WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation giving Congress a chance to review and possibly reject any final nuclear deal with Iran is facing a test vote in the Senate on Thursday./ The vote comes after months of wrangling over the legislation while the U.S. and five other nations engage in delicate ...
A bill giving Congress a voice on the nuclear treaty with Iran will face a major test Thursday. WSJ’s Jerry Seib explains. Photo: AP/ This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate. ... to be a high wire act in the Senate today a high wire act that will help ...
On Tuesday evening, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) moved to end debate on the Corker-Menendez bill seeking to give Congress some leverage in a final Iran deal. As McConnell told Republicans there that he intended to wrap up work on the bill so that the House can pass it next week ...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) moved late Tuesday to end debate on legislation establishing a congressional review for a proposed nuclear deal with Iran, short-circuiting attempts by fellow Republicans to make amendments that members of both parties said would threaten the bill's ...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks during the signing ceremony for H.R.203, the 'Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act.' in the US Capitol on February 10, 2015 in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) | ...
to add controversial changes to the Iran nuclear bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell moved Tuesday to cut off debate on the bill prematurely in order to prevent votes on those so-called "poison pill" amendments./ If the vote to end debate is successful, final passage of the bill could ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has set a test vote for Thursday on stalled bipartisan legislation to let Congress review and possibly reject any agreement the Obama administration makes to ease sanctions on Iran in exchange for concessions on nuclear research and ...
Tom Cotton, the freshman Republican senator from Arkansas, has already made a name for himself by stirring the pot on Iran. That worries some folks, but it also points to what motivates one the Senate's rising stars./ Sen. Tom Cotton (R) of Arkansas (seen here as a representative in 2014) speaks ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker said on Tuesday that he sees an "overwhelming" vote to pass the Iran nuclear review bill as soon as Thursday. Corker, a Republican, told reporters at the U.S. Capitol that leaders were still working out a way to ...
Reporters always carry some kind of baggage with them when they head off to cover a story - whether it's the tools of their trade, a camera or a microphone, or something less tangible, such as memories of a past encounter or story. It was on a recent deployment that the BBC's Middle East analyst ...
A UN car pictured in the Gaza Strip in April this year/ The United Nations says one of its staff members was killed and another injured as they travelled to a hospital in southern Gaza on Monday. It said the workers were travelling in a UN vehicle to the European Hospital in Rafah when it was ...
The Kansas City area has one of the most deadly roads in the country, according to an analysis of data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Interstate 670 had the third most traffic deaths per mile of any road in the country, an analysis by Florida law firm Also known as the ...
Judge Judy Sheindlin arrives at the 46th annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Pasadena, Calif., on May 5, 2019. Sheindlin sued the parent company of the National Enquirer and InTouch Weekly on Monday, May 13, 2024, for a story that she said falsely claimed that she was trying to help the Menendez ...
used a profanity on Monday while offering advice to young Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders about how to break through barriers. Harris was participating in a conversation moderated by actor and comedian Jimmy O. Yang when he asked her what it means to be the first vice ...
Lebanon is worried that Israel might intensify its offensive against the Lebanon-based Shia militant group Hezbollah, the country’s foreign minister has said, as the conflict between the two sides escalates along the border. In an interview with the BBC, Abdallah Bou Habib said it was unlikely ...
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Sirens have sounded across Israel to mark Memorial Day, honouring its war dead. This year, Israelis also commemorate more than 1,000 victims of last October's Hamas attack, which triggered the current war in Gaza. President Isaac Herzog opened commemorations at Jerusalem's Western Wall on Sunday ...
LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling. The car, launched last year by Chinese automaker BYD, sells for around $12,000 in China, but drives well and is put together with craftsmanship that rivals U.S. electric ...
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