#bipartisanship

#bipartisanship

Ibraheem Samirah will announce Monday morning that he plans to run for Virginia Senate.Samirah made a national splash in 2019 when he interrupted a speech by Donald Trump, then the US President, during an event in Virginia.His brand of progressivism rankled some in the commonwealth's Democratic establishment, though, which lined up behind his opponent in the primary of 2021, Irene Shin.

Trump, though, said he sees no reason to return to Twitter  he is on Truth Social.Do you know how badly you have to screw up Twitter to make Donald Trump refuse to go on it?JIMMY KIMMEL Trump vowed he will not return to Twitter, which is a promise he'll stick to until the next time he's on the toilet for more than 20 minutes.

Security personnel outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a 2021 visit by a World Health Organization team investigating the origins of covid-19.(Ng Han Guan/AP)In a rare show of bipartisanship near the third anniversary of the pandemic, the House voted unanimously Friday to declassify all U.S. intelligence information on the origins of the coronavirus.

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night's highlights that lets you sleep and lets us get paid to watch comedy.Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now.President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address on Tuesday night.Despite having filmed The Tonight Show before the address, Jimmy Fallon accurately predicted that Democrats spent the night clapping for Biden.

President Joe Biden and House Republicans have promised not to touch Social Security in their battle over cutting spending to address the nation's debt ceiling crisis.While that vow is intended to indicate support of the popular entitlement program, it could actually lead to financial disaster.Tens of millions of senior citizens and other recipients could see their benefits slashed by at least 20% within a decade.

Vice President Kamala Harris came to Chicago's Southeast Side on Wednesday as part of a White House effort to promote infrastructure projects and other Democratic accomplishments while offering a contrast to the ongoing chaos within the new U.S. House Republican majority.Harris delivered a 10 minute speech in the early January chill at Crowley's Yacht Yard beneath the 95th Street Bridge over the Calumet River.

Outgoing Republican Gov. Charlie Baker is slated to deliver a "thank you" message to the people of Massachusetts at 2 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon as he prepares to leave office Thursday.The Swampscott resident will end his two-term tenure as the nation's most popular governor, making way for Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey to take the reins.

PARIS  The issue of immigration once again took center stage in French politics on Tuesday, as President Emmanuel Macron proposed a tougher stance on deportations, while also extending work opportunities for migrants with needed skills.Mr. Macron's government is trying to balance pressure from a rising far right to get immigration under control, against France's need for immigrant labor.

Politics  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The New Hampshire House will convene next week with Republicans holding a minuscule majority and with one of its 400 seats still unsettled after a recount resulted in a tie.Election night results gave Republicans a 203-197 advantage, but the state Ballot Law Commission on Monday upheld the results of a recount that flipped one seat in Berlin to the Democratic candidate, incumbent Eamon Kelly.

PARIS  French lawmakers on Thursday backed a proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the country's Constitution, in a move devised as a direct response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade this summer.But the bill, passed by the National Assembly, the lower and more powerful house of the French Parliament, will have to go through a complex legislative process, and face possible opposition in the Senate, before the Constitution could be amended, leaving ample time and opportunity for lawmakers or voters to ultimately reject it.

NASHVILLE  In November, the Tennessee Republican Party won a historic victory: its first majority in the state House of Representatives since 1869.But on Monday morning, just as the legislative session was about to begin, the party voluntarily gave it up.In the latest flourish of a twisty melodrama that has consumed the General Assembly for weeks, the party chairwoman stripped the speaker of the House, Kent Williams, of his Republican Party membership, citing dishonor, deception and betrayal.