President Joe Biden called on his administration to ratchet up pressure on the Chinese steel industry as he brings his economic competition pitch to Pittsburgh‚ the heart of the American steel industry‚ on Wednesday‚ part of a three-day campaign trail swing through battleground Pennsylvania. “The bottom line is I want fair competition with China‚ not conflict‚” Biden said in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. “And we’re in a stronger position to win the economic competition in the 21st...

Both articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were deemed unconstitutional by the Senate on Wednesday in two party-line votes.  The first of two articles of impeachment alleged Mayorkas engaged in the &;quot;willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law&;quot; regarding the southern border in his capacity as DHS secretary. The second claimed Mayorkas had breached public trust. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer‚ D-N.Y.‚ proposed a point of...

The Democratic-controlled Senate wrapped up the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a matter of hours Wednesday‚ quickly rejecting the charges brought by the Republican-led House related to his handling of border policy. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D.‚ N.Y.) said the charges against Mayorkas failed to meet the high standards for removal. In a speech on the Senate floor‚ he called it “the least legitimate‚ least substantive and most politicized...

The Senate on Wednesday dismissed the impeachment case against Alejandro N. Mayorkas‚ the homeland security secretary‚ voting along party lines before his trial got underway to sweep aside two charges accusing him of failing to enforce immigration laws and breaching the public trust. By a vote of 51 to 48‚ with one senator voting “present‚” the Senate ruled that the first charge was unconstitutional because it failed to meet the constitutional bar of a high crime or misdemeanor. Republicans...

Iran’s president has warned that the “tiniest invasion” by Israel would bring a “massive and harsh” response‚ as the region braces for potential Israeli retaliation after Iran’s attack over the weekend. President Ebrahim Raisi spoke Wednesday at an annual army parade that was moved to a barracks north of the capital‚ Tehran‚ from its usual venue on a highway in the city’s southern outskirts. Iranian authorities gave no explanation for its relocation‚ and state television didn’t broadcast it...

The Chinese Embassy has held meetings with congressional staff to lobby against the legislation that would force a sale of TikTok‚ according to two of the Capitol Hill staffers. TikTok‚ which is owned by the Beijing-based company ByteDance‚ has repeatedly denied a relationship with the Chinese government and sought to distance itself from its Chinese origins. But now‚ with the fate of legislation to force the sale of the company facing an uncertain path forward in the Senate‚ the Chinese...

Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday told Republicans that the House would vote Saturday evening on his foreign aid package for Israel and Ukraine‚ pushing through resistance in his own party to advance a long-stalled national security spending package for U.S. allies. His announcement came amid a crush of opposition from Republicans who are vehemently against sending more aid to Ukraine‚ and have vented for days as congressional aides race to write the legislation Mr. Johnson proposed on...

American teens are smuggling migrants illegally into the United States at alarming rates. And law enforcement officials told Newsweek that money is the No. 1 reason that juveniles are entering into transnational crime. Human smuggling is defined by the federal government as the illegal importation of people into the county by evading federal immigration laws‚ as well as the unlawful transportation and harboring of noncitizens already illegally in the country. U.S. Immigration and Customs...

Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter has been given a lifetime ban by the NBA for breaching betting rules. An NBA investigation found the 24-year-old disclosed confidential information about his fitness to sports bettors and limited his participation in games for betting purposes. Porter also bet on NBA games using a friend's online account. NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Porter's &;quot;blatant violations&;quot; warranted the &;quot;most severe punishment&;quot;. &;quot;There is nothing more important than...

A quartet of Columbia University officials largely avoided a viral breakout moment in a Wednesday House hearing on antisemitism‚ but they still struggled in multiple areas when peppered with questions from Republican lawmakers.   The viral question that last year stumped the presidents of Harvard University‚ the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was asked early of the Columbia officials.  Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) asked all...