Trump administration withdraws CDC director nomination just before Senate hearing
The White House has withdrawn the nomination of David Weldon, a former Florida congressman, to lead the Centers for Disease ...
They’re ‘hogging our money’: D.C. kids tell Senate not to gut city’s funding
The window narrowed to reverse the $1 billion in cuts to D.C.’s budget as senators prepared to vote on the continuing ...
Weldon’s history of vaccine skepticism helped tank his CDC nomination
“Dave Weldon is anti-vaccine, anti-woman, and anti-science. He was not qualified to serve as CDC director,” said Colorado Rep ...
Here's how every senator voted on confirming Trump's top officials
Charts show how each Democratic and Republican senator voted on President Trump's Cabinet picks and selection for FBI director.
Mitch McConnell and the President He Calls ‘Despicable’
I ’m avoiding getting too high on the good days and too low on the bad days,” Mitch McConnell was telling me. “Is today a ...
John Fetterman has voted yes on eight of Trump’s cabinet picks so far. How local Senators are voting on confirmations.
President Donald Trump picks every member of his cabinet, but he needs the support of a majority of the Senate for them to be confirmed. A Senate committee questions each nominee in a hearing before ...
Day of reckoning with China has been long coming: flotilla flags need for 10 urgent steps
Fifth, we urgently need to remediate our naval warfare capability, to ensure that our battle fleet of six Collins-class ...
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Australia’s defences must be ready in two years. Here’s what to do
Beijing deployed a naval task group to the waters around Australia for three related reasons. First, to demonstrate the reach ...
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Young, Barrasso Introduce Resolution to Protect Locally Owned Radio Stations
U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) introduced the Local Radio Freedom Act, which would declare that Congress should not impose new taxes or fees on locally owned radio ...