WASHINGTON (AP) — The Iran nuclear deal strongly backed by President Barack Obama and just as ardently opposed by the Republican Party is now on track to get through Congress./ In the Senate, Democratic supporters now claim a decisive 34 votes in favor, after Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland ...
Republican leaders vowed Wednesday to press forward with a rigorous debate over the merits of the deal/ Moving forward, Republicans say they want to pass new sanctions on Iran/ Congressional Republicans faced a significant, but expected, setback Wednesday when Democrats secured the 34 Senate ...
US President Barack Obama has clinched enough Congressional support to ensure his Iran deal goes through (AFP Photo/Jim Watson)/ Washington (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday earned sufficient congressional backing to ensure the international deal to roll back Iran's nuclear program ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama secured a landmark foreign policy victory over ferocious opposition from Republicans and the government of Israel when Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski became the 34th vote in favor of the Iran nuclear deal. ./ Mikulski's backing gives supporters the ...
//www.npr.org/player/embed/436647276/436820871" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no">/ Sen. Bob Corker (center, standing) speaks with fellow Republican senators before a hearing on the Iran nuclear agreement. Corker opposes the deal, but was among the architects of rules that ...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will give a speech Wednesday in Philadelphia in support of the international agreement on Iran's nuclear program, while Democrats in Congress are on the verge of guaranteeing lawmakers will not be able to pass a measure opposing the deal. Kerry and top ...
President Barack Obama is on the verge of a major foreign policy victory./ Supporters of the Iran nuclear agreement are now just one vote shy of locking in enough support to preserve the deal after two Senate Democrats said Tuesday they would back it. Just about an hour apart, Sens. Chris Coons ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is just one Senate vote shy of being able to declare success on the Iran nuclear deal and cement a foreign policy legacy. Senate support for the deal now stands at 33 votes, thanks to announcements Tuesday from Democrats Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and ...
Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey takes the stage for Democratic challenger for Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf at a "Women for Wolf" grassroots rally at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. (Reuters)/ Supporters of the Iran nuclear deal are on the cusp of clinching the necessary Senate ...
Sens. Chris Coons and Bob Casey announced their support for the deal Tuesday./ WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) came out in favor of the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday, calling his decision a "very hard choice" and putting the Obama administration within one vote of a victory./ Coons is the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supporters of the international agreement with Iran on its nuclear program moved within one vote of mustering enough support to protect the deal in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday when two more Democratic senators said they would support the pact. Democratic Senators Bob ...
In this July 23, 2015 file photo, Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cardin is predicting there will be enough votes in the Senate by week's end to uphold President Barack Obama's veto of a resolution ...
In this July 23, 2015 file photo, Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cardin is predicting there will be enough votes in the Senate by week’s end to uphold President Barack Obama’s veto of a resolution ...
war activists hold a Picnic for Peace outside the White House in Washington in support of the Iran nuclear deal. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)/ American opinions on the Iran nuclear agreement have grown sharply polarized along party lines, according to a new poll released Tuesday as the White House ...
Three House Democrats from New York and a House Democrat from Florida who is running for a Senate seat endorsed President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran on Monday, lending fresh momentum to the pact from political quarters that once appeared most leery of it. In rapid succession, Representatives ...
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) will vote for a nuclear agreement with Iran, joining House Democrats who would, if necessary, sustain a veto from President Obama of any legislation blocking the deal. “This resolution to the immediate threat posed by Iran’s nuclear program is compelling, as are the ...
“Israel is going to lose this vote in the United States House and Senate that will take place by September 17, " Dankof says./ Israel and its powerful lobby in the United States will lose the upcoming vote in Congress on the Iran nuclear agreement, says a former US Senate candidate. “They spent ...
An Egyptian soldier standing guard in a watch tower, seen from the Gaza city of Rafah (file image)/ Israel's military says it has taken control over a strategic zone along the border between Gaza and Egypt, known as the Philadelphi Corridor. A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said ...
Russian President Putin inspects an exercise to test delivering a massive retaliatory nuclear strike, via a video link from Moscow/ (Reuters) - A senior member of a Russian think tank whose ideas sometimes become government policy has suggested Moscow consider a "demonstrative" nuclear explosion ...
More than a million Palestinians have fled Rafah since the start of the Israeli military operation in the city three weeks ago/ A senior Israeli official has said he expects the war against Hamas in Gaza to continue for at least the rest of this year. "We are expecting another seven months of ...
After a price adjustment, Collier County will move ahead with the purchase of nearly 2,250 acres near Lake Trafford in Immokalee. On Tuesday, county commissioners unanimously agreed to pay $20.77 million for the land. The decision came after the sellers accepted a lesser offer, saving a few ...
Comedian Bill Maher clashed with Jewish actress and over whether the current rise in antisemitism comes mostly from the left or the right in the United States. Bernhard, who discussed the topic with Maher during a of his "Club Random" podcast, argued that antisemitism has been spreading thanks ...
The rise in executions in Iran has given rise to protests around the world/ The number of executions recorded globally in 2023 was the highest for eight years, as some Middle Eastern states sharply increased their use of the death penalty, Amnesty International says. A total of 1,153 people are ...
The US does not believe Israel has launched a full-scale invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza, White House spokesman John Kirby has said. He spoke hours after Israeli forces reached the centre of the city and reportedly seized a strategically important hill overlooking the nearby border with Egypt ...
) — We now know the cause of death for the Ponchatoula police officer who died while on duty on Tuesday, May 28. Ponchatoula Police Chief Bry Layrisson said police and fire departments responded to a Rouses Supermarket around 10 a.m. after someone reported an unresponsive officer./ He said the ...
ICJ president Nawaf Salam (centre) stands during a ruling over the situation in Rafah/ The UN's top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), issued a ruling last week on Israel's military offensive in Rafah. It was the latest pronouncement by the court in a case brought by South Africa, ...
LULING, Texas (KXAN) — Travelers and residents will soon be able to visit the largest Buc-ee’s travel center in the country starting next month. The new center is located in Luling, Texas, and will open its doors to the public the morning of June 10, according to a news release from the company ...