With government funding set to partially expire on Friday, House and Senate negotiators have reached an agreement to prevent a shutdown. In a joint statement, congressional leaders of both parties confirmed that the House and the Senate would vote this week on a short-term funding bill to allow lawmakers more […]
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France’s Senate on Wednesday backed a government move to enshrine the “freedom” to have an abortion in the constitution which will now be voted on at a special congress. President Emmanuel Macron last year pledged to put the right to terminate a pregnancy — which has been legal in France […]
PARIS — France’s Senate is to vote on Wednesday on a bill meant to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the constitution, a measure promised by President Emmanuel Macron following a rollback on rulings in the United States. Wednesday’s vote comes after the lower house, the National Assembly, […]
Americans For Prosperity Action, the super PAC arm of the conservative political network financed by billionaire Charles Koch and other megadonors, is planning to launch ads Monday supporting the likely GOP candidates in two key Senate races, Pennsylvania and Nevada. AFP Action said it will be spending $1 million […]
Helen Haines shines spotlight on pork barrelling Sarah Basford Canales The independent MP Helen Haines has urged the Albanese government to stamp out pork barrelling (promising funding of projects targeted only at politically important electorates), saying itâs happening again in the Dunkley byelection. The member for Indi will introduce a […]
Vicki Gunvalson, Gina Kirschenheiter Jason Mendez;Terry Wyatt/WireImage/Getty Images(2) Vicki Gunvalson, Gina Kirschenheiter and Alexis Bellino have a special message for Eric Hovde, who is running for Senate in Wisconsin, despite living in California off-and-on. “Happy National California Day, @EricHovde!” the Wisconsin Democrats group wrote via X on Thursday, February 22, […]
BURBANK, Calif. — Open U.S. Senate seats don’t come along often in California elections. There has only been one in the last 30 years since it turned into a safe blue state. So it’s no surprise that the contest to replace the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein has devolved into a […]
Wisconsin businessman Eric Hovde officially launched his Senate campaign Tuesday, finally giving Republicans a challenger against Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., in a crucial battleground race that could determine control of the chamber. His announcement, made in a 30-second video, ends months of speculation over who the GOP would pit against […]