Since Republicans regained the majority in the US House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm elections, they have initiated a flurry of investigations. Among their targets: the origin of the Covid-19 virus, the FBI’s law enforcement and surveillance activities and Hunter Biden’s business relationships.
The annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which sets policy for the Defense Department, cleared the House in a near-party-line vote, 219-210 on Friday, reports CBS News.
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy failed to attain the required number of votes to succeed Nancy Pelosi as a Speaker on the first ballot.
The Ukrainian president returned from Washington, DC, his first trip outside Ukraine since Russia invaded on February 24 with the promise of a Patriot surface-to-air missile battery to strengthen his strained air defenses, Al Jazeera reported.
The legislation, titled the Respect for Marriage Act, passed in a 267-157 vote, with 47 Republicans joining all Democrats in supporting the measure. Seven Republicans did not vote, as per The Hill.
On closer reflection, both the charge and the comeuppance are epochal. And so it has been in the House of Representatives. Mr Trump has been charged with “incitement of insurrection” over the storming of Capitol Hill, home to Congress, on 6 January.
The legislation requires the US administration to determine which Chinese officials are responsible for the 'arbitrary detention, torture and harassment' of Uighurs and other minorities.
As a standing committee of the US House of Representatives, the House Foreign Affairs Committee has jurisdiction over the bills and investigations pertaining to US foreign affairs.
The representative has criticized Trump's attacks on ethnic minority lawmakers as "unbecoming of the leader of the free world."
Donald Trump is apparently inching towards a compromise in the wake of Ms Pelosi’s threat to block the US President from delivering the State of the Union address in the House chamber until the government reopens.
