by Daniel DePetris President Joe Biden’s decision to order a wave of strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen was inevitable the moment the Yemeni militia disregarded Washington’s warnings a week earlier and sent a swarm of 18 drones and three anti-ship ballistic missiles in the ...
MORGANTOWN — Senate President Craig Blair stepped down from the president's dais Monday morning to promote a resolution urging the federal government to reform its energy permitting process. SJR 16 was before the members: “Urging the United States Congress to enact much-needed reforms ...
Fractured GOP the biggest obstacle Faced with looming deadlines to produce a federal budget, the top Republican in Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and the top Democrat, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, agree that Pentagon funding for the fiscal year that started Oct. 1 should be ...
by Steven Roberts America must not abandon Ukraine. Congressional Republicans who are blocking President Biden’s request for another $61 billion in aid to Kyiv are making a deeply dangerous mistake. If, as a nation, we are serious about advancing democracy, then repelling ...
In recent weeks, Congress has stripped a senator of his committee chairmanship pending a bribery investigation, expelled a House member for egregious frauds and fired a staffer for making a sex tape in a committee room — all for the good, given the embarrassment each has brought on the ...
by Carl P. Leubsdorf When Republicans narrowly captured the House last year, most analysts predicted they would do more investigating than legislating. Unfortunately, that has proven to be true. Indeed, its final full week epitomized the entire first session of the “do nothing” ...