The bill passed 251–170 with 37 Democrats joining all of the Republicans who were present for the vote. The House voted on March 7 to pass the Laken Riley Act, which requires the Homeland Security secretary to detain illegal immigrants who have been charged in the United States with theft-related crimes. The bill passed on
In court filings March 7, Special Counsel Jack Smith pushed back on claims that he lacked the authority to prosecute former President Donald Trump, an argument that has been pushed by Reagan-era U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III (pdf) and picked up by Trump attorneys in a motion to dismiss the case Mr. Smith is
Expert witnesses on Thursday condemned Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs on college campuses during a hearing held by the Republican-led House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development. The hearing, titled “Divisive, Excessive, Ineffective: The Real Impact of DEI on College Campuses,” was led by Rep. Burgess Owens (R., Utah), who in his opening statement
Attorneys with special counsel Jack Smith’s office argued that former President Donald Trump had no authorization to retain classified information after leaving office, even if all of those documents had been categorized as “personal” under the Presidential Records Act (PRA). “The authorization for a former President to possess classified information comes from the applicable executive
A New York appeals court has dismissed a GOP-led legal challenge to the state’s absentee ballot law that lets all voters cast mail ballots with no conditions. An appeals court has dismissed a Republican-led legal challenge that sought to declare New York’s Early Mail Voter Act, which expands absentee voting, as unconstitutional. A panel of
‘TikTok’s access to 170 million American users makes it a valuable propaganda tool for the CCP,’ Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 7 unanimously approved two bills to secure Americans’ data and compel social media giant TikTok to divest from its Chinese ownership. The committee’s 50–0 decision
A committee in the House of Representatives on Thursday unanimously advanced a bill to crack down on TikTok for its ownership by a Chinese company. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act by a vote of 50-0, it said on X. That legislation, the most