Today, President Biden is traveling to Somerset, Mass., where he is expected to deliver an ultimatum to Congress on climate change: take action or he’ll move forward on his own. It’s a risky move for a president whose environmental agenda is stalled in Congress. In Washington, the House Judiciary Committee is expected to advance legislation that would ban assault weapons for the first time in nearly two decades. While the move will make a statement, the bill stands little chance in the Senate.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, is set to address Congress on Wednesday as part of a high-profile trip to Washington. She is expected to speak about the conditions in her country as Russia’s war approaches its sixth month. Biden and first lady Jill Biden welcomed Zelenska to the White House on Tuesday.
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Arizona House Speaker Russell “Rusty” Bowers (R), who testified last month to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection about how he refused to help President Donald Trump overturn the 2020 election results, was censured Tuesday night by the Arizona Republican Party’s executive committee.
“The @AZGOP Executive Committee formally censured Rusty Bowers tonight — he is no longer a Republican in good standing & we call on Republicans to replace him at the ballot box in the August primary,”...
ST. GEORGE, Utah (ABC4) — A Utah podiatrist and two nurses have been federally indicted on fraud charges after they allegedly submitted fraudulent claims to Medicare for skin substitute services, ...