A bipartisan group of senators expressed alarm as they emerged from a classified briefing on TikTok on Wednesday. The app, owned and controlled by a Chinese Communist Party-tied company, “is a gun pointed at Americans’ heads,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.) said. “There was deep concern about the threat of TikTok from both sides of
While the House will likely pass it overwhelmingly, as demonstrated by an expedited process, it’s uncertain how quickly it will pass the Senate. The House is set to vote on a $1.2 trillion spending package on March 22 to fund 70 percent of the government and therefore avert a partial shutdown. While the House will
TEL AVIV—A group of Harvard University professors visited Israel this week in a show of wartime solidarity with the Jewish state. But the visitors seemed to be just as much in need of support as their hosts. In a series of sessions at Tel Aviv University on Tuesday, members of the more-than-50-person delegation—which also included
House panel chair calls on USDA to cut—literally—the fat out of food stamp spending. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) $25.1 billion Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) budget request is $2.2 billion more, or 8.7 percent higher than its recently adopted FY24 spending plan and requests $7.7 billion for its Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
The charges Mr Menendez faces are related to allegations that he and his wife received bribes from three New Jersey businessmen. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said on Thursday that he would not seek reelection in the Democratic primary for his U.S. Senate seat amid ongoing accusations. However, he hinted at the possibility of an independent
The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a pair of Department of Justice officials alleged to have defied subpoenas. The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a pair of Department of Justice officials alleged to have defied subpoenas relating to the department’s prosecution of President Joe Biden’s
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) engaged in a fiery exchange with Hunter Biden’s former associate, Tony Bobulinski, during Wednesday’s impeachment hearing. She asserted that “RICO is not a crime” amidst discussions about alleged wrongdoings involving President Joe Biden. The intense back-and-forth unfolded as Ms. Ocasio-Cortez pressed Mr. Bobulinski on whether he had personally witnessed President Biden