‘Communism is a cancer, and it always produces the same results: oppression, suffering and death,” said Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) Republican lawmakers have reintroduced a piece of legislation that would create a civic education program that directly addresses the history of communism. Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) unveiled the
Revising emission regulations could sustain declining industry, but expansion unlikely in ’the golden age of natural gas.’ HOUSTON—Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin’s March 12 announcement that he will “reconsider” power plant regulations adopted under the Biden administration is welcome news to the nation’s $28 billion coal-producing industry, mine operators said March 13 at
The ACLU and Democracy Forward filed a lawsuit challenging Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to speed along deportations of Venezuelan nationals. A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s efforts to rapidly deport members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua through use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. On Saturday, Trump
The measures would dedicate personnel, training, and resources to monitor transnational repression from authoritarian regimes and protect target groups. House lawmakers have reintroduced three bipartisan bills to strengthen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in countering the growing threat of repression from authoritarian regimes on U.S. soil. “Transnational repression occurs when the Chinese Communist Party
Trump also signed a proclamation invoking an 18th-century law called the Alien Enemies Act to further target the Tren de Aragua gang. The Trump administration is set to pay El Salvador $6 million to hold about 300 alleged members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang and two alleged members of the MS-13 gang in
Feinberg has suggested opening defense manufacturing opportunities like Ford and General Motors to boost the overall defense industrial base. The U.S. Senate confirmed Stephen Feinberg as the deputy secretary of defense on March 14, moving him up to the number two position at the Pentagon behind Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Feinberg was confirmed in a
WASHINGTON—It may have been the two decades navigating the challenges of leadership in Christian ministry that best prepared Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) for his latest role in elected office. For 15 years in that earlier period of his life, the soft-spoken Oklahoman directed the largest youth camp in the United States. More than 51,000 young