Breaking news
Republicans asserted Thursday that if Joe Biden is elected president in November there will be an ‘orderly transition’ after Donald Trump refused to commit to ‘peacefully’ leaving office if he loses. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell assured Thursday: ‘The winner of the November 3rd election will be inaugurated on January 20th.’ ‘There will be an … Read more
Twenty Republican senators sent a letter to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking that the abortion pill be deemed dangerous. The letter centers around a drug taken to abort an early pregnancy known as Mifeprex or by its generic name mifepristone. Led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the lawmakers call on Commissioner Stephen … Read more
Three US Senators are calling for a federal investigation after two nursing homes administered hydroxychloroquine to residents infected with the novel coronavirus without gaining proper approval first. In a letter sent on Thursday to the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ron … Read more
US senators are demanding to see the Pentagon’s UFO files as they push for influence over a secretive Navy program. The Senate Intelligence Committee wants defense chiefs to publish a report on the Pentagon’s UFO program and any phenomena it observes. The committee says it ‘supports the efforts of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force’ … Read more
Republican senators rebelled against Donald Trump late Wednesday by voting to tell the Army to rename bases named after Confederate generals within the next three years. The Armed Services Committee, whose members include Trump ultra-loyalist Tom Cotton, voted behind closed doors for the move, Roll Call first reported. The voice vote was on an amendment … Read more
US senators try to BLOCK deployment of 48 fighter jets to UK over Huawei’s involvement in building Britain’s 5G wireless network The amendment is being led by Republican senator for Arkansas Tom Cotton Attempts to block fleet of F-35A Lightning II aircraft being stationed in the UK The $200 million aircraft project has been nearly … Read more
ANOTHER Georgia senator faces questions over shares sell-off as it’s revealed he dumped 34 stocks worth $825,000 in March after closed-door coronavirus briefings Sen. David Purdue, a Georgia Republican, is facing questions over a flurry of stock transactions he made in March Purdue’s rate of trading increased threefold in comparison to past months, amid the … Read more
Four senators dumped millions of dollars worth of stock while Capitol Hill was being briefed on the threat of coronavirus but before the markets tanked as infections soared, disclosure records have revealed. Republicans Richard Burr, Kelly Loeffler and James Inhofe and Democrat Dianne Feinstein collectively offloaded up to $11million in stock between late January and … Read more
President Vladimir Putin may be allowed to run for two more terms in the Kremlin after Russian senators overwhelmingly backed amendments to the constitution. The constitutional reforms, submitted by the Russian leader himself, were backed by 160 senators in the upper house Federation Council, with one voting against and three abstaining. The terms, which could see … Read more
US health officials have been conducting secret meetings with lawmakers, senators revealed at a Tuesday Appropriations Subcommittee meeting. Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire criticized the secrecy of a briefing that had taken place earlier that morning, and said that her constituents were ‘concerned’ that they weren’t getting all the information that they needed about … Read more