Thanksgiving for Timothy Cardinal Dolan meant 10 relatives in from a place called Missouri. New Yorkers have heard of it. Only nobody knows where it is.
Rep. Ken Buck, a Colorado Republican who is not seeking reelection next year, praised House Speaker Mike Johnson's governing style but advocated he take a firmer stance against those who agree with former President Donald Trump that the 2020 election was stolen.
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) said Sunday that the proposed aid package to Ukraine should be approved without negotiations on the U.S.-Mexico border. During an appearance on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” Bennet told moderator Margaret Brennan that he and his Senate colleagues recognize that they have to include funding for Ukraine in the proposed funding request...
The Senate should promptly confirm Northern District of Texas Magistrate Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez, who has earned appointment to the Fifth U.S. Circuit and would be the tribunal’s initial Latina jurist. This regional circuit efficaciously resolves substantial numbers of appeals, includes a large judicial cohort, and enjoys a reputation as the most ideologically conservative appellate...
Cindy McCain, director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), said Sunday that Gaza, a strip controlled by the militant group Hamas, is “on the brink of famine” amid the militant group’s war with Israel. During an appearance on CBS’s "Face the Nation," moderator Margaret Brennan mentioned recent information published by UNICEF, the U.N....
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) said Sunday he did not expect Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to face a rebellion from within his party, saying the newly elected Speaker was doing a good job trying to fix the problems left over from the previous leadership. “I don't think that most Republicans blame Speaker Johnson for the problems...
The least diverse federal appellate court just sent a clarion call to the Supreme Court to further enfeeble the Voting Rights Act (VRA) by stripping voters of the right to sue the state for racially discriminatory voting laws; that is the sole province of the ever-changing and resource-dependent Department of Justice, the 8th U.S. Circuit...