Page 119 - Eric Smith News Today

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN

The leader of the Marine Corps was hospitalized Sunday after suffering what military officials said was a health emergency. The service didn't say where or why Gen. Eric Smith...

The Israeli assault on Gaza has intensified. As of 31 October, available reports of Palestinians killed were over 8,500. Round-the-clock air strikes have now been accompanied by incursions by Israeli troops and tanks. Gaza also suffered a communications blackout on 27-28 October.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., facing fresh attacks over his military holds, is trying to force a floor vote to confirm the Marine Corps’ second-in-command after the service branch’s commandant, Gen. Eric Smith, was hospitalized due to a medical emergency on Sunday.

Chamber leaders are hopeful they'll soon have a solution to hundreds of other stalled nominations.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) filed a cloture motion Tuesday evening to advance President Biden’s nominee to serve as assistant commandant for the U.S. Marine Corps, getting in front of Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R), who was trying to force a vote on the same nominee. Schumer also filed cloture motions to force votes…

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on a T-shirt mocking a specific body part of Donald Trump.

Senate Democrats are trying a new workaround to confirm hundreds of military officers blocked by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, ten months after the Alabama Republican first said he would object to the nominations over a Pentagon abortion policy.

Marine Gen. Eric Smith testifying during the Senate Armed Services hearing on his nomination to lead the US Marine Corps, June 13, 2023, on Capitol Hill. AP A…

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Wednesday is expected to advance President Biden's nominee to serve as assistant commandant of the Marine Corps after insisting for months that he wouldn't schedule individual votes for military positions over Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville's blanket hold on promotions.