A new amendment to critical national defense legislation would require the Biden administration to investigate how American technologies wound up in a Chinese spy balloon and how to prevent such from happening again. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), who is leading a Senate investigation into the Chinese spy balloon that traversed across the continental United States…
Proposed Defense Bill Mandates Investigation Into US Parts in Chinese Spy Balloon
Proposed Defense Bill Mandates Investigation to US Parts in Chinese Spy Balloon
A new amendment to critical national defense legislation would require the Biden administration to investigate how American technologies wound up in a Chinese spy balloon and how to prevent such from happening again. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), who is leading a Senate investigation into the Chinese spy balloon that traversed across the continental United States…
Iowa Signs Abortion Ban for 2nd Time Amid Legal Challenges
In front of a huge crowd on Friday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a measure banning abortion once cardiac activity is detected in the womb. It goes into effect immediately. “This is a worthy battle and one I will never concede,” said Ms. Reynolds, signing the measure at the Family Leadership Summit in…
House-Passed Defense Bill Unwinds Pentagon’s ‘Woke’ Agenda: Freedom Caucus
The House has adopted its version of the proposed $886.3 billion Fiscal Year 2024 defense budget and dispatched it to the Senate, where many of the “culture war” amendments conservatives successfully attached to the must-pass annual appropriations package are likely to be rejected by the Democrat-led chamber. Do so at your own risk, House Freedom…
EXCLUSIVE: Slew of College Students’ Private Info Shared With Third Parties for Political Research
There are no parent-teacher conferences in college. If a parent wants to know their student’s grades, the status of their student’s meal plan, or if they have dropped out of school without telling anyone, the school needs signed permission from the student and a personal identification number from the parent. Without that, because of the…
2024 Candidates Differ on Possible NATO Membership for Ukraine
This week, President Joe Biden was at the NATO summit in Lithuania, where the topic of Ukraine being a future member of the 31-member alliance. The 2024 presidential candidates are split on that possibility. Mr. Biden, a Democrat, told CNN that Ukraine is not ready to join the Brussels-based group. “I don’t think it’s ready…
House Passes Defense Bill Measure That Blocks Funds for Studios That Censor for CCP
An amendment in the newly House-passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would bar the federal government from providing support to film studios that censor products at the request of China’s communist regime. The Stopping Communist Regimes from Engaging in Edits Now Act (SCREEN Act) was included in the House version of the FY24 NDAA as…
Democrat Lawmakers’ Boycott of Israeli President’s Address to Congress ‘Antisemitic’: McCarthy
House Democrat and GOP leadership diverged on July 14 on progressive Democrats who have said they will boycott Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s speech next week before a joint session of Congress. Reps. Jamal Bowman (D-N.Y.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) have confirmed they will not attend Mr. Herzog’s address on July 19. House…
Klobuchar, Advocacy Groups Launch Campaign for Lower Drug Prices
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and representatives from several special interest groups held a press conference on July 13 on Capitol Hill to rally support for bipartisan bills that would help lower drug costs. Ms. Klobuchar, alongside representatives from AARP, Patients For Affordable Drugs Now (P4ADNow), and SPACEs in Action, spearheaded the “Push for Competition to…
House Hearing: Wray Admits to FBI Plan for Spying On ‘Radical Traditional Catholics’
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) challenged FBI Director Christopher Wray this week about a memo from the agency’s Richmond, Virginia field office stating that surveillance of “radical traditional Catholic” communities presented an opportunity to “mitigate extremist threat” potentials. Wray conceded that the FBI’s Richmond office had suggested deploying resources to infiltrate and spy on Catholic parishes,…
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