Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, talks to media from meeting in his office along at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. With McConnell originate from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen....
A McDonald’s employee at the job. (Photo/Reuters/Lucy Nicholson) Michigan workers will in all probability must wait a little longer to view an increase in their pay checks after state senators dicated to postpone a baseline wage hike. The Republican controlled state Senate approved two bills on Wednesday within a 26-to-12 vote. The...
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is softening his stance on interest hikes after repeated criticisms from President Trump. While speaking within the economic club of latest York Wednesday, Powell said higher interest rates are necessary to prevent risks for the U.S economy. “My own assessment is the fact that, while risks...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaking with members of the media along at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) A band of prominent GOP leaders are asking Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to succeed a criminal justice reform bill after the year. Republican...
Pennsylvania’s Attorney General asks Senator Lindsey Graham to look into alleged abuse by leaders inside the?Catholic Church. State Attorney General Josh Shapiro said he hopes the Senate Judiciary Committee, that's probably be headed by Graham for the reason that next chairman, checks clergy abuse country wide, in the tweet today. Shapiro...
China is calling for the World Trade Organization to reform many of its policies, claiming the U.S. as well as other members are utilising loopholes for taking benefit for the machine. On Friday, China’s Vice Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen said, core WTO values must be upheld, adding this company...
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said many the migrants within the caravans do not qualify for asylum inside U.S. Nielsen released the statement Monday following Sunday’s clashes between border authorities and migrants on the Southwest border near San Diego. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen speaks at the border wall separating...
Central American migrants get yourself a ride for a truck going from Mexicali to Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. Migrants camped in Tijuana after traveling in a caravan to arrive at the U.S weighing their options after a U.S. court blocked President Donald Trump’s asylum ban for illegal...
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley slams Chief Justice John Roberts for breaking with tradition to the Top court, to fight President Trump. In a tweet Wednesday, Grassley brought up how a chief justice stayed silent over the last administration, when Obama rebuked Justice Samuel Alito. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is voicing...
The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said his panel continues investigating Russian interference into 2019. North Carolina’s republican senator Richard Burr made content Friday, saying the committee intends on holding closed door interviews this year. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., left, and Vice Chairman Mark Warner,...