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Will Ohio Senator Rob Portman now vote to convict Trump? Griffin Connolly © Provided by The Independent OhioRepublican Senator Rob Portman has announced he will retire at the end of his term in 2022, opening up a world of possibility among several different political camps. First, SenateDemocrats will try to recruit Mr Portman, a well-liked moderate in bipartisan Senate circles, to join them in convicting Donald Trump at his impeachment trial for inciting an insurrection at the Capitol on 6 January. The Democrats need at least 17 Republicans to vote with them to reach a two-...

Highlights The victories by Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in the Georgia runoff elections for the U.S. Senate mean that incoming majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will preside over the narrowest possible majority in the Senate under which Vice President Kamala Harris would provide the tie-breaking vote. The House and the Senate's narrow margins make it unlikely that broad sweeping proposals advanced by progressive Democrats but not supported by their more moderate colleagues will be able to pass. However, control of the Senate should significantly impact the prospects for Pres...

A new Central American migrant caravan heads toward the U.S. 6224885124001 With Joe Biden now sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, massive changes are being enacted in US immigration policy. Anticipating these changes, tens of thousands of migrants from around the world see this as their chance to finally make it to America's shores.   Thousands of Honduran migrants clashed with police in the Guatemalan border town of Chiquimula. They are heading for the United States, determined to get in line for a promised amnesty by the new Biden administration.   But the caravan met sti...

Chief among those opportunities includes passing Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID relief package he introduced last week. Called the "American Rescue Plan," the legislative proposal would meet Biden's goal of administering 100 million vaccines by the 100th day of his administration and advance his objective of reopening most schools by the spring. On a parallel track, it delivers another round of aid to stabilize the economy while the public health effort seeks the upper hand on the pandemic. "Nothing else is going to get solved in the economy without the pandemic being under control," Rep. David...

(Photo : Joshua Roberts-Pool/Getty Images) Alejandro Mayorkas, nominee to be Secretary of Homeland Security, testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. Alejandro Mayorkas, President-elect Joe Biden's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary nominee, vowed to help Congress pass an amnesty for illegal immigrants. Mayorkas was on board with the incoming Biden administration's plans on amnesty. He said he "would be privileged" to help passing amnesty for some 11 to 22 million illegal immig...