Key Panel Calls on House to Quickly Pass Ukraine Aid Package

During Appropriations’ Defense Subcommittee hearing, Republican leaders say failing to help Kyiv fight off Russia will embolden China, Iran, North Korea. House conservatives have stymied proposed supplemental funding packages for Ukraine since the fall. But their justifications for further delays in delivering military aid to Kyiv got little oxygen during an April 17 defense budget

China Knows How to Stop Fentanyl But Is ‘Perfectly Okay’ Letting It Flow to US: Krishnamoorthi

The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held a hearing on Tuesday to discuss the CCP’s apparent role in the global fentanyl trade and it As the United States deals with tens of thousands of fentanyl overdoses each year, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) is pointing to China’s comparative lack of fentanyl deaths

House GOP Unveil New Border Bill Separate From Foreign Aid Packages

The bill is in separate legislation to the foreign aid funding for Ukraine and Israel. The House is expected to vote on it later this week. Leaders in the GOP-controlled House of Representatives have introduced a new border security bill to help appease Republicans who feel betrayed after Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) foreign aid packages

Jury Selection Calls Into Question Venue of Trump’s Criminal Trial, Experts Say

One prospective juror after another couched hostility to Trump in general assurances about the ability to weigh evidence impartially during questioning Tuesday. The jury selection that got underway on Monday and Tuesday and will pick up again on Thursday in the criminal trial of Donald J. Trump brought to light deep bias against the former

Trump Campaign Asks Republicans Who Use His Name, Image in Fundraising to Give It a Cut

The Trump campaign is asking Republican candidates to share a percentage of their fundraising proceeds if they use the former president’s likeness in pleas. A newly formed joint fundraising committee is asking for a share of funds raised using the name, image, or likeness of former President Donald Trump. In a letter dated April 15

Arizona House Republicans Vote Against Hearing Bill to Repeal Abortion Ban

If the state legislature repeals the 1864 abortion ban, Arizona will revert to the 15-week abortion ban signed into law in 2022. Arizona’s Republican-led House of Representatives declined to discuss a bill on April 17 that would repeal the state’s 1864 abortion ban after the state Supreme Court upheld the controversial law a week prior.

Reps. Norman, Good, and Sen. Johnson Speak on ‘Surrender of US Sovereignty to WHO’

House Reps. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and Bob Good (R-Va.), joined by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Mich.), lead a press conference at 9:00 a.m. ET on April 18 to express strong opposition to efforts now underway by the Biden administration, Chinese Communist Party, and the World Economic Forum “that would surrender U.S. sovereignty to the un… Original