Supreme Court rules on key Voting Rights Act rule as Republicans and Democrats wage redistricting war
The Supreme Court has decided a closely watched case over Louisiana’s congressional map and the scope of the Voting Rights Act.
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LIVE NOW: House Homeland Security Committee Holds Hearing on DHS Role in Communications, IT Security
The House Homeland Security Committee holds a hearing titled “Data Centers, Telecommunications Networks, and Space-Based Systems: Modernizing DHS’s SRMA Role for the Communications and IT Sectors” at 10 a.m. ET on April 29. Witnesses: Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery (Ret.), senior director and senior fellow at the Center on Cyber an… Original News Source Link –
LIVE NOW: House Oversight Committee Holds Business Meeting on Fraud Prevention Bills
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform holds a full committee business meeting to mark up multiple fraud prevention and accountability bills at 10 a.m. ET on April 29. The markup includes H.R. 8463, Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act; H.R. 8464, Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312,… Original News Source Link
House Oversight Committee Holds Business Meeting on Fraud Prevention Bills
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform holds a full committee business meeting to mark up multiple fraud prevention and accountability bills at 10 a.m. ET on April 29. The markup includes H.R. 8463, Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act; H.R. 8464, Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312,… Original News Source Link
House Republican on Comey indictment ‘There’s something called dangerous speak’
Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pa.) on Tuesday criticized former FBI Director James Comey after he was indicted by a grand jury in a new case brought by the Department of Justice, the second time DOJ has sought to prosecute him. The new lawsuit concerns a social media post Comey made last year that involved seashells in…
Comer: Kimmel ‘has a right’ to make jokes that anger Trump
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) on Wednesday defended comedian Jimmy Kimmel, who is facing calls for his firing over jokes he made last week about President Trump and first lady Melania Trump. “I don’t want to cancel comedy. I believe in freedom of speech. I think that was, you know, a lot of Kimmel’s jokes are…
Raskin: Comey charges ‘surreal and absurd’
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Tuesday called the new indictment charges against former FBI Director James Comey “surreal and absurd.” Comey’s second indictment is connected to a social media photo he posted last May of several seashells on a beach in North Carolina arranged to form “86-47.” The Department of Justice (DOJ), referring to the…