Hiral Tipirneni, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress in Arizona, hosting a virtual town hall on April 1, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has forced candidates to rethink traditional campaign events. Source: Hiral Tipirneni Alyse Galvin used to host her town halls in coffee shops. Sometimes she hosted them in her garage. Other times, she says, […]
Tag: United States House of Representatives
House passes relief bill, sends to Trump
President Donald Trump signed a $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill on Friday, as Washington tries to blunt economic destruction from the pandemic ripping through the United States. The House earlier passed the stimulus package, believed to be the largest in U.S. history, by voice vote, which simply measures if more lawmakers shout for “aye” or “nay” on […]
Trump friend Roger Stone sentenced to prison for WikiLeaks lies
A federal judge sentenced President Donald Trump’s friend, longtime Republican operative Roger Stone, on Thursday to more than three years in prison for lying to Congress and tampering with a witness in an effort to protect Trump. “He was not prosecuted, as some have complained, for standing up for the president, he was prosecuted for […]
Veterans Affairs deputy secretary James Byrne fired
Veterans Affairs Department Deputy Secretary James Byrne was fired Monday, amid controversy over the department’s handling of a sexual assault allegation by a House staffer visiting a VA facility last year. VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said he dismissed Byrne just five months after he was confirmed by the Senate “due to loss of confidence in […]
Senate votes against calling witnesses in Trump impeachment trial
WASHINGTON – A razor-thin majority of Senate Republicans on Friday voted against a Democratic proposal to admit additional witnesses and documents into President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. The final tally was 51 votes against the motion, and 49 in favor. The vote dashed Democrats’ hopes of hearing testimony from former Trump national security advisor John […]
Chris Collins sentenced to 26 months for insider trading tip
A disgraced and extremely emotional former New York congressman Chris Collins was sentenced Friday to 26 months in jail for an unlawful inventory tip that he gave his son from the White House garden a couple of biopharmaceutical firm’s failed drug trial. The sentence from Judge Vernon Broderick in U.S. District Court in […]