The US Senate on Monday confirmed Iowa Governor Terry Branstad as the next ambassador to Beijing, providing President Donald Trump with an envoy whose decades-long connection to China could smooth relations between the global powers. The confirmation, by a bipartisan vote of 82 to 13, comes with the White House beset by scandal, but also … Read more
The US Senate on Monday confirmed Iowa Governor Terry Branstad as the next ambassador to Beijing, providing President Donald Trump with an envoy whose decades-long connection to China could smooth relations between the global powers. The confirmation, by a bipartisan vote of 82 to 13, comes with the White House beset by scandal, but also … Read more
US Republican lawmakers on Thursday successfully rolled back Obama-era rules protecting funding to clinics that offer abortion services, as Vice President Mike Pence broke a Senate tie on the contentious measure. The rules had prevented states from withholding certain federal money — distributed under a “Title X” program that funds family planning clinics used in … Read more