WASHINGTON – Top State Department aides Wednesday defended President Donald Trump’s firing of State Department Inspector General (IG) Steve Linick earlier this year, telling lawmakers the decision was within the White House’s executive authority. “The IG’s removal was not about retaliation on any specific report or investigation,” Brian Bulatao, State Department undersecretary of management, […]
VOA/Youtube WASHINGTON – With many Americans concerned about casting their ballot in public places during the coronavirus pandemic, mail-in voting is expected to surge dramatically in coming weeks in the runup to the Nov. 3 general election. Congressional Democrats, however, say recent changes at the United States Postal Service (USPS) could prevent those […]
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump warned this week that he might use a never-before-invoked power under the U.S. Constitution to adjourn the Congress unless it took steps to confirm a number of his appointments. But lawmakers and legal scholars say the move is unlikely and not actually permissible in the way the president is trying to use it. “It’s a huge unprecedented power grab for the […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. lawmakers are poised to revive the debate over ground rules for a potential conflict with Iran, more than five weeks after President Donald Trump ordered the airstrike that killed Iranian general Qassem Suleimani. Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine says he has the votes to pass a resolution later this week limiting Trump’s […]