ATF Director Steven Dettelbach said the incidents of police finding machine gun conversion devices has increased 570 percent. The U.S. Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) announced a plan stop the dissemination of machine gun conversion devices on Friday. Commonly called “Glock switches” or “auto sears,” the devices
The president signed the order after speaking in front of a labor union in Ann Arbor, Michigan. President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Sept. 6 that directs federal grants to projects that prioritize increased worker pay and benefits, labor agreements, and apprenticeships. While advocating for economic growth spurred by better worker conditions, Biden
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D., Mich.) said Thursday that she now opposes an electric vehicle battery plant project tied to the Chinese Communist Party after avoiding taking a position on it for years and signing a hush agreement to participate in negotiations about it. “To me, until there’s a national security vetting,
WASHINGTON—Lawmakers are returning to Capitol Hill from a monthlong recess on Sept. 9 to work through an ambitious to-do list on a tight deadline. Congress faces a Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government by passing new spending bills or agreeing to an extension. However, lawmakers will also have other agenda items to address, including
The funding would go toward veterans’ compensation, pensions, and benefits. House Republicans unveiled a bill on Sept. 6 to give the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) nearly $2.9 billion in supplemental funding amid a budget shortfall in the department. The funding would go toward veterans’ compensation, pensions, and benefits. According to House Veterans Affairs Committee
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro discussed the 2024 election during an official visit to the United Kingdom in January. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, the top civilian in the Department of the Navy, violated a federal law against politicking in office, according to a new report by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC). The
Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign said that ABC’s decision to keep the microphones muted during the upcoming presidential debate “handcuffed” its initial strategy, Politico reported Friday. Harris’s plan, before ABC finalized the rules of the event this week, was to interrupt her opponent, former president Donald Trump, by fact-checking and directly questioning him while he was