President Trump boarding Marine One this week. On Friday, the president announced another American attack on a boat in the Caribbean Sea that he said was “trafficking illicit narcotics.” He also posted a one-minute surveillance video showing a speedboat being blown up.
Lawmakers have said that President Trump has not provided sufficient evidence about the threat posed by the vessels or the legal basis to use force against them.
Lawmakers have said that President Trump has not provided sufficient evidence about the threat posed by the vessels or the legal basis to use force against them.
The resolution has little chance of advancing in the Republican-controlled Senate, given growing G.O.P. opposition to a two-state solution in the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
A group of Democratic senators, led by Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, on Thursday introduced legislation calling on President Trump to recognize a demilitarized Palestinian state.
The resolution has little chance of advancing in the Republican-controlled Senate, given growing G.O.P. opposition to a two-state solution in the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
A group of Democratic senators, led by Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, on Thursday introduced legislation calling on President Trump to recognize a demilitarized Palestinian state.
House Republicans extended a maneuver they engineered earlier in the year that effectively strips Congress of the power to disapprove of President Trump’s tariffs.
Tuesday’s maneuver was the latest instance in which House Republicans, many of whom have spent much of their career opposing tariffs as a matter of principle, have given up their power over trade.
Only a handful of Democrats and none of the party’s top leaders attended the ceremony, an outpouring of praise and mourning for the right-wing activist, who was assassinated last week.
In a notice to Congress, the Trump administration said the additional $58 million would go to the U.S. Marshals Service. It also said it supported additional security for lawmakers.
Representative Michael McCaul, an 11-term Texas Republican who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced on Sunday that he would retire from Congress.
Representative Michael McCaul, Republican of Texas, in 2023. He is the latest in a string of Republicans who have announced plans to leave the House after next year’s elections.
Despite the partisan nature of the final legislation, it included an effort backed by conservative Republicans and progressive Democrats alike to claw back Congress’s war powers.
Senator Mark Warner’s visit was classified and not intended to be publicized. It was to include a meeting with the head of the agency and a briefing on the agency’s use of artificial intelligence.
Laura Loomer has questioned the loyalty of various intelligence officers, and helped oust the National Security Agency’s director, deputy director and general counsel.
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