Speaker Johnson Backs Stock Trading Ban for Members of Congress

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The Louisiana congressman announced his support while offering a defense of opponents by citing frozen congressional salaries that limit members’ finances. WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has announced that he supports legislation to ban members of Congress from trading stocks, which has previously elicited controversy. “My honest opinion on it: I’m in favor of that.

REPLAY: Senate Judiciary Panel Probes Foreign Threats to US Innovation

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The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on foreign threats to American innovation and economic leadership at 2:30 p.m. ET on May 14. Witnesses include Aaron Bores of Moen, Mark Cohen of Asia Society and the University of Akron Law School, Bradford Muller of Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company, and Karyn Temple of the Moti…

Trump’s tariffs could face long odds before Supreme Court he reshaped

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Washington — Legal challenges to President Trump’s tariffs could put the president on a collision course with a Supreme Court that he shaped, as his use of emergency power to unilaterally impose the levies could run into legal doctrines championed by the conservative justices to limit executive authority. Several things have to happen before the