South Korean investigators request court warrant to formally arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean investigators request court warrant to formally arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean investigators request court warrant to formally arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Thursday’s bipartisan National Prayer Breakfast, where President Donald Trump affirmed he now “much more strongly” believes in God, went off the rails once lawmakers closed their Bibles and opened their social media accounts. Republicans are hammering Rep. Jared Huffman, a Democrat from California’s North Coast, over his accusation that Speaker Mike Johnson eroded the separation of church and state by moving the mostly Christian gathering to the Capitol. “Speaker Johnson’s National Prayer Breakf
Mitch McConnell was escorted out of the Capitol in a wheelchair at the Capitol on Wednesday after the 82-year-old senator fell twice in short succession. One of McConnell’s falls occurred on stairs outside the Senate chamber, causing “panicked looks to flash across his congressional staff and security detail,” reported The Hill. A group, which included his Republican colleagues Steve Daines and Markwayne Mullin, reportedly rushed to surround McConnell and help him back to his feet. He was able t
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court over investigations of Israel, a close U.S. ally.
As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Canada's premiers and works with cabinet to craft his government's response to an unpredictable Trump administration, he's also batting away repeated demands from opposition leaders to recall Parliament.Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh say Parliament must return so that the government can pass new legislation that will strengthen the border and protect workers and businesses, respectively. The leaders argue such legisla
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday doubled down on her opposition to the presidential immunity decision last summer and expressed concern about public confidence in the high court. In her first public remarks since President Trump took office about two weeks ago, Sotomayor said she worried that the Supreme Court has departed too far…
A second federal judge indefinitely blocked President Trump’s executive order that would restrict birthright citizenship, harshly condemning the administration for attempting to do so at a Thursday hearing. “It has become ever more apparent that, to our president, the rule of law is but an impediment to his policy goals. The rule of law is,…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor pointed to her conservative colleagues' willingness to upend decades-old precedents when asked Wednesday night about sagging public confidence in the court.
Federal Election Commission Commissioner Ellen Weintraub declared Thursday evening that a lay-off notice she received from President Donald Trump will not be enough to remove her from her position. “Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner & Chair of @FEC,” Weintraub wrote on X Thursday. “There’s a legal way to replace FEC commissioners—this isn’t it. I’ve been lucky to serve the American people & stir up some good trouble along the way. That’s not changing anyt
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Labor unions that serve teachers, firefighters, police and other public employees in Utah will no longer be able to negotiate on behalf of their workers under a bill that received final legislative approval Thursday.
Sen. John Fetterman may be warming up to President Donald Trump, but his support isn’t unconditional. The Pennsylvania Democrat announced Thursday night that he would vote against Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination as director of national intelligence and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s appointment to head the Department of Health and Human Services. “I have met with most of the cabinet nominees and have carefully watched their confirmation hearings,” Fetterman said in a post on X. “After considering what’s at
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte was impeached Wednesday on a range of accusations that include plotting to assassinate the president, large-scale corruption and failing to strongly denounce China's aggressive actions against Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea.
WASHINGTON (AP) — New Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday ordered a review of the federal prosecution of Donald Trump as she unveiled a series of directives designed to overhaul a Justice Department the president claims is biased against conservatives.
(Reuters) -A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday accused Donald Trump of ignoring the rule of law for political and personal gain as he declared an executive order that the Republican president signed seeking to curtail birthright citizenship to be unconstitutional. There was applause in the courtroom after U.S. District Judge John Coughenour extended an order he had issued two weeks ago temporarily blocking Trump's order from being implemented into a nationwide injunction lasting indefinitely. "It has become ever more apparent that to our president the rule of law is but an impediment to his policy goals," said Coughenour, an appointee of Republican former President Ronald Reagan.
President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders Thursday, one targeting the International Criminal Court and a second on “anti-Christian bias.”
A key committee advanced President Donald Trump's pick to be the nation's health secretary for consideration by the full Senate.
Newly released data from ground-based radar came out Tuesday suggesting an Army helicopter was higher than it was supposed to be when it collided with American Airlines Flight 5342 a week ago, killing all 67 people aboard both aircraft.
Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) says that President Trump has empowered billionaire businessman Elon Musk “far beyond what I think is appropriate,” reflecting growing angst on Capitol Hill over Musk’s aggressive approach to slashing government funding. Collins bluntly questioned the wisdom of empowering Musk to slash programs authorized and funded by Congress. “There’s…
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