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WASHINGTON, April 24, 2024 (AFP) – The US Senate on Tuesday approved legislation requiring the wildly popular social media app TikTok to be divested from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or be shut out of the American market. The measure was part of a $95 billion foreign aid package, including military assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, which has now cleared Congress and heads to President Joe Biden’s desk. US and other Western officials have […]
by Alfred Acenas (EBC Hawaii-Pacific) Eagle News Service HONOLULU, Hawaii (Eagle News) – Three US senators and two congressmen reintroduced the Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act on Wednesday, May 19, which would speed up the visa processing for children of Filipino World War II veterans. U.S. Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), along with Representatives Ed Case (D-Hawaii) and Don Young (R-Alaska), stressed the importance of this act for […]
by Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump was told Friday to step down or face impeachment, as the top Democrat in Congress announced she had discussed with the military how to block the “unhinged” leader from the nation’s nuclear arsenal. As his presidency imploded, Trump signalled a final, unrepentant display of division by announcing on Twitter that he will skip the inauguration of Joe Biden on […]
by Agence France Presse World leaders and governments have expressed shock and outrage at the storming of the US Capitol in Washington by supporters of President Donald Trump. – Germany – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday she was “furious and saddened” by the events and said Trump shared blame for the unrest. “I deeply regret that President Trump has not conceded his defeat, since November and again yesterday,” she said. – Britain – […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Nancy Pelosi, the only woman to serve as US Speaker of the House, was narrowly re-elected to the position Sunday in a deeply divided new Congress that convened in the final weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency. Pelosi, 80, faced a scare when five fellow Democrats defected and voted “present” or for someone else during the floor vote. But the woman who is third in line to the presidency secured […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday bowed to pressure from President Donald Trump’s Republicans as Congress approved $4.6 billion in emergency aid to ease a swelling migrant crisis on the nation’s southern border. One day after the Senate passed the administration-backed measure, the House of Representatives followed suit with a bipartisan vote of 305 to 102 that sends the bill to the president’s desk. The emergency money would […]
(Eagle News)–A resolution rebuking two US resolutions calling for the release of Senator Leila de Lima has been filed before the Philippine Senate. The resolution, which also calls out US Senators Marco Rubio of Florida, Richard Durbin of Illinois, Edward Markey of Massachusetts, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, and Christopher Coons of Delaware who were behind the April 4 US resolution, was initiated by Philippine Senate President Tito Sotto and Senators Panfilo Lacson and Gringo Honasan, […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Democrats swept back to power Thursday in the House of Representatives with veteran Nancy Pelosi at the helm, but they came face to face with what may be a new divided government normal in Washington: legislative gridlock. After a historic opening session of the 116th Congress in which Pelosi was elected as speaker for the second time in her storied career, lawmakers […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg placed the blame for privacy and security lapses at the world’s largest social network squarely on himself as he girded Monday for appearances this week on Capitol Hill before angry lawmakers. In prepared remarks released by a congressional panel, Zuckerberg admitted he was too idealistic and failed to grasp how the platform — used by two billion people — could be abused and manipulated. The 33-year-old […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES – The hopes of hundreds of thousands of “Dreamers” were on hold Monday as lawmakers missed an initial deadline for resolving the fate of immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that shields nearly 700,000 of the immigrants from deportation was supposed to expire on March 5, six months after President Donald Trump announced he was ending it. But a […]
by Michael Mathes and Paul Handley Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The citizenship hopes of 1.8 million immigrants brought to the United States as children hung in the balance Monday as Congress launched debate on the hot-button issue, with President Donald Trump eager to “make a deal” on new legislation. In offering a path to citizenship for so-called Dreamers, Trump has exceeded the demands of opposition Democrats — but only in exchange […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US government on Thursday was assured of careening into a shutdown at midnight after the Senate adjourned with no vote on a measure to extend federal funding beyond the 12:00 am deadline. The upper chamber of Congress struggled to overcome roadblocks to passing a government funding bill and budget plan when a conservative senator objected to a swift vote, and leadership opted to close up shop and then reopen […]
