Republicans divided on whether to check Trump's Iran war power as 60-day mark looms

Senate Republicans are divided over how to handle the 60-day mark of the military conflict against Iran, with some arguing that Congress would need to vote to continue military action beyond the window set by the 1973 War Powers Act. A group of Republican senators, including Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Thom Tillis (N.C.), Susan Collins...

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GOP congressman wants to add Arlington and Alexandria back to DC

Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) introduced legislation on Wednesday to reincorporate Arlington and Alexandria, two independent jurisdictions in Northern Virginia, into Washington, D.C., hearkening back to a time when the federal district extended west into the neighboring state. The aptly titled Make DC Square Again Act would reverse an 1846 congressional action, known as retrocession, that […]

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Prosecution for Threats to Kill Muslims (and Blacks, Immigrants, and People from India) Can Go to Jury

From U.S. v. Demeo, decided Tuesday by Judge Sheri Polster Chappell (M.D. Fla.); compare the recent "See MAGA, Shoot MAGA"… The post Prosecution for Threats to Kill Muslims (and Blacks, Immigrants, and People from India) Can Go to Jury appeared first on Reason.com.

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