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And Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, the only GOP senator to twice convict former President Trump, put it more bluntly: “Someone has to commit a high crime or misdemeanor for that to be a valid inquiry. I haven’t seen any accusation of that nature whatsoever. There are a lot of things…

A Republican senator's comments opposing COVID-19 vaccination requirements for the military have drawn criticism, including from her own GOP colleagues. Senator Marsha Blackburn, the first term senator from Tennessee, appeared on Fox News on Friday where she discussed the upcoming vote on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual…

Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate in Georgia's Senate runoff election, appears to be headed for a tight race against Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock on Tuesday, according to recent polls. Walker and Warnock advanced to the runoff after no candidate received more than 50 percent of support during the November midterm…

(News investigators) A former Senator representing Kaduna Central District, Shehu Sani, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to name the governors ‘stealing’ local government funds in the country. Sani made the appeal in a tweet via his verified Twitter account on Friday. He wrote, “The President should have the courage to specifically mention…

Bong Go calls for transparency in COA audit of Covid-19 vaccines procurement program Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said the Commission on Audit (COA) should exercise its mandate and audit the public funds used for the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines. Go made the call in light of issues on vaccine wastage,…

Bong Go calls for further in-depth study of proposed mandatory ROTC program Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said he supports moves to revive the mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) in schools as the program can play a significant role in strengthening the country’s national security and crisis management efforts. Go,…

HELSINKI (AP) — NATO member and Russia’s neighbor Estonia is boosting its defense capabilities by acquiring an advanced U.S. rocket artillery system in the Baltic country’s largest arms procurement project ever, defense officials said Saturday. A deal signed Friday for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System is worth more than…

Senator Chris Murphy believes that the tide is finally turning in favor of the gun safety movement in America. Even as Murphy acknowledges that more work is needed to address gun violence, the prominent Connecticut Democrat maintains that a growing backlash to mass shootings has brought the country to the…

A Democratic US senator on Thursday said the Biden administration has been working to try to limit the influence far-right lawmakers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir will have in the expected next Israeli government. While the White House has sought to be more subtle and tight-lipped about its discomfort…

San Francisco police can now use potentially lethal robots, DoorDash lays off 1250 employees and Missouri Senator accuses Apple of supporting China’s speech suppression policies. That’s all the tech news that’s trending right now, welcome to Hashtag Trending. It’s Thursday December 1st and I’m your host, Samira Balsara.  The San…