Jewish group calls on Congress to make Holocaust education mandatory in US schools
The World Jewish Congress is pushing US lawmakers to make Holocaust education mandatory in all schools, citing statistics from a 2018 poll revealing half of...
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Big Tech caught in antitrust crosshairs of both Trump & Congress
Silicon Valley tech giants Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are finding themselves targets of antitrust probes by both...
NASA exec in charge of Artemis moon mission quits after just 6 weeks, ‘escorted out of HQ’
Mark Sirangelo, who joined NASA less than two months ago as special assistant to agency chief Jim Bridenstine...
Federal judge upholds Congress subpoena for Trump financial records, Trump will appeal
In a landmark move, a federal judge has ruled that the firm that handled Donald Trump's finances before he became president must hand over the...
Facebook leaves verification to groups funded by Soros, Congress
In its crusade against 'fake news', Facebook has vowed to fight for impartiality. However, when it comes to...
Pentagon Notifies Congress of $1 Billion Authorized to Begin New Border Wall
The Pentagon notified Congress Monday night that it has authorized the transfer of $1 billion to begin new...
Congress discusses giving itself a pay raise
Living in Washington DC is expensive. For US lawmakers, that means it’s time to give themselves a pay raise. But with confidence in politics at...
Congress silent as Trump extends national emergency – because it’s to sanction Russia
US President Donald Trump has informed Congress that he will extend the 2014 national emergency over Ukraine and...
Trump says he’ll 100% veto attempt to block his border wall emergency declaration
US President Donald Trump has said he would veto a Congressional effort to block his recent ‘national emergency’...
Trump Grounds All Congressional Air Travel..
The Trump administration has barred US lawmakers from traveling on any government-owned and operated aircraft without explicit written approval from the White...
Senate passes bill granting Obama ‘fast-track’ TPP authority
The US Senate passed a controversial “fast-track” trade bill in a 62-37 vote on Friday. It is a key part of President Barack Obama's pivot...
CIA accused of spying on Congress over torture report
The Central Intelligence Agency secretly removed classified documents from a computer system used by Congress, Senator Dianne Feinstein...
Secret amendment in Congress keeps CIA in charge of deadly drone strikes
President Barack Obama said last May that control of the United States’ weaponized drone program would shift away...
40,000 new laws take effect in 2014
It may have been the least productive year for Congress in history, at least in terms of passing laws – fewer than 60 of which...
Can you hack a car? Congress starts asking questions
“Can you make it go left now,” the hacker says from the driver’s seat, while the car barrels...
US Congress, CIA face-off over interrogations, secret prisons
The US Senate Intelligence Committee is writing up a report highly critical of the CIA’s past use of...
Victims of drone strike testify before Congress
The victims of a drone strike alleged to be launched last year by the United States spoke to members of Congress on Tuesday and urged...