The Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Act was passed by Congress in 2018 to focus national resources and attention on genocidal conflicts around the world. My father survived the Holocaust and made it his life’s work to give voice to the voiceless. From Kosovo to Rwanda to Darfur, he fought oppression tirelessly. Last week, Rep. Rashida Tlaib...
House Republicans on Wednesday advanced an appropriations bill that would increase spending for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by $18 billion from last fiscal year but significantly reduce a key fund providing care for veterans exposed to toxic chemicals. The House Appropriations subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs bill would fully fund the...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has appointed former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) as the campaign manager for his 2024 primary challenge to President Biden. "Dennis Kucinich has brought invaluable electoral experience to our campaign," Kennedy said in a statement. "He knows how the system works from the inside out, and his deep knowledge of issues and his...
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) is demanding that Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) provide the public with a timeline of the Ethics Committee investigation into Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), one day after the House voted to refer a resolution to expel Santos to the notoriously slow-moving panel. In a letter to McCarthy on Thursday, Garcia quoted the...
Russia extended the detention by three months of a former U.S. Consulate employee in Vladivostok, a city on the southeastern coast of Russia, after the State Department condemned his arrest earlier this week. A Russian court handed down the extension of Robert Shonov’s detention on Thursday. Shonov, a Russian national, was arrested in Vladivostok, and...
The IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) announced on Thursday that it will be launching a pilot program in June where cyber attachés will be sent across four continents to combat cybercrime. The attachés will focus on cracking down tax and financial crimes that use cryptocurrency, decentralized finance, peer-to-peer payments and mixing services. The four attachés will...