The White House on Tuesday called the Republican effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas "a waste of time" and a "political stunt" after the House vote failed. The vote failed in an embarrassing fashion for Republicans on Tuesday evening, as three members joined Democrats to vote against impeachment. The 214-216 vote was a loss for...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill Tuesday that makes medication preventing HIV available to residents without a prescription. The bill, S.B. 339, authorizes pharmacists to furnish preexposure prophylaxis, commonly called PrEP, a drug that helps prevent HIV infection prior to exposure, as well as postexposure prophylaxis, a drug used for patients exposed to...
Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) taunted House Republicans online after a vote to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas failed. “Miss me yet?” Santos posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, along with a photo of the failed resolution results inside the chamber, where the bill received a 214-216 vote. Santos...
Presented by Kidney Care Access Coalition — House lawmakers are calling on federal regulators to crack down on illicit e-cigarettes imported from China as their popularity grows among young people. {beacon} Health Care Health Care FIRST IN THE HILL Bipartisan lawmakers raise alarms over vapes from China House lawmakers are calling on federal regulators...
Defections from three House Republicans sank the party’s effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a dramatic vote on Tuesday night. Opposition from Reps. Ken Buck (R-Colo.), Tom McClintock (R-Calif.), and Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) in the slim GOP majority sank the bill. Rep. Blake Moore (R-Utah), the chair of the GOP conference, flipped...
A pod of at least 10 orcas appear to be trapped by sea ice off the coast of Japan’s northern Hokkaido island. Japanese Coast Guard officials say they were notified of the group of killer whales by local fishers Tuesday morning, public broadcaster NHK reported. Video shared online shows the animals struggling between the ice....
A federal jury on Tuesday convicted Marilyn Mosby, the former top prosecutor in Baltimore, on one count of mortgage fraud and was acquitted on another charge related to the sale of two luxury vacation homes in Florida. Authorities alleged that Mosby made false statements to mortgage lenders when purchasing the houses in Kissimmee, Fla., just...
The bipartisan border deal is looking increasingly in peril as a growing number of GOP senators come out in opposition. Over in the House, lawmakers are now debating a historic vote on impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. That will be followed by a vote on a standalone Israel aid bill that President Biden has...
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on Tuesday objected to a request to pass by unanimous consent a bill approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee to strip big tech companies of legal immunity for child pornography and other child predatory material posted on their social media platforms. Wyden argued the legislation would weaken the...