Government
Defense package including legislation to protect kids online stalls in SenateThe National Defense Authorization Act now includes a measure to combat online child sex abuse material, proposed by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, but Democrats refused to advance the act… Read More
Government
Trump demands Republicans attach voter ID bill to $350 billion for Pentagon(The Center Square) – As congressional Republicans recuperate from weeks of disrupted work, President Donald Trump is doubling down on two policy goals considered long-shots by observers: an extra… Read More
Government
Mike Johnson signals House will forge ahead after GOP holdouts threatened obstruction of votes(Daily Caller News Foundation) – House Speaker Mike Johnson told “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo that the House of Representatives would be returning to Washington, D.C. to continue… Read More
Government
Key congressional committee reveals extensive waste in US Military spending(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A top federal watchdog revealed that it discovered massive waste in the Department of War’s procurement processes during a congressional hearing on Tuesday. Read More
Government
Congress advances historic crackdown on American cash fueling China(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A long-sought crackdown on U.S. funding of China’s military and strategic industries is on the verge of becoming law after House lawmakers successfully embedded… Read More
Abortion
Letter to the Editor: Congress should use Defense Act to ensure no taxpayer funding for abortionAlabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville continues to hold up all military nominations in the Senate – and plans to until the military’s policy on funding abortion is changed. Read More
Josh Hawley
‘The illnesses are ongoing’: Tempered celebration, as Hawley bill to compensate St. Louis-area radiation victims put into defense actDawn Chapman was pregnant with all three of her children while living near WWII radioactive waste in a landfill outside of St. Louis. Today, she says while breaking down,… Read More
Biden administration
COVID vaccine mandate for troops may finally get the axe via military budget(The Center Square) – Lawmakers are down to the wire on the National Defense Authorization Act, the massive annual funding bill for the military that needs to pass this… Read More