President Joe Biden signed measures on Wednesday to provide aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan and force Chinese TikTok parent company ByteDance to sell the social media platform or face a nationwide ban. Biden’s official endorsement ends a six-month saga of tense political battles on Capitol Hill that led to a stalemate over foreign aid….
Vor etwas mehr als einem Jahr legten die Gesetzgeber einen seltenen Beweis von Überparteilichkeit an den Tag, als sie Shou Chew, CEO von TikTok, über die Verbindungen der Video-App zu China befragten. Ihre scharfen Befragungen deuteten darauf hin, dass Washington sich darauf vorbereitete, das Unternehmen zu zwingen, die Beziehungen zu seinem chinesischen Eigentümer abzubrechen –…
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on April 17, 2024, after the Senate rejected House Republicans’ impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Ken Cedeno | Reuters The Senate passed a package providing billions in aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan on Tuesday,…
The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to approve $95 billion in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, while Speaker Mike Johnson jeopardized his job of advancing the long-stalled aid package by mobilized the support of mainstream Republicans and Democrats. In four consecutive votes, an overwhelming bipartisan coalition of lawmakers approved new rounds…
Bills from private members, particularly members of the Bloc Québécois, rarely make it through the parliamentary process. But after a bill from Yves Perron, who speaks for the bloc for the agricultural bloc, passed the lower house with strong support from members of all parties, it easily found a second vote in the unelected Senate…
The House of Representatives took a crucial step Friday toward approving a long-stalled aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other American allies, as Democrats provided crucial votes to push the bill past Republican opposition for consideration in the full House could be. The 316-94 vote cleared the way for the House to take up the…
Speaker Mike Johnson faced strong opposition from Republicans on Wednesday to his attempt to expand a warrantless surveillance law that national security officials say is crucial to their efforts to combat terrorism, after former President Donald J. Trump urged lawmakers to do so to abolish the law. Republican leaders said they would use a midday…
C Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images TikTok has launched a $2.1 million ad campaign with a clear message to senators facing tough re-election battles this year: Block the House bill that effectively bans the app in the United States could prohibit. “Think of the 5 million small business owners who rely on TikTok to…
President Biden signed a $1.2 trillion spending package Saturday, ending the prospect of a government shutdown, after the bill passed in a rushed series of congressional votes with bipartisan support and reached his desk shortly after 2 a.m landed The government faced a possible shutdown if the measure does not come into force before midnight…
Funding for more than half of the government was set to expire early Saturday morning, likely leading to a brief partial shutdown over the weekend after Republican senators refused to allow quick passage of a $1.2 trillion spending bill that would House of Representatives had approved earlier on Friday. A partial government shutdown would cap…
