President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to extend the deadline for the sale of TikTok for another 90 days. ByteDance, a Chinese company with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), was nearing a June 19 deadline to sell TikTok’s U.S. operations and assets under a national security law that was upheld
Energy Secretary Chris Wright justified the termination of 24 energy projects allocated $3.7 billion by Congress, during a Senate panel on Wednesday. Wright said the clawbacks were the first round of scrutiny by a newly created review board that is probing 500 authorized ventures set to receive $300 billion in funding through 2032. “DOE is
Senate Republicans have introduced a bill aimed at protecting sensitive military sites across the United States from foreign adversaries such as China, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said on June 18. Dubbed the “Protect Our Bases Act,” the measure would strengthen the ability of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
Rural hospitals have become the poster child for opponents of President Donald Trump’s Megabill, as both Republicans and Democrats fear changes to Medicaid will force the closure of hundreds of the small, financially challenged institutions. For Democrats, this represents a strategic change in their opposition to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Original News Source
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are scheduled soon to cast votes on influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines, according to a document released on June 18. New members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) are slated on June 25 to offer a recommendation to the CDC on RSV
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on June 17 that he was investigating 33 potential noncitizens who are accused of voting in the 2024 election. The investigations follow a referral from Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson after the state gained access to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued new guidance for both congressional staff and members of Congress to access U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities. The updated protocol, released by ICE this week, requires congressional staff to provide a minimum of 24 hours’ advance notice before visiting ICE detention centers and mandates prior