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House Impeaches Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over border laws and breaching the public trust

House Impeaches Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over border laws and breaching the public trust

by Maria Heim | Feb 14, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – House Republicans narrowly impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a 214-213 vote, making him the second Cabinet secretary in U.S. history to be impeached on Tuesday evening.  The former secretary is charged with willfully refusing to...
‘A slow and subtle corruption of confidence in government’: How the push for stronger ethics rules in Congress is routinely derailed

‘A slow and subtle corruption of confidence in government’: How the push for stronger ethics rules in Congress is routinely derailed

by Julian Andreone | Dec 6, 2023 | Business, Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON – Many of them have become household names: Rep. George Santos, Sen. Bob Menendez, former Rep. Charlie Rangel. The list goes on. Members of Congress facing allegations of engaging in brazen corruption often land in the center of very public scandals, then...

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