THE PRESIDENT’S youngest son is “working as an intern” at the House leader’s office, Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez confirmed on Monday in a statement. William Vincent A. Marcos has been undergoing training on the legislative process since Jan. 23, said Mr. Romualdez, a first cousin of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. “He will be […]
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Abortion, China, big government: Republicans gear up to flex US House muscles
WASHINGTON — Hours after Republican leader Kevin McCarthy finally clinched the US House speaker role, his party was already rolling out its initial legislative steps: the creation of committees to investigate China and the “weaponization of the federal government,” and a bill that could potentially limit abortion care nationwide. Mr. McCarthy won the election for […]
Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa quits; ‘We are the real power’ says protester
COLOMBO — The speaker of Sri Lanka’s parliament formally accepted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation on Friday after he fled to Singapore to escape a popular uprising brought about by his country’s worst economic crisis in seven decades. “From this point, we will move to constitutionally appoint a new president,” the speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, told […]