The committee has been renewed for a second term to continue work that the House speaker deems crucial. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday renewed the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for a second term. It came after the House of Representatives voted on Jan. 3 to renew the committee, which
The watchdogs said they have found that over 476,000 Florida voters in 2024 cast ballots without providing legally required ID. A couple of election integrity watchdogs want to know why state data from Nov. 5 and Nov. 6, 2024, appears to show that hundreds of thousands of people throughout Florida appear to have voted by
Personnel handling the State Department agency’s essential duties have been exempted. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) issued a directive on Feb. 4 instructing that all direct hire personnel to be placed on “administrative leave globally” on Feb. 7, except for those handling essential duties. The internal directive, posted on the USAID’s website, stated
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and others rallied with lawmakers as speakers floated strategies to stop Trump. WASHINGTON—Congressional Democrats tried to gain entry to the Treasury Building, saying they wanted to provide oversight after the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) gained access to the Treasury’s federal payments system. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sen.
The United States Postal Service announced Tuesday night that it is temporarily suspending accepting packages sent from China and Hong Kong until further notice. The suspension is effective immediately, the USPS said. Letters and flats are not included in the suspension, it said. The postal service did not provide a reason for the suspension or
The Secretary of State said the Central American nation is a trusted partner in the war on drugs and the countering of illegal immigration. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Feb. 4 that Costa Rica will be exempted from the United States’ 90-day freeze on foreign aid, citing its history of cooperating in
This comes just days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending the duty-free exemption for low-value shipments. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) said on Tuesday that it will be temporarily suspending the acceptance of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong until further notice. The service suspension, which took effect immediately, will not