President Biden on Wednesday is hosting South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol for an official state visit at the White House, putting the spotlight on the relationship between the U.S. and a key ally. Items expected to be on an agenda included leaked government documents mentioning South Korea, how the two leaders can deal with North...
For nearly 10 years, veterans have been calling for more choice over their health care at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Those calls, coupled with scandal after scandal at VA facilities nationwide, drove Congress to pass legislation aimed at putting veterans first at the VA. Specifically, the VA MISSION Act gave more veterans access to community care options through...
Two California lawmakers have joined forces to lobby for changes to an intelligence gathering tool that allows for warrantless spying on foreign nationals, a process that can sweep up information on Americans in the process. The Fourth Amendment Caucus – formed by Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D) and Tom McClintock (R) – argues for reform as Congress weighs...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is considering declaring salmonella an adulterant in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products, as part of a larger effort to reduce salmonella infections from poultry. The proposed changes, announced on Tuesday, would allow breaded and stuffed raw chicken products to be considered adulterated if their chicken component contains at...
Business regulators in the United Kingdom (UK) announced it has blocked Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of the video game company Activision Blizzard, citing their concerns that the move could prevent the future of cloud gaming The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced last September that it would launch a probe into Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal...
Republican leaders on Wednesday nibbled away at the GOP opposition to their debt-ceiling bill, bringing the package a step closer to passing through the House this week. Despite a series of last-minute changes to the legislation, however, a number of holdouts remain, setting the stage for a nail-biter of a vote when Speaker Kevin McCarthy...
The NRA-ILA filed a lawsuit in Washington state on behalf of private parties and the Second Amendment Foundation over Gov. Jay Inslee banning semiautomatic firearms.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul said he will continue investigating the Biden administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in the name of “justice" for Gold Star families.
The North Carolina House has approved a bill that would restructure Blue Cross and Blue Shield and allow the health insurance provider to behave more like its for-profit competitors.