The White House has not said whether it supports the bill, which would plug a $2.9 billion shortfall for 2024. WASHINGTON—The House is scheduled on Sept. 17 to vote on a bill to give about $2.9 billion in additional funding to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) due to the agency experiencing a budget shortfall,
‘There still remains significant gaps in our national security screening regime for land purchases,’ lawmakers say (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo) China and other foreign adversaries are still permitted to purchase U.S. land near sensitive Coast Guard facilities, ports, and Energy Department labs, exposing national security gaps that lawmakers say enable hostile regimes to conduct espionage operations
‘If the Secret Service is in need of more resources, we are prepared in providing it,’ said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Several congressional leaders have suggested that the U.S. Secret Service could receive more funding soon, following a second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on Sept. 15. Trump, the Republican Party’s nominee
The suspect is currently being held in federal custody. Former President Donald Trump in an interview on the platform X, recounted his personal experience of the second attempt to take his life a day earlier. “It was quite something,” Trump said from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. “So I was playing golf with some of
Noncitizen voting, threats to election officials, and voter roll cleanup were some of the issues discussed at a recent hearing before Congress. Fifty-five days before the Nov. 5 general election, six secretaries of state from around the country told a congressional committee that they have made progress in securing elections but more federal funding is
Student was kicked and spat on after confirming he was Jewish, according to the college’s Jewish Resource Center Pro-Palestinian protest during University of Michigan’s 2024 commencement ceremony (Nic Antaya/Getty Images) A group attacked a University of Michigan student early Sunday morning after confirming he was Jewish, according to the Ann Arbor Police Department, which is
‘Following up on the tip, the alleged complainant was interviewed,’ an FBI official says. An FBI special agent on Monday said that Trump assassination attempt suspect Ryan Wesley Routh was the subject of a tip to the federal law enforcement agency in 2019 about illegally possessing a firearm. “Following up on the tip, the alleged