At a recent Nevada legislative committee hearing, lawmakers faced off with members of the governor’s administration over how to fill gaping holes in the state’s upcoming budget. At issue: whether opioid settlement money — paid by health care companies that were sued for fueling the opioid crisis and meant to help states abate addiction —
When Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas issued a vaguely worded decree purportedly revoking the PA’s infamous “pay for slay” system, the European Commission called it a “significant political development” that “signals the Palestinian Authority’s commitment to implement far-reaching reforms.” Since then, Palestinian officials have assured the Arab world that the terror payments aren’t going anywhere.
Rep. Clay Higgins expresses empathy for federal workers facing joblessness, but says bureaucracies have been "cannibalizing our nation."
A senior House Republican is leading the way on work requirements for federal benefits as GOP lawmakers work to cobble together a plan on reconciliation.
A New York state lawmaker is proposing a ban on the sale of flavored nicotine pouches, even after the FDA authorized the product as a helpful alternative to cigarettes.
LaTricea Adams’s group received $20 million ‘environmental justice’ grant while she served on Biden’s Environmental Justice Advisory Council (Sean Rayford/Getty Images) In the final weeks of the Biden administration, the Environmental Protection Agency awarded a lucrative environmental justice grant to a left-wing nonprofit whose CEO—LaTricea Adams—personally applied for the taxpayer funding while simultaneously serving as
The plan allocates several trillion dollars worth of spending to fund Trump’s political priorities. The Senate has passed a different plan. WASHINGTON—The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on a budget resolution for this fiscal year that will enable the passage of bills to fund the Trump administration’s America First policy