The Depression-era tax was meant to discourage Americans from buying certain weapons. Some Republican members of Congress have launched a legislative effort to repeal a federal tax on certain firearms that has been in place for almost a century. The tax was first imposed in 1934 as the central piece of the National Firearms Act
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is advancing a proposal to reverse a new Biden administration rule regulating who can give retirement investment advice. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is advancing a proposal to reverse a new Biden administration rule regulating who can give retirement investment advice. On April 23, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre revealed that Attorney General Merrick Garland asked President Biden to assert executive privilege over his Hur interviews.
President Biden marked this week’s 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that struck down institutionalized racial segregation in public schools by welcoming plaintiffs and family members in the landmark case to the White House. The Oval Office visit Thursday to commemorate the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision to desegregate schools comes with
The House Education and the Workforce Committee is bringing in the heads of Northwestern, UCLA and Rutgers for a public hearing next week.
The 50-year change in U.S. drug policy comes after nearly 40 U.S. states have moved to legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use. The U.S. Department of Justice announced on May 16 that it was formally moving to reclassify marijuana out of Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, one the most significant changes in
Three U.S. governors this week asked Turks and Caicos to show mercy to Americans arrested on the islands as a Florida woman became the fifth U.S. tourist to be charged with ammunition possession. Four of the detained Americans have admitted they brought the ammunition — but by mistake. The governors of Pennsylvania, Virginia and Oklahoma