- The Fiscal Times
Johnson Rejects a Rule Change Proposed to Protect His Speakership
House Republicans continued to snipe at each other Thursday as party leadership continued to propel a $95 billion package of aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan toward a series of weekend votes. With Speaker Mike Johnson facing a growing threat from members of his own conference seeking his ouster, Republican leaders reportedly discussed the idea, pushed by some members, of inserting language into the procedural rules for the aid bills making it harder to remove the speaker. Right now, any single
- HuffPost
Rihanna Shares The 1 Thing That Helped Her Personal 'Rediscovery' After Having Children
The "Diamonds" singer shares two young sons, RZA and Riot, with rapper A$AP Rocky.
- Reuters
Biden taps Curtis Ried to be next US ambassador to OSCE, White House says
The White House on Thursday announced the nomination of Curtis Ried as the U.S. representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The OSCE, the world's largest regional security organization of 57 states, brings on equal footing the United States and all European states, including Russia and all states of the former Soviet Union, among others. In the months following its invasion of Ukraine, Russia said the OSCE was losing its meaning and not focusing on matters closely related to security.
