Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are running out of time to pass legislation to close loopholes in the electoral vote-counting process before the end of the year, when Democrats will relinquish control over the House of Representatives, making it more difficult to pass.
The Senate voted down Sen. Joe Manchin’s amended permitting reform bill in a 47-47 vote Thursday evening, meaning that Democratic leaders failed to honor an agreement made to the West Virginia Democrat to secure his support for climate spending legislation.
The White House said Thursday that President Joe Biden has put in “the work” on securing the border, despite record illegal immigration for much of his term, and challenged congressional Republicans to do the same.
Drug overdose deaths among teenagers have doubled in the past two years, with fatal overdoses of fentanyl occurring at an even higher rate, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
The Department of Defense announced an expansion of its training of Ukrainian forces, Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder announced from the podium on Thursday.
