Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) appeared confused and began speaking during a Senate Appropriations Committee vote on Thursday, prompting Chair Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) to repeatedly urge the 90-year-old to say “aye.”
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee, will not say if he is against allowing “drag queen story hour” for children on military bases after reports one was hosted at an air force base in his state.
Last week, freshman Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) was named to the Senate Appropriations Committee, filling a vacancy on the committee her predecessor, former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), served on both as the chairman and the ranking member.
On Monday, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) announced he would not seek a seventh term representing Alabama in the U.S. Senate.
CDC Director Robert Redfield said face masks are better at protecting against the coronavirus disease than a potential vaccine.
Top health officials denied on Wednesday that political appointees are meddling with CDC’s weekly scientific reports on coronavirus.
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo repudiated the crackdown on religious freedom in China at the hands of communist leader Xi Jinping in remarks Tuesday and Wednesday, stressing that the persecution of Muslims and Christians in the Asian country has reached “historic proportions.”
