by Daniel DePetris President Joe Biden’s decision to order a wave of strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen was inevitable the moment the Yemeni militia disregarded Washington’s […]
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Senate adopts resolution urging Congress to reform energy project-permitting process
MORGANTOWN — Senate President Craig Blair stepped down from the president’s dais Monday morning to promote a resolution urging the federal government to reform its energy permitting […]
Can a divided Congress unite?
Fractured GOP the biggest obstacle Faced with looming deadlines to produce a federal budget, the top Republican in Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and the top Democrat, […]
Defending our own interests
by Steven Roberts America must not abandon Ukraine. Congressional Republicans who are blocking President Biden’s request for another $61 billion in aid to Kyiv are making a […]
GOP, be honest about election interference
In recent weeks, Congress has stripped a senator of his committee chairmanship pending a bribery investigation, expelled a House member for egregious frauds and fired a staffer […]
Why this Congress can’t get much done
by Carl P. Leubsdorf When Republicans narrowly captured the House last year, most analysts predicted they would do more investigating than legislating. Unfortunately, that has proven to […]
Democrats, make a border deal to save Ukraine
In exchange for approving a supplemental national-security bill providing aid to Israel and Ukraine, Republican lawmakers are insisting on a far-reaching crackdown on the flow of migrants […]
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Zach Shrewsbury holds campaign kickoff rally in Morgantown
MORGANTOWN – Democrat Zach Shrewsbury brought his campaign for U.S. Senate to Morgantown Wednesday evening with a rally at 123 Pleasant Street. Shrewsbury, a Marine Corps veteran […]
Convict Santos before ousting him
Less than an hour after the House Ethics Committee published their extensive report on the elected fraudster from New York, Con(gress)man George Santos took to Twitter to […]
Congress didn’t solve the big issues
by Carl P. Leubsdorf The new House speaker, Mike Johnson, gave federal workers, U.S. troops and the American people a Thanksgiving and Christmas present: no government shutdown […]
