Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) wants top Army officials to tell him why a military award pin he has been wearing on his lapel was revoked last year following criticism from some of his GOP colleagues for continuing to wear the designation, accusing the service of a smear campaign. Nehls — who served 21 years in...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) was traveling at a “high rate of speed” ahead of the car accident he was involved in that took place in Maryland over the weekend, according to a Maryland State Police report. The report, obtained by The Hill, said that a witness observed that Fetterman’s vehicle was “traveling at a high...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and other Republican senators on Wednesday blocked a bill requiring the Supreme Court to adopt a code of conduct and create a mechanism to enforce it in the wake of several high-profile controversies. The legislation, the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal and Transparency Act,...
A federal judge in Texas blocked the Biden administration’s attempt to close the so-called gun show loophole on Wednesday, expanding a prior temporary ruling to impact Texas, Louisiana, Utah and Mississippi. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled last month that the requirement to run a background check before purchasing a firearm could not go into effect in...
The House voted Wednesday to pass a bill that is urging China to mend ties with the Dalai Lama and other Tibetan leaders. The legislation, named Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act, received broad bipartisan support and encourages China and Tibet to resolve the long-standing dispute over Tibet’s governance. The bill now heads...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Lawmakers slam FDA, DOJ for lack of illicit vaping enforcement Senators from both sides of the aisle had strong words for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Department of Justice (DOJ) for their lax enforcement of illicit...
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., will try to force a vote on a Supreme Court ethics reform bill amid mounting Democratic calls for Justice Alito to recuse himself in the Trump immunity case.
Twenty-three officials are sending a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson, calling for him to send the Protecting Investors' Personally Identifiable Information Act to the floor.
“In a morally sane world, the rescue of civilian hostages should have been widely celebrated as a heroic operation,” not international outcry, lament National...