Tag: Legislature
EXPLAINER: How California could recall its governor
LOS ANGELES — California will hold a recall election Sept. 14 that could remove first-term Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office. The date was...
A look at 8 lawmakers appointed to probe Jan. 6 attack
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is acting swiftly to launch a new investigation of the violent Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol,...
Hungary PM calls EU leaders ‘colonialists’ in LGBT law feud
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday accused European leaders of acting like “colonialists" in their criticism of a controversial law...
Biden to back changes in military sexual assault prosecution
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is putting his stamp of approval on a long-debated change to the military justice system that would remove decisions...
Arkansas governor ponders future in GOP turned Trumpian
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Leading a state that went heavily for Donald Trump in the 2020 election and that has enacted some of the...
Tax law experts see ‘strong’ case against Trump Org. CFO
NEW YORK — Companies give perks to their employees all the time. Many top executives at Fortune 500 companies have access to a corporate...
In Mexico, transgender politicians make strides
MEXICO CITY — Salma Luévano was arrested for publicly identifying herself as transgender in provincial Mexico in 1985. Now she is set to take...
Judge blocks Florida law aimed at punishing social media
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge on Wednesday blocked for the time being a new Florida law that sought to punish large social media...
Trump-era law on surprise medical bills advances under Biden
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday began putting in place consumer protections against “surprise” medical bills enacted in bipartisan legislation signed last year...
Rumsfeld, a cunning leader who oversaw a ruinous Iraq war
WASHINGTON — Calling Donald H. Rumsfeld energetic was like calling the Pacific wide. When others would rest, he would run. While others sat, he...