Jen Psaki says White House will look for a different path if the voting rights Senate vote fails tomorrow and calls Joe Manchin’s compromise a ‘step forward’ White House press secretary Jen Psaki called Sen. Joe Manchin’s voting rights proposal a ‘step forward’ The Senate is slated to vote to begin debate on the issue … Read more
The Senate is set for a key vote Tuesday on a sweeping rewrite of voting and election law, setting up a dramatic test of Democratic unity on a top priority that Republicans are vowing to block. Democrats appeared to be coalescing Thursday around changes to the bill that could win the support of moderate West … Read more
Bizarre moment Pauline Hanson forgets her own BIRTHDAY during a debate about the government’s superannuation bill One Nation leader turned 67 in late May – and then bizarrely declared otherwise Confusion over Pauline Hanson’s actual birth date baffled many in parliament Ms Hanson, 67, was accused by Labor of trying to score a personal pay rise Government … Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris broke some bipartisan bread with 21 of the 24 women serving in the U.S. Senate Tuesday night, hosting them for dinner at her Naval Observatory home. The women noshed on a ‘summer garden tower,’ roasted Mahi-mahi, paired with California wines and for dessert had warm strawberry rhubarb croustades and vanilla ice cream, … Read more
New push to ban ‘highly processed and unnatural’ vegan and vegetarian foods from masquerading as meat Australian meat industry demands for plant-based alternatives change labels Nationals senator Susan McDonald has launched inquiry into food labelling laws She says vegan food makers need to come up with names unrelated to meat By Australian Associated Press Published: … Read more
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell went after Senate Democratic leadership for wanting former Attorneys General Bill Barr and Jeff Sessions to testify before Congress over the Trump-era Justice Department’s decision to secretly go after records of Democrats and journalists. ‘Late last week the Democratic leader and the Democratic whip gave in to the urge to … Read more
Chuck Schumer sparks outrage after referring to mentally-disabled homeless children as ‘retarded’ on podcast Schumer, the Senate majority leader, appeared on a podcast on Sunday He was on OneNYCHA show to discuss affordable housing and homelessness Schumer, representing New York in the Senate, talked about plans for shelters He told how in the past he … Read more
Chuck Schumer sparks outrage after referring to mentally-disabled homeless children as ‘retarded’ on podcast Schumer, the Senate majority leader, appeared on a podcast on Sunday He was on OneNYCHA show to discuss affordable housing and homelessness Schumer, representing New York in the Senate, talked about plans for shelters He told how in the past he … Read more
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Trump’s DOJ showed the ‘fingerprints of a dictatorship’ by secretly seizing phone data and urges Republicans to demand Bill Barr and Jeff Sessions testify Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer hammered the Trump Department of Justice for secretly seizing records from Democrats and journalists ‘What has happened here are fingerprints of … Read more
Uber pays food delivery worker $400,000 rather than risk having its legion of low-paid workers being classed as employees by a court Uber Eats paid Adelaide driver Amita Gupta $400,000 settlement last year Ms Gupta claimed unfair dismissal after she was blocked from the delivery app Arguments arose whether she was contractor or employee and … Read more