congress a threat to free press, says modi

Dividing his blog into sub-heads, Modi accused the Congress of attacking “Parliament”, “Press”, “Constitution and Courts”, “Government bodies” and “Armed forces”. . “Congress’s contempt for the courts is anyway legendary. It was Mrs Indira Gandhi who called..

days of the dead

The Mérida Initiative, begun under the Bush administration and continuing under Obama’s, allocates money, training, and weapons to the Mexican military. Congress has approved $1.4 billion in “security aid” to Mexico and the war on drugs was allotted $48 million for “international..

house okays 2.6 percent pay raise for federal civilian workers

Just days after the end of a five week partial government shutdown, the House comfortably voted Wednesday to overrule an executive order issued in December by President Donald Trump, as Democrats sent the GOP Senate a bill which would authorize a 2.6 percent pay hike for civilian federal employees, matching a..

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the humble libertarian: senate advances bill to end u.s. involvement

WASHINGTON — Following administration briefing about Yemen and the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Senate on Wednesday voted to advance measure that would tie President Donald Trump's hands over how he deals with Saudi Arabia.. ..

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army’s detailed iraq war study remains unpublished years after

“Our military, Congress, and the American people deserve nothing less than total transparency on the lessons the Army has identified so that we may use those lessons to avoid costly, and too often deadly, mistakes of the past.” . . . ..

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