Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Campaigning for Phase 2 polling ends today, check list of restrictions
During the last 48 hours, any gathering of people or organizing of public meetings will not be allowed.
What you need to know about threats at schools
Texas lawmakers have mandated new school safety policies including armed guards at every public school campus, classroom panic buttons and more staff training.
North Texas Senate runoff creates strange bedfellows, divides usual allies within GOP
The battle to succeed retiring state Sen. Drew Springer has come down to a May 28 runoff between Brent Hagenbuch and Jace Yarbrough.
Mississippi Senate and House haggle over Medicaid expansion as session nears end
Top Mississippi lawmakers started negotiating Tuesday on what could become a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of people in one of the poorest states in the U.S. But even with Republicans controlling both the state House and Senate, it’s far from clear that they will reach a compromise during the Read More
George Santos ends congressional run less than 2 months into independent campaign
Former U.S. Rep. George Santos has announced the end of his independent campaign to re-enter the House less than two months into his run. Santos was running to unseat Rep. Nick LaLota — a Republican who represents New York’s 1st Congressional District — after being expelled from Congress earlier this year. “I have decided to Read More
Pelosi calls on Netanyahu to resign, condemns him as ‘obstacle’ to peace
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an “obstacle” to peace and called on him to resign this week. Pelosi made the comments in an interview recorded Monday with Irish broadcaster RTE’s Six One News. She argued that Netanyahu’s response to the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas has been “terrible.” Read More
Who is Sam Pitroda, Congress leader whose remarks on inheritance tax trigger row?
PM Modi attacked Congress on Sam Pitroda’s remarks, saying the party’s dangerous intentions are coming out in the open.
SCOTUS to hear arguments in Biden’s lawsuit ‘subverting states’ rights’ on abortion
The Supreme Court is set to consider a second abortion case on Wednesday, this time dealing with claims by a Republican-led state that the Biden administration is attempting to wield a 40-year-old federal law as an “abortion mandate.” On the heels of a debate over the Federal Food and Drug Administration’s regulation of an abortion Read More
HELP chairman Bernie Sanders avoids agreeing to campus antisemitism hearings
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., wouldn’t commit Tuesday to holding hearings on college antisemitism as tensions escalate across the country with anti-Israel demonstrations persisting at elite universities. “We are concerned about bigotry of all kinds, and I look forward to working with my colleagues to make sure we eliminate all forms of bigotry in America, including Read More
Sen. Lee rails against spending ‘money we don’t have’ as Senate passes foreign aid bill: ‘It’s cowardice’
Utah Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican, criticized the Senate’s passage of the foreign aid package Tuesday night, calling it “wrong,” “shameful” and a “sad day for America” for spending money the government does not have to fund another country’s war. The $95 billion package includes $61 billion to support Ukraine’s war against Russia, $26 billion Read More