The head of the US House Committee on Homeland Security and a subcommittee on Thursday demanded Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal respond and address “extremely troubling allegations by a former executive of the company for low standard security and privacy practices”. US lawmakers Bennie Thompson and Yvette Clarke also asked Twitter, according to Reuters, in a […]
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New US visit to Taiwan – Congressional delegation lands on the island
LAST UPDATE: 16:05 A US congressional delegation led by Senator Ed Markey landed in Taiwan on Sunday for a two-day visit, a trip that risks keeping tensions with China high after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit earlier this month . As Bloomberg reports, the delegation will meet with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, Foreign Minister Joseph […]
US: Congress passes climate and health bill
The US Congress on Friday finally approved Joe Biden’s climate and health investment bill, handing the Democratic president a major political victory with less than three months to go before crucial midterm elections. Thanks to their narrow majority, the Democrats in the House of Representatives passed this bill, which provides for public investment of more […]
USA: On Friday in the House of Representatives the Biden program for Climate and Health
On Friday, the House of Representatives will vote to approve US President Joe Biden’s climate and health plan, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Wednesday. In a letter to Democratic lawmakers, Pelosi called the $430 billion climate, tax and health care program, also known as the “De-Inflation Act,” “life-changing legislation” for Americans. It is […]
The ‘Battle of Insulin’ in the US
By Kostas Raptis The approval by the US Congress of the comprehensive climate and health care bill proposed by the Biden administration is considered a big step in advancing the agenda with which the Democrats have returned to superpower governance. However, a side battle, fought in the field of procedural disputes, resulted in a bitter […]
USA: The Ambitious Climate Change and Drug Price Reduction Bill
After 18 months of negotiations, the Biden administration’s climate change and medicare reform bill has begun to be debated in the US Congress. “This bill will fundamentally change the situation for American households and our economy,” promised the Democratic president of the United States, who came to power with big reform ambitions. The ambitious plan […]
US: First step in Congress for draft law banning assault rifles
The US Congress on Friday passed a first-reading bill banning assault rifles, the semi-automatic weapons used in several shocking massacres in the US. The text, which was supported by Democratic President Joe Biden, was adopted by the House of Representatives with 217 votes in favor against 213 against. But it seems doomed not to pass […]
A committee of the US Congress met in Kyiv with Zelensky
A delegation of the US Congress met yesterday Saturday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, assuring him that he will try to ensure the continued support of the US to Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion. Among the US officials in Kyiv was Adam Smith, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. “The United […]
Meeting of Al. Tsipras with the chairman of the Congress Foreign Affairs Committee
The president of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, Alexis Tsipras, met with a delegation from the US House of Representatives, led by the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Gregory Weldon Meeks. According to a related announcement, in this context they discussed Greek-American relations, global developments following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the escalation of Turkish aggression […]
Tsavousoglou: Mitsotakis begged Congress not to give us F-16
Ankara continues its high-pitched rhetoric, with the Turkish Foreign Minister stating today that Kyriakos Mitsotakis humiliated himself in his speech to the American Congress. In particular, as reported by ANT1, in an interview he gave to a Turkish channel, Mevlut Cavusoglu claimed that Kyriakos Mitsotakis succeeded against Turkey and begged Congress not to give the […]