#Pelosi, Schumer invite Israeli president to address Congress

#Pelosi, Schumer invite Israeli president to address Congress

Pelosi, Schumer invite Israeli president to address Congress House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) invited Israeli President Isaac Herzog to address a joint meeting of Congress.  Pelosi and Schumer said in a letter addressed to Herzog on Tuesday that they hope Congress will have the opportunity to hear from…

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#Progressive Caucus withdraws letter on Ukraine strategy amid blowback

#Progressive Caucus withdraws letter on Ukraine strategy amid blowback

Progressive Caucus withdraws letter on Ukraine strategy amid blowback Top House progressives backed off their position questioning President Biden’s Ukraine policy on Tuesday afternoon, withdrawing a letter released Monday that perplexed and angered many Democrats. “The Congressional Progressive Caucus hereby withdraws its recent letter to the White House regarding Ukraine,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the…

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#Democracy in peril argument fizzles as midterm issue

#Democracy in peril argument fizzles as midterm issue

Democracy in peril argument fizzles as midterm issue Threats to U.S. democracy highlighted by the House Jan. 6 select committee’s blockbuster hearings are fizzling as a midterm election issue, drowned out by inflation and other economic concerns that appear to be driving voters in the final weeks of the campaign. While the committee examining the…

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#Joe Biden’s Saudi state of affairs

#Joe Biden’s Saudi state of affairs

“Joe Biden’s Saudi state of affairs” Leaving aside Joe Biden’s ridiculous denial about inflation and his Walter Mittyesque claims to having been there and done that, he still managed to hit a new low last week. If Congress plays by the rules it followed during Donald Trump’s presidency, Biden committed an impeachable offense. And he…

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#Nancy Pelosi says Florida needs migrants to ‘pick crops’

#Nancy Pelosi says Florida needs migrants to ‘pick crops’

“Nancy Pelosi says Florida needs migrants to ‘pick crops’” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi caused outrage Friday when she attempted to justify waves of illegal migration to the US by claiming Florida farmers needed the new arrivals to “pick the crops down there.” The California Democrat made the stunning remarks during a news conference at which…

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#Enough of Joe Biden’s ‘He said-Xi said’

#Enough of Joe Biden’s ‘He said-Xi said’

“Enough of Joe Biden’s ‘He said-Xi said’” In a sign of how far and fast relations between China and the United States are falling, the nations can’t even agree on what their leaders said to each other in a conversation. It’s a tale of two versions of one telephone call.  The White House insists President…

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