The proposed United States’ $886.3 billion Fiscal Year 2024 defense budget features a $9.1 billion program designed to beef up allied operational efficiencies and fortify installations to counter aggression in the Western Pacific by China’s growing military. Both Senate and House armed services committees last week adopted the Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) within their Fiscal…
Defense Budget Focuses on Growing China Threat
June 27, 2023
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IN-DEPTH: Defense Budget Focuses on Growing China Threat
June 27, 2023
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The proposed United States’ $886.3 billion Fiscal Year 2024 defense budget features a $9.1 billion program designed to beef up allied operational efficiencies and fortify installations to counter aggression in the Western Pacific by China’s growing military. Both Senate and House armed services committees last week adopted the Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) within their Fiscal…
Senators Report ‘Shocking’ Jan. 6 Intelligence Failures by FBI, DHS
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) failed to adequately assess and warn law enforcement agencies about the level of threat the Capitol faced on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a new Senate report. The report (pdf), drafted by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, details how the FBI and DHS…
Congress Can’t Control Federal Bureaucracy Without First Growing Oversight Staff, Resources: Experts
Congress has little hope of ever regaining effective oversight and control of the federal regulatory bureaucracy in the executive branch without a major expansion of its authorities, staff, and organizational resources, according to a new analysis by a conservative think tank that specializes in high technology issues. “Every year, the White House and federal agencies…
Gaetz, Greene Announce Move to Defund Director of ATF
June 26, 2023
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Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) will seek to defund the Office of the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) under a little-used House rule. In a June 26 letter (pdf) to House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-Texas), the lawmakers announced their plans, holding that the…
Senate’s $886 Billion Defense Budget Similar to House Plan, But With Less ‘Anti-Woke’ Focus
June 26, 2023
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The House and Senate proposed Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Acts (FY24 NDAA) are set for floor adoptions, a summer of intra-chamber conferencing, and hopeful adoption by late September. Both proposed FY24 NDAAs, or next fiscal year’s national defense budget, reflect the same $886.3 billion top-line figure submitted by President Joe Biden in March…
Sen. Hawley Shows Picture of Riley Gaines Being Assaulted by Protesters, Stunned by Her Story of Being Held for ‘Ransom’
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) asked decorated collegiate swimmer and female sports advocate Riley Gaines about her experience at San Francisco State University, at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on June 21. “Unbelievable!” Hawley exclaimed before he showed a picture of Gaines being barricaded and assaulted by “hundreds of” protesters who tried to stop her from…
Rep. Jordan Demands Answers on Hunter Biden Prosecutor’s Refusal to Provide Documents
June 26, 2023
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) wants to know why U.S Attorney David Weiss, the prosecutor who struck a plea deal with Hunter Biden, is denying requests on Attorney General Merrick Garland’s behalf. In a May 25 letter (pdf) to Garland, Jordan had requested documents and communications related to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ)…
Pelosi: There ‘Certainly Should Be Term Limits’ for Supreme Court Justices
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday expressed support for putting an end to the lifelong terms of members of the U.S. Supreme Court. Pelosi, in an interview on MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki,” said U.S. Supreme Court justices should have term limits. “Here we have a body, chosen for life, never have to run for office, nominated,…
House Intelligence Committee Chairman: Declassified Wuhan Lab Report Is ‘Not Sufficient’
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee declared Sunday that declassified report on the origins of COVID-19 isn’t sufficient, noting that few new details were revealed. In a Sunday interview, Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) demanded more information after a 10-page report was released Friday by the U.S. intelligence community. “We passed a law saying declassify the…
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