Tag Archives: U.S. Senate

WASHINGTON: A deadly breach of the US Capitol’s perimeter could delay the gradual reopening of the building’s grounds to the public just as lawmakers were eyeing a return to more normal security measures following the January 6 insurrection. Capitol Police officer William “Billy” Evans, an 18 year veteran of the …

WASHINGTON: These are busy days for Republican state attorneys general, filing repeated lawsuits that claim President Joe Biden and his administration are overstepping their authority on immigration, climate change, the environment and taxes. Most of the action is in federal courts where former President Donald Trump was able to appoint …

PHILADELPHIA: Thomas McGarrigle, Republican Party chairman in Pennsylvania’s Delaware County, is certain that President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package is bloated with Democratic goodies and benefits Americans who have not missed a paycheck during the pandemic. But McGarrigle had no grand plans to criticize Biden when the Democratic …

CARACAS: With the clock winding down on his term, US President Donald Trump shielded tens of thousands of Venezuelan migrants from deportation Tuesday night, rewarding Venezuelan exiles who have been among his most loyal supporters and who fear losing the same privileged access to the White House during the Biden …

WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday named Dr Rachel Levine to service as assistant US health secretary, a historic first as Levine would become the first openly transgender official to be confirmed by the Senate. The pick of Pennsylvania’s top health official for a critical role during the raging Covid-19 …