Recent events have shown that the commission’s promise to fully consider religious defenses in the future is no guarantee of actual protection in practice.
House Republicans have a choice to make as they take up the annual defense policy bill this week: block amendments that could undermine bipartisan support for the legislation or allow votes on topics that could transform the measure into a partisan messaging bill.
Federal prosecutors told a jury in closing arguments Monday that evidence proves Hunter Biden "knowingly" made a false statement in buying a gun in 2018 and he knew he was addicted to drugs at the time.