University of Akron's Mitchell McKinney, Franklin & Marshall College polling director Berwood Yost, and Politico's Elena Schneider discuss Tuesday night's presidential debate between Vice President Harris and former President Trump.
The House will consdier a rule governing six bills including a 6-month continuing resolution, temporarily funding government past the September 30th deadline to March 28, 2025 to avert a shutdown.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) holds a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring the 13 U.S. service members killed by an ISIS suicide bomber on Aug. 26, 2021, during the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The House will consdier a rule governing six bills including a 6-month continuing resolution, temporarily funding government past the September 30th deadline to March 28, 2025 to avert a shutdown.
Mitchell McKinney, political communication scholar and dean of the Buchtel (BOOK-tell) College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Akron, discussed the past, present, and future of presidential debates.
The House will consdier a rule governing six bills including a 6-month continuing resolution, temporarily funding government past the September 30th deadline to March 28, 2025 to avert a shutdown.
Mitchell McKinney, political communication scholar and dean of the Buchtel (BOOK-tell) College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Akron, discussed the past, present, and future of presidential debates.
The House will consdier a rule governing six bills including a 6-month continuing resolution, temporarily funding government past the September 30th deadline to March 28, 2025 to avert a shutdown.
2024 Democratic presidential nominees Kamala Harris and Donald Trump participate in the ABC News Presidential Debate hosted at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) testified on his administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and a directive he issued to admit and readmit patients and residents infected with the coronavirus before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. The governor defended his record against committee Republicans who said his policies resulted in the unnecessary death of thousands of nursing home residents across New York state. Mr. Cuomo asserted the deaths were from community spread and infected workers during a time when testing was not widely available. He also pointed to the lack of pandemic-related policies and leadership of former President Trump as contributing factors to deaths attributed to the pandemic.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) discussed his term in office, conservative principles, and the state of the Republican Party during the closing conversation of the annual Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, Texas. Several topics were addressed, including his support for former President Trump, winning as a Republican in a Democratic-leaning state, his views on Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Harris, tax reform and the economy, and his approach to governance. He was also asked about several education policies that have been criticized by Democrats, such as parental control in the classroom and the apparent banning of books deemed not appropriate for students.
Vice President Kamala Harris was joined by her husband, Dough Emhoff, as she spoke to supporters at a campaign event in Philadelphia following her debate with former President Donald Trump.
"This is a fight worth having," said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) during a news conference with Republican leadership from Capitol Hill of his plan to hold a vote on government funding legislation to avert a government shutdown. The speaker also touched on the SAVE Act and its importance to election integrity as he made claims that there were "thousands of illegals" on the voter rolls in swing states, such as Pennsylvania and Georgia. Other topics addressed included the recently released report on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and "China week," which will see the introduction of multiple pieces of China-related legislation aimed at strengthening U.S. trade policy, technological innovation and national security.
"House Republicans are leading us to a government shutdown," said House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-CA) as he spoke on government funding during a news conference from Capitol Hill. The chair criticized the Republican plan to extend government funding for six months in order to avoid a government shutdown. He said House Republicans were trying "to jam Trump's 2025 agenda into government funding legislation," and that Republicans "know this has no chance of becoming law we've seen how this ends." Also joining Chair Aguilar at the podium was Vice Chair Ted Lieu (D-CA).
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco outlined a plan of action to crack down on the possession and proliferation of machine-gun conversion devices (MCDs) during a meeting at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in Washington, DC. She, along with ATF Director Steve Dettelbach and U.S. Attorney Christopher Kavanaugh, described the threat that MCDs posed to public safety, saying such devices convert legal semi-automatic weapons into illegal machine-guns that can fire hundreds of rounds or more per minute. The federal government banned the possession and transfer of new machine-guns in 1986, with limited exceptions. In attendance at this meeting were members of law enforcement, academia, the 3D printing industry, and others.
FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate spoke at the Billington CyberSecurity Summit in Washington, DC. He discussed the agency's approach to tackling cybercrime, including working with the Justice Department, private sector, and international community. He also spoke about the importance of the recent reauthorization of foreign intelligence collection powers and leveraging artificial intelligence.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) held a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring the 13 U.S. service members killed by an ISIS suicide bomber on Aug. 26, 2021, during the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Other speakers included Senate leaders Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY), House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY), and a mother of one of the late service members, Coral Doolittle. Ms. Doolittle said about her son and the others killed, "Their love for this country was greater than the threats they faced from the enemy." 169 Afghan civilians also perished in the attack, which happened at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.
Vice President Kamala Harris was joined by her husband, Dough Emhoff, as she spoke to supporters at a campaign event in Philadelphia following her debate with former President Donald Trump.
