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Watch: Taiwan Air Force scrambles jets amid China threats after leader’s US trip

The Taiwan Air Force scrambled jets amid military threats from China on Monday, 10 April, after president Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with the speaker of the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy in California last week.

The Independent UK

China Practices Blockades on Last Scheduled Day of Taiwan Drills

China's military carried out aerial and naval blockade drills around Taiwan on Monday, its last scheduled day of exercises, with a Chinese aircraft carrier joining in combat patrols as Taipei reported another surge of warplanes near the island. China announced the three days of drills on Saturday, after Taiwan's President…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tensions between China and Taiwan spill over as ships confront each other

Tensions between China and Taiwan seem to have reached boiling point, with China simulating precision attacks on key targets in Taiwan, as well as in surrounding waters

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China launches three days of military drills around Taiwan

China launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it called a "stern warning" to the self-ruled island's government following a meeting between its president and the US House speaker.

France 24

China announces 'combat readiness patrols' around Taiwan

The Chinese military says it has launched exercises around Taiwan in a new act of retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Representatives speaker and the president of the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory

The Independent UK

Election legislation roundup: New Jersey General Assembly

As of April 2, Ballotpedia has tracked 97 election-related bills in the New Jersey General Assembly since the beginning of the year. Of the 97, Ballotpedia tracked one from March 27-April 2. Democrats sponsored the bill. The bill is:

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Taiwan president, US House speaker meet, defying China's threats

LOS ANGELES: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday met with US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy despite threats of unspecified retaliation from China, with the leader of the self-ruled island strident in her defense of democracy.

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Rugby league clubs' close relationships with betting increasingly at odds with other sports

NRL and AFL bosses are preparing to face a House of Representatives committee inquiry about online gambling.

ABC News

Manhattan DA: Trump created false expectation of arrest, Republicans interfered

Manhattan prosecutors on Thursday said Donald Trump misled people to expect he would be arrested this week and prompted fellow Republicans in Congress to interfere with a probe under way into his hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.

Reuters

Russia says US relations are ‘lamentable’ after downing of American drone

The United States has strongly condemned the downing

The Independent UK

US House backs bill calling for intelligence information on the origins of COVID-19 to be declassified

The US House of Representatives votes unanimously to declassify intelligence about the origins of COVID-19, increasing pressure on Joe Biden to allow the information's release.

ABC News

US to declassify any COVID-19 origins information

US politicians in the House of Representatives have backed a bill to declassify intelligence information about the origins of COVID-19.

The New Daily

US House of Representatives vote to declassify documents on the origins of Covid

US President Joe Biden will now sign the bill into law

Wales Online

Personal information of members of Congress exposed in health data breach

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he and Speaker Kevin McCarthy are working together to determine how the personal information was compromised.

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Watch live: Intelligence chiefs testify to House on worldwide threats to US security

Watch live as intelligence chiefs testify in the House of Representatives on Thursday, 9 March, on worldwide threats to US security.

Evening Standard

Former US marine breaks down as he describes ‘catastrophe’ of 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan

Active service members and veterans have provided first-hand testimony in the House of Representatives about the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan, describing in harrowing detail the carnage and death they witnessed on the ground.

Bangkok Post

Earlier House dissolution is 'lawful'

It is not against the law if Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha dissolves the House of Representatives shortly before March 23, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam insisted on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Chuan 'satisfied' with House record

House Speaker Chuan Leekpai on Tuesday rated the overall performance of this 25th House of Representatives as "satisfactory", saying most of the bills put before the government had been passed despite a slight hiccup during the House's final session.

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Dissolution hinges on boundary rejig

Academics believe Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is waiting for the Election Commission (EC) to complete the redrawing of constituency boundaries before dissolving the House of Representatives sometime this month.

The Canberra Times

Nothing like a dame. Or two. Statues of trailblazers unveiled in Canberra

The sculpture of the first women elected to federal parliament has been unveiled in Canberra, on International Women's Day.

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Congress rejects ESG in retirement plans

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

The Conversation

How the 'Holman rule' allows the House to fast-track proposals to gut government programs without debate or much thought at all

The slim Republican majority in the House of Representatives has just voted to give itself a streamlined way to fire civil servants and shut down federal programs it doesn’t like – outside the standard process of review and debate.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: House Republicans now have a way to shut down programs they don’t like. Will they use it?

The slim Republican majority in the House of Representatives recently voted to give itself a streamlined way to fire civil servants and shut down federal programs it doesn’t like — outside the standard process of review and debate.

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Election legislation roundup: Iowa House of Representatives

As of Feb. 26, Ballotpedia has tracked one election-related bill in the Iowa House of Representatives since the beginning of the year. Republicans sponsored the bill. The bill is:

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Election legislation roundup: Kentucky House of Representatives

As of Feb. 26, Ballotpedia has tracked five election-related bills in the Kentucky House of Representatives since the beginning of the year. Of the five, Ballotpedia tracked one from Feb. 20-26. Republicans sponsored the bill. The bill is:

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