Biden announces modest climate actions, stops short of declaring emergency

Biden announces modest climate actions, stops short of declaring emergency

Issued on: 21/07/2022 – 01:01 President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced modest new steps to combat climate change and promised more robust action to come, saying, “This is an emergency and I will look at it that way.” The president stopped short, though, of declaring a formal climate emergency, which Democrats and environmental groups have

US Senate passes gun safety bill, with House expected to follow

US Senate passes gun safety bill, with House expected to follow

A bipartisan package of modest gun safety measures passed the U.S. Senate late on Thursday even as the Supreme Court broadly expanded gun rights by ruling Americans have a constitutional right to carry handguns in public for self-defense. The landmark court ruling and Senate action on gun safety illustrate the deep divide over firearms in

US senators announce bipartisan gun control deal

US senators announce bipartisan gun control deal

Issued on: 12/06/2022 – 19:47 A bipartisan group of US senators on Sunday proposed steps to curb gun violence following devastating mass shootings in Texas and New York, but the limited measures fall far short of the president’s calls for change.  The shootings in May — one at a Texas elementary school that killed 19

US senators announce bipartisan gun control deal

US senators announce bipartisan gun control deal

Issued on: 12/06/2022 – 19:47 A bipartisan group of US senators on Sunday proposed steps to curb gun violence following devastating mass shootings in Texas and New York, but the limited measures fall far short of the president’s calls for change.  The shootings in May — one at a Texas elementary school that killed 19

Biden Supreme Court nominee Jackson advances toward final Senate confirmation

Biden Supreme Court nominee Jackson advances toward final Senate confirmation

Issued on: 05/04/2022 – 03:13 U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson secured the support of two more Senate Republicans on Monday, as she cleared a procedural hurdle toward becoming the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s top judicial body. Republicans Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney joined Susan Collins in saying they would

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