The U.S. passed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday to force ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, to divest from the social media platform or face a complete ban in the country. The bill passed 352 to 65 and needs to be taken up by the Senate and signed by President Joe Biden to become law. But … Read more
Congress has passed a sweeping law that could spell trouble for Trump if he wins in 2024. Trump’s views about NATO received renewed attention after he riffed during a political rally. The former president recalled how he told a foreign leader the US might not defend the NATO member. Former President Donald Trump sparked a … Read more
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Parisians have voted to triple parking charges for out-of-town SUV drivers as part of the city’s efforts to address road safety, air pollution, and climate change. The proposals were narrowly approved in a referendum vote on Sunday, with The Washington Post reporting that 54.6 percent of participants voted in favor of measures aiming to reduce … Read more
The arrests of several pro-democracy protesters alongside record-low turnout on Sunday in Hong Kong’s first district elections in four years—a period that has been marked by the tightening of Beijing’s grip over the city’s government and freedoms and the systematic suppression of opposition or dissent—are the latest signs of widespread discontent and rising apathy in … Read more
DETROIT (AP) — A tentative contract agreement between General Motors and the United Auto Workers union appears to be headed for defeat. The union hasn’t posted final vote totals yet, but workers at five large factories who finished voting in the past few days have turned down the four year and eight month deal by … Read more
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said he voted against removing Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from the House of Representatives because it would be “a terrible precedent to set.” The vote failed 179 to 213, with 31 Democrats joining 182 Republicans in voting against the resolution. It would have required a two-thirds majority to pass. Santos has … Read more
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) dug into the eight Republicans who voted to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), claiming the lawmakers “unleashed furies” in the GOP conference. “Well right now, [the House] can’t govern, and I think that the eight people who betrayed the conference and joined the Democrats to defeat the 96 … Read more
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s centre-right National Party will head the country’s next government after Saturday’s general election, but it will be several weeks until vote counting is finalised and for now the country is in transition. WHERE ARE THINGS WITH FORMING A NEW GOVERNMENT? National won 50 seats and the right-wing, free-market ACT Party … Read more
John Dingell.AP Picture/Paul Sancya The late Rep. John Dingell performed a significant position within the rise of the NRA’s lobbying operation in DC. Within the Nineteen Seventies, Dingell advocated for the NRA, in an period the place many Democrats backed the group. The New York Occasions examined a trove of paperwork which outlined Dingell’s relationship … Read more
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The gamers, who’re represented by the LCS Gamers Affiliation (LCSPA), voted to stroll out following Riot Video games’ announcement that LCS groups wouldn’t must area an novice group within the North American Challengers League (NACL) beginning with the summer time season. Within the days after, many groups stated they wouldn’t area an NACL groups, with … Read more