parts of it, including accusations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party, redacted on Tuesday for violating the rules of the legislature. The decision by the speaker of the lower house came a day after Gandhi made his maiden speech as the leader of the opposition in the chambers, his first official position after two decades as a lawmaker representing the main opposition Congress party. Among the sections removed from the speech, which was telecast live by TV channels, were Gandhi's attacks on Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party and what he said were their links to religious hate and violence.
Two-term Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) has been in the U.S. House since 2020 and is set to retire at the end of the year.
President Joe Biden sought to reassure a nervous campaign Wednesday that he will be the Democratic nominee, telling his staff he is not withdrawing.
Three federal judges are telling Mississippi to redraw some of its legislative districts, saying the current ones dilute the power of Black voters in three parts of the state. The judges issued their order Tuesday night in a lawsuit filed in 2022 by the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP and several Black residents. “This is an important victory for Black Mississippians to have an equal and fair opportunity to participate in the political process without their votes being diluted," one of the plaintiffs' attorneys, Jennifer Nwachukwu, of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said in a statement Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance is reverberating across the Democratic Party, forcing lawmakers to grapple with a crisis that could upend the presidential election — and their own —and even change the course of American history.
OSHA has been used to protect workers from falls, fires, electric shock, being hit by foreign objects, asphyxiation, chemical burns and more.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California plans to spend up to $12 million on reparations legislation under a budget signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, marking a milestone in the state's efforts to atone for a legacy of racism and discrimination against Black Californians.
Here are the most prominent Democrats to urge Biden to withdraw so far.
From suburban New York to rural Montana, candidates for U.S. Congress are getting an earful from voters stressed by stratospheric housing costs, interviews with Democratic and Republican campaigns and Reuters/Ipsos polling showed. At campaign stops in his New York state district, Democratic U.S. Representative Pat Ryan said in an interview that people regularly complain about having trouble finding a house or apartment they can afford. "I would say right now ... in the whole region - the Hudson Valley north of New York City - the No. 1 point of economic pain and pressure is housing affordability," said Ryan, who wants money from Democratic President Joe Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure law to aid housing construction.
Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett becomes the first sitting Democratic lawmaker to call on President Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race, a huge moment for the Democratic party as Doggett says publicly what many lawmakers and elected officials had been speculating about privately.
Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, a Democrat whose seat is crucial to maintaining his party’s slim Senate majority in November, faced a new attack ad Sunday from GOP challenger Dave McCormick’s campaign — one that Republicans across the country could emulate.
President Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to meet in Washington, DC, in several weeks when the Israeli prime minister visits to address Congress on July 24, a source familiar tells CNN.
In May a court struck down the law on identifying suspected sex offenders.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to meet in Washington in late July when the Israeli leader comes to address the U.S. Congress about his country's war in Gaza, a White House official said on Tuesday. Netanyahu is due to address the U.S. Congress on July 24 during a visit to Washington.
Just one problem: This person doesn't seem interested in running, should the opportunity arise.
MONTREAL — Ireland's prime minister says he's "absolutely appalled" by an assault in the country's capital that resulted in the death of a tourist from Montreal. Simon Harris on Wednesday described Neno Dolmajian's death in Dublin as "reprehensible" and "horrific" and told parliament the death is now being investigated as a murder. "I'm absolutely appalled at the recent vicious attack in Dublin city centre which resulted in the death of a young man, Neno Dolmajian, and my thoughts are with his l
"That's inappropriate," O'Donnell said during the press conference, pointing behind her to an off-camera colleague.
Laurence Tribe explained what the Supreme Court decision means in "practical purposes" and it's "devastating."