Bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers demand convicted killer’s execution be halted
A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers on Tuesday called on Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the state's Board of Pardons and Paroles to halt the execution of a man convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter in 2002. Robert Roberson is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Oct. 17. Prosecutors have argued that his […]
55 Democratic lawmakers ask Biden administration to expand Arctic protections
Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) More than 50 Democrats It called on the Department of the Interior to expand federal protections in the Arctic. The Interior Department in July sought comment on whether to add more protections to 23 million acres in the western Arctic. The department began designating so-called special […]
Democratic lawmakers call out nursing home executive pay amid minimum staffing rule fight
Democratic lawmakers are blaming high executive pay at the three for-profit nursing home companies as the industry fights new minimum staffing requirements that would apply to nearly all U.S. facilities. Executive compensation is letter The letter was sent Friday evening to the CEOs of Brookdale Senior Living, National Healthcare and Ensign Group, and was signed […]
Lawmakers request briefing from Secret Service on latest attempted assassination on Trump
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers serving on a special team investigating the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has asked the Secret Service for an explanation for the latest assassination attempt on the former president, which took place on Sunday. On Sunday, while Trump was playing golf at his club in West Palm […]
Lawmakers react after learning Trump safe following ‘gunshots in his vicinity’
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Lawmakers crack down on CCP influence in US government tech, warn of potentially ‘devastating’ cyber attack
First appeared on FOX: A new bipartisan effort is underway in Congress to counter the growing threat of cyberattacks from China and other U.S. adversaries. The bill, spearheaded by Republican Rep. Pat Fallon of Texas, would impose new restrictions on the technology the U.S. government can purchase by forcing federal agencies or offices to only […]
Acting Secret Service director briefs lawmakers on Trump assassination attempt
Acting Director of the Secret Service Ronald Rowe met with House and Senate members in a closed-door meeting on Thursday to discuss the attempted assassination of former President Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Rowe briefed lawmakers on the agency's interim report into security failings at the USSS that led to a gunman scaling […]
Residents and lawmakers near the Bronx’s ‘open-air drug market’ demand it be shut down: ‘Hell on earth’
New York City residents are calling on Mayor Eric Adams to address what they call an “open-air drug market” that has taken over the streets of the Bronx. Part of Melrose Avenue near the 149th Street subway station has become a hotspot for people to use drugs and make money in broad daylight. FOX 5 […]
Dozens of bipartisan lawmakers press DHS for action on organized retail theft
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Cuomo branded ‘lying sack of s—t’ by families, lawmakers as he deflects blame for NY COVID nursing home deaths
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was denounced as a “lying bastard” by outraged family members and lawmakers as he shifted blame during a heated legislative hearing Tuesday over his COVID-19 nursing home orders that led to thousands of deaths. During a more than two-hour hearing at the U.S. Capitol, Governor Cuomo was asked repeatedly to apologize […]