Members of Congress indicted: Cuellar joins growing list of officials charged with felonies
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) joined the list of members of Congress who are facing or have faced federal charges after the Department of Justice unveiled a 14-count indictment against the Texas Democrat on Friday for allegedly taking nearly $600,000 in bribes from two foreign entities. The indictment claims Cuellar and his wife accepted at least […]
Congress must act to support quantum computing
Early April, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has become the first university in the world to operate a quantum computer. Just earlier in the week, Microsoft and Quantinuum announced They demonstrated the most reliable logical qubit on record. RPI and IBM, which developed the university’s quantum computer, both funds received Through CHIPS and Science Law. But […]
Mike Johnson vows to bring professors, students to Congress over college antisemitism
University professors and even students are expected to be brought before Congress as part of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s efforts to stamp out anti-Semitism on campuses. In an exclusive interview with the Post, Mr Johnson condemned the student movement for supporting “evil” and said MPs would leave no stone unturned. “I think there needs to […]
Did Congress really just ‘criminalize Christianity’ or make parts of the New Testament illegal?
Several Republican lawmakers and political commentators have expressed concern that the controversial new law could criminalize parts of the New Testament. For example, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Wednesday she voted against the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2023 because she “believes in the gospel that Jesus was handed over to Herod.” “It could potentially […]
Lawmakers Demand Probe Into Allegations Of TikTok Using Children To Lobby Congress
House members on Thursday asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate allegations that TikTok tried to use children to lobby against legislation targeting the company, according to a letter first obtained by NBC News. requested. Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Michigan, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, both members of the House China Committee, wrote: letter beginning […]
Experts Tell Congress Auditing for Slavery in Chinese Factories Impossible
Experts, including one of the world’s top researchers on the Uyghur genocide and a senior Labor Department official, told Congress this week that there should be no legal audit to examine slavery and other forced labor in China, particularly in the occupied Uyghur region. stated that it had not been carried out. “impossible.” The experts […]
Congress Grills UnitedHealth CEO Over Company’s Vertically Integrated Consolidation and Massive Cyberattack
The following content is Americans who support limited government. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) told UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Whitty during a hearing Wednesday at the Capitol, “I’m committed to solving this problem. I will continue to make efforts.” As Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) recently stated, “UnitedHealth Group is the standard oil of health care.” The […]
United States Congress demanding answers on Andretti F1 bid
Earlier this year, F1’s commercial rights holder, Formula One Management (FOM), ruled out the prospect of Andretti Motorsport and General Motors (Andretti) joining the F1 grid. Now, a group is demanding answers about that denial. Member of the United States Congress. In a letter to Gregory Maffei, president and CEO of Liberty Media Corporation, which […]
Chinese money laundering criminals team up with Mexican cartels to menace US, officials warn Congress
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Treasury Department officials this week warned members of Congress about the growing threat from Chinese money laundering. At a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, U.S. senators discussed the amount of money coming into the U.S. through illicit means linked to China and how that money leaves Mexico for illegal […]
Congress must not leave child victims behind
Supporting victims of violent crime, especially the youngest and most vulnerable of those victims, is among my most solemn responsibilities in the House of Representatives. For young survivors and their families, the criminal justice system can be an intimidating maze of questions, legal challenges, and hardships that, when added to the trauma of the underlying […]