The action is likely the last House vote on issue ahead of the midterm elections
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For a third time, the US House has voted to end the war in Iran, approving a war powers resolution that would halt president Donald Trump’s ability to continue military action without congressional approval.
As part of a $2. 8 bn package of military aid, the Trump administration plans to send Israel a type of one-ton bombs that were withheld by the Biden administration over concerns that they were being used to kill Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
Donald Trump “threw a tantrum” when he heard that Democratic congresswomanJoyce Beatty , a trustee of the Kennedy Center whose lawsuit forced Trump’s name to be removed from the facade of the memorial, had again prevailed in court . A televised Michigan Senate debate in Detroit on Tuesday was distinctly one-sided, because the Democratic nominee, DrAbdul El-Sayed turned up, while his Republican rival,Mike Rogers , chose not to attend. Todd Blanche , the US attorney general, alerted reporters at the White House to stand by for what he called “a big development” in the federal crackdown on voting by non-citizens to be announced byRyan Raybould , the US attorney for the Northern District of Texas. When it came, however, Raybould’s announcement , that his office had charged six lawful permanent residents and one undocumented immigrant for voting in federal elections over the past eight years, hardly lived up to the billing. Continue reading...