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Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) will skip the final scheduled debate with rival Jon Ossoff after the Democrat launched a fiery attack at a Wednesday forum that went viral.In the Wednesday debate on WTOC, Ossoff criticized Perdue for downplaying the threat of the coronavirus pandemic at the same time he was…

The money incorrectly paid to a Sinn Féin senator and her husband in late March was only paid back on Tuesday this week, the Irish Examiner can reveal.Derry Senator Elisha McCallion and two others have resigned from the party after failing to return money paid to them in error.It emerged…

Sinn Féin Senator Elisha McCallion has resigned her position over her failure to return an erroneously paid coronavirus grant in the North. The Derry native served as an abstentionist Sinn Féin MP between 2017 and 2019 before her election to the Seanad earlier this year. Sinn Féin has faced intense…

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appears on a monitor as he testifies remotely during the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing ‘”Does Section 230’s Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior?” on Capitol Hill, October 28, 2020. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via Reuters) FEC data shows that Democrats and Republicans on the…

What happened: Less than a week before the US presidential elections, the CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter appeared before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.The four-hour hearing was meant to focus on Section 230, the regulation that has shielded internet companies from liability for user content. Most…

Susan Collins, Maine's incumbent senator and the only Republican to vote against Justice Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation, is currently at risk of losing her Senate seat to Democratic candidate and Maine's Speaker of the House Sara Gideon, according to a new poll.The poll, which was conducted by Colby College in…

Four years after leaving parliament, failed building magnate and former South Australian senator Bob Day is launching a comeback bid with a new political party. Read More

Sen. Ed Markey isn’t the only Democrat suggesting some form of Supreme Court reform if Republicans place Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court. On the eve of the Senate’s expected vote to confirm Barrett and solidify a conservative majority on the nation’s top court, New England Democrats from across…

The Senate on Monday confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in the most partisan confirmation vote for a justice in modern American history, securing a 6-3 conservative majority widely expected to expand gun rights and permit new restrictions on abortion.No Democratic senator supported Barrett’s confirmation — the…

Some motorcycles are seen at the residence of Senator Teslim Folarin at the Oluyole Estate extension in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.The lawmaker representing Oyo Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Teslim Folarin, has condemned the invasion of his house by a crowd of residents.In a statement on…