- Feeling the heat from a Democratic rebellion, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is reversing course on a plan to move forward next week with a controversial Iran bill. McConnell spokesman Don Stewart confirmed Thursday that the GOP leader is pulling the bill from next week's ...
Members of Congress pushing for more pressure on Iran say Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress Tuesday was helping to win over skeptical Democrats — until GOP leadership sought to approve a bill on the subject without committee participation./ The rancor over the move ...
When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) unexpectedly announced Tuesday that he would bring to the floor next week the Corker-Menendez bill providing Congress the opportunity to weigh in on any final Iran deal, he caught Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) off guard and upset the delicate ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has decided not to fast-track a bill that would allow Congress a chance to review and vote on any deal the president inks with Iran over its nuclear program. McConnell spokesman Don Stewart said Thursday that the majority leader no ...
- In the midst of an increasingly partisan battle over Iran sanctions on Capitol Hill, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) offered her own legislative response to Iran’s nuclear program. On Wednesday, Boxer and six Democratic co-sponsors introduced the Iran Congressional Oversight Act, which would ...
It would be “a disaster” if Iran obtains the capability to use nuclear weapons. - The U.S. has not been aggressive enough in stopping Iran from getting nukes. - U.S. military action is the right thing to do to keep Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. - A deal that just delays Iran’s nuclear ...
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) is among a number of Democratic cosponsors of legislation requiring congressional authorization of any U.S-Iran nuclear deal. | Win McNamee via Getty Images/ WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) infuriated Democrats on Tuesday by announcing ...
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. talks about his future and the agenda of the Democrats who …/ Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. talks about his future and the agenda of the Democrats who …/ WASHINGTON (AP) — The leader of the minority Democrats in the U.S. Senate says Congress ...
WASHINGTON—The two lead Senate Democrats on a measure giving Congress oversight over any nuclear deal with Iran balked Tuesday when Senate Republicans moved to fast-track the bill through the chamber. Sens. Robert Menendez (D., N.J.) and Tim Kaine (D., Va.), who have worked with Republicans on a ...
A bill that would give the Senate sign-off on an international agreement with Iran over its nuclear program will be on the Senate floor next week, despite objections from Democrats who want to wait for an agreement to be reached with Iran before passing the legislation./ "We think the timing is ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber as Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), left, and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), president pro tempore of the Senate, look on, March 3, 2015. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) | Tom Williams via Getty ...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Tuesday that he will bring a bill to the Senate floor next week that requires congressional approval of a U.S.-Iran deal aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear capability. | Win McNamee via Getty Images/ WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch ...
Sets Back Republican Efforts to Ramp Up Pressure on Obama’s Administration Negotiations/ WASHINGTON—Efforts by Republican leaders in Congress to ramp up pressure on the Obama administration’s Iran negotiations showed signs of losing momentum on Wednesday. Nearly a dozen Senate Democrats said ...
WASHINGTON — A Republican effort to quickly pass legislation allowing congressional oversight on any Iran nuclear agreement is angering Democrats. A key Democratic sponsor of the legislation, which would allow a congressional vote on any deal the United States signs with Iran to curb its nuclear ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican effort to move quickly on legislation giving Congress oversight on any Iran nuclear deal has Democrats upset. The legislation would allow a congressional vote on any deal the United States signs with Iran to curb its nuclear program. Hours after Israeli Prime ...
News in the Middle East moves fast. One moment it is all about unprecedented missile and drone attacks between Iran and Israel. The next the headlines return to the fighting and suffering in Gaza./ But policymakers, analysts and military leaders are still absorbing the extraordinary exchange of ...
Washington Post law enforcement reporter Devlin Barrett describes the moment former President tried to shake his former assistant Rhona Graff’s hand in front of jurors during his hush money trial.
Crouching in a shallow dip in the field, Moran Stella Yanai knew this time was different./ "I heard 'Coo-coo!' and we raised our heads up - the terrorists were standing [there], smiling," she said. "Everyone started to run, I jumped and broke my leg, and they caught me."/ Warning: This article ...
Om Fahad was sentenced to six months in prison last year for her social media videos (file image)/ Iraqi social media influencer Om Fahad has been shot dead outside her home in Baghdad, according to local media reports./ The attack happened in the capital's eastern Zayne neighbourhood on Friday ...
A crude oil tanker has been damaged in a missile attack off the coast of Yemen - the latest strike to be carried out by the Houthis./ The incident happened roughly 15 nautical miles south-west of the Yemeni city of Mocha./ British maritime security agency UKMTO reported that the Panama-flagged ...
Daniel Rodimer leaves court after his initial appearance on murder charges at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Rodimer, a retired professional wrestler and former congressional candidate in Nevada and Texas, has been indicted on a murder charge in the death of ...
Calif., speaks during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Report of Special Counsel John Durham, Wednesday, June 21, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Democratic congressman who also is running for U.S. Senate had his luggage swiped from his car while it was parked in a downtown ...
Thousands of eager boaters, jet skiers, kayakers and paddleboarders are expected at . Typically, it draws anywhere from 6,000 to 10,000 participants on Lake Boca./ is a once-a-year boating party held on Lake Boca Raton in, you guessed it, . The city of Boca itself has no official involvement ...
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The owner of a suburban Detroit business that , killing a man, was arrested at a New York airport as he was preparing to depart for Hong Kong on a one-way ticket, authorities said Friday. U.S. Customs and New York Port Authority personnel arrested Noor Noel Kestou, ...
The first grand opera to be produced in Saudi Arabia has had its opening performance in Riyadh - part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's massively ambitious plans to shift the kingdom into a new era, economically and socially./ Zarqa Al Yamama is the story of a blue-eyed tribal matriarch with ...