The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday a comprehensive ban on asbestos, targeting the last remaining form of the chemical still used in the United States. Although asbestos was the first chemical banned under a 2016 chemical safety law removing it from many consumer products, the cancer-causing material is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake […]
The United States said Wednesday the United Nations’ top court should not issue an advisory opinion saying that Israel should “immediately and unconditionally withdraw” from territories sought for a Palestinian state without getting security guarantees in return. Acting State Department legal adviser Richard Visek told a 15-judge panel at the International Court of Justice in […]
A newly released U.S. Senate security bill faced an uncertain future Monday, despite the months of negotiations over the bipartisan measure that includes billions of dollars in funding for Ukraine, Israel and humanitarian assistance, as well as reforms for asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer set an initial vote on the […]
A U.S. House of Representatives committee voted along party lines early Wednesday to advance two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The Republican majority propelled the measures in the 18-15 vote, with Democrats on the committee criticizing the effort as a stunt. The impeachment articles accuse Mayorkas of refusing to comply with […]