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Three Democratic members of Congress introduced a resolution to formally end the Korean War as President Donald Trump prepares to meet for a second summit with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un on Wednesday.
The conversation around "stealthing" — the nonconsensual removal or deliberate damaging of a condom during sex — as a form of sexual assault is not new, and neither is the lack of movement on this issue at the federal level. But with Democrats now controlling the House, Reps.
BuzzFeed News has learned that the US House Oversight and Reform Committee is considering holding a hearing on facial recognition, which has been widely implemented across the country despite growing concerns about the technology's potential privacy and civil rights implications.
Public-facing federal websites and digital services can often lag behind their private sector counterparts. A new law strives to change the status quo by promoting modernization of government agency technology and previously non-digital, paper-based processes.
A bill that would end U.S. support for Saudi Arabia's war against Yemen could force President Donald Trump to exercise the first veto of his presidency — and, in the process, raise questions about his willingness to place American interests over those of a foreign government.
Yesterday, the House of Representatives handed President Donald J. Trump a historic rebuke when it overwhelmingly passed House Joint Resolution 37, by invoking the War Powers resolution of 1973 in directing the administration to cease support for the Saudi-UAE led war on Yemen.
The House of Representatives has passed a resolution to withdraw U.S. military support for the Saudi and Emirati-led coalition in Yemen, a historic vote that sends a strong rebuke to President Donald Trump's foreign policy one month after Democrats took control of the chamber.
President Trump has not issued a veto since taking office more than two years ago, but that may soon change.
The House will move a step closer to a major confrontation with Trump by voting as soon as Wednesday on a resolution that would cut off U.S. military support to the Saudi-led coalition in neighboring Yemen.
Khanna has sometimes been a source of tension within the House Democratic Caucus. Heendorsed incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley last year before backtracking and signaling support for Crowley's liberal challenger in the primary, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is now an ally of Khanna's in Congress.
As the White House prepares to wage another fight with Congress to preserve its involvement in the Yemen war, opponents plan to use President Trump's criticisms of endless, pointless wars as either a lever or a cudgel.