LIVE NOW: Senate Budget Committee Hearing: ‘The Climate-Driven Insurance Crisis Is Here–And Getting Worse’

The Senate Committee on the Budget holds a full committee hearing titled “Next to Fall: The Climate-Driven Insurance Crisis is Here—And Getting Worse” at 10:00 a.m. ET on Dec. 18. Witnesses: Benjamin Keys, professor of real estate and finance, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Ernest Shaghalian Jr., … Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning

Senate Budget Committee Hearing: ‘The Climate-Driven Insurance Crisis Is Here–And Getting Worse’

The Senate Committee on the Budget holds a full committee hearing titled “Next to Fall: The Climate-Driven Insurance Crisis is Here—And Getting Worse” at 10:00 a.m. ET on Dec. 18. Witnesses: Benjamin Keys, professor of real estate and finance, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Ernest Shaghalian Jr., … Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning

Sen. Warren pushes bill to make it easier to declare bankruptcy

Continuing a decades-long effort to change the nation’s bankruptcy system, Sen. Elizabeth Warren plans to propose legislation on Wednesday aimed at making the process less costly and complicated for the hundreds of thousands of individuals who seek court-sanctioned relief from debt each year.  “People typically file for bankruptcy for one of three reasons: a job

Trump Names Art Collector Nicole McGraw as US Ambassador to Croatia

President-elect Donald Trump said Nicole is a ‘philanthropist, businesswoman, and world renowned art collector.’ President-elect Donald Trump announced on Dec. 17 that he has nominated Florida-based art collector Nicole McGraw to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to Croatia. “Nicole is a philanthropist, businesswoman, and World renowned art collector,” Trump wrote in a statement posted

Trump Taps Former Senate Candidate Herschel Walker for Ambassador to the Bahamas

Trump said Walker has ’spent decades serving as an ambassador to our nation’s youth.’ President-elect Donald Trump said on Dec. 17 that he has nominated former NFL player and Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas. In a statement on Truth Social, the incoming president said he believes

House Reauthorizes Holocaust Education Bill Amid Rise in Antisemitism

Anti-Semitic hate crimes increased by 63 percent between 2022 and 2023, according to the FBI. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on Dec. 17 to reauthorize legislation that promotes Holocaust education, sending it to President Joe Biden for his signature amid a rise in anti-Semitism. The Never Again Education Reauthorization Act of 2023

Proposed State Laws Seek to End Local Taxpayer Funding for Educating the Undocumented

The average cost of educating a K-12 student exceeds $15,000 per year. More than 29 percent of students are from households headed by illegal immigrants. Some leaders across the country are taking a preemptive strike on overcrowded schools and local property tax hikes despite a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that determined all children, regardless