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 ...
US officials say Israel hit Iran with a missile overnight on Friday, in what appears to be a retaliatory strike after weeks of escalating tensions between the two countries./ There are competing claims about the scale of the attack on the Isfahan region and the extent of any damage, with Iranian ...
An Israeli missile has struck Iran, two US officials have told the BBC's US partner CBS News. Iran's state broadcaster IRIB downplayed reports of an attack, saying Isfahan was "safe and sound". Residents from the area sent BBC Persian this footage, which shows flashes in the sky. A large ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a ...
Play video Israeli missile strikes Iran from BBC News Channel/ It's nearly two hours since we first heard reports of explosions in Iran. Here's what we know so far:/ Two US officials have confirmed to the BBC's US partner CBS News that an Israeli missile has struck Iran/ We have live rolling ...
Reuters' template to be used in breaking news scenarios/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran, ABC News reported late on Thursday, citing a U.S. official, while Iranian state media reported an explosion in the center of the country, days after Iran launched a ...
has not attended any of his children's high school or college graduation ceremonies, as of April 2024./ With one possible exception, Trump has been present at each of his children's high school and college graduations, according to contemporaneous reports and the recollections of other attendees ...
The Sheetz convenience store chain has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against minority job applicants. Sheetz Inc., which operates more than 700 stores in six states, discriminated against Black, Native American and multiracial job seekers by ...
Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, was out driving west of Moscow, Idaho, the night of the slayings, , and the defense plans to offer a cell phone tower and radio frequency expert to partially corroborate this account, a court document ...
The EU has agreed to expand sanctions on Iranian producers of drones and missiles following Tehran's unprecedented attack on Israel./ "It's very important to do everything to isolate Iran," European Council President Charles Michel said./ The bloc already has multiple sanctions in place against ...
) — Several students and adults participated in an hours-long walkout from Utah’s on Sunday with an initial target of 500 signatures — a number of signatures that was reached by Wednesday, prompting the goal to increase to 1,000 signatures./ The description for the petition says that the ...