Judge sends Dominion’s $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News to trialĭems react to Trump indictment with glee - and anxiety Yellen says Trump administration ‘decimated’ financial oversightĭeSantis: Florida won’t cooperate with Trump extraditionīiden administration approves California’s electric truck mandate Native Americans used horses far earlier than historians had believed George Soros responds to GOP attacks over Manhattan DA: ‘I don’t know him’ Trump, allies are confident after unprecedented indictmentįive things to know about the Texas ObamaCare ruling īarr blasts Trump indictment as ‘abomination’įederal judge blocks Tennessee law restricting drag showsĬalifornia snowpack climbs to all-time high, more winter weather on the way Manchin threatens to sue Biden administration if electric vehicle credit. Trump’s ‘zombie’ case lurches ahead of the pack This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Biden administration has effectively allowed the pipeline’s operation to proceed, arranging an agreement with Berlin in July with the terms meant to offset the risks of the pipeline, namely Moscow’s ability to leverage energy over Europe and deprive Ukraine of profits from gas delivery in Europe.Ĭopyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. The pipeline, which runs from Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany, is considered finished. “I’ve made clear to every State Department official, to every state department nominee, that I will place holds on these nominees unless and until the Biden administration follows the law and stops this pipeline and imposes the sanctions,” Cruz said in floor remarks in August. He has called for the resignation of national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in order to lift the holds.Ĭruz maintains a hold on at least 40 nominees for the State Department, for what he says is an effort to force the administration to impose congressionally-mandated sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline to Europe. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has also threatened to hold nominees at the State Department and Department of Defense in retaliation for the Biden administration’s handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan. ![]() Cruz has a hold on various State/Treasury noms due to ongoing battle with admin over Nord Stream 2 One tidbit as ambassador-a-rama kicks off this week – Cruz tells me he won’t hold up confirmation for Flake for Turkey, Udall for New Zealand, etc out of senatorial courtesy. While Cruz has blocked nearly all of the president’s diplomatic nominees in opposition to Biden’s handling of a Russian gas pipeline, he told The Washington Post last week he would let votes on Flake, McCain and others to proceed “out of senatorial courtesy.” While the senate confirmation process can be drawn out and bureaucratically burdensome, the holdup on Biden’s nominees, especially for the State Department, are the result of a blanket hold by Sen. ![]() They are the first tranche of ambassadors to be confirmed following the sole confirmation of Ken Salazar on Aug. envoy to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture with the rank of ambassador.Īnd attorney and activist Victoria Reggie Kennedy was confirmed to be ambassador to Austria. ![]() John McCain (R), was confirmed as the U.S. Tom Udall (D) to be ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa.Ĭindy McCain, the wife of the late Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake (R) as the envoy to Turkey and former New Mexico Sen. The confirmed ambassadors include former Arizona Sen. The Senate on Tuesday confirmed four of President Biden’s ambassadors, slowly advancing a confirmation process that has stalled under protest from Republican senators.Īll four nominees passed by voice vote, signaling bipartisan support and their appointments as noncontroversial.
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