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Federal, Policy

Republican governors call on federal government for detailed migrant data

September 19, 2023

Via: StateScoop

Republican governors from 25 states called on President Joe Biden to provide them with detailed data related to people who are entering the country through the U.S.-Mexico border. The governors are requesting “honest, accurate, detailed information” regarding where migrants are […]


Federal, Policy

Biden and Modi are looking to tighten US-India ties as concerns over China rise

September 8, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are certainly putting in the time to cultivate their relationship. Less than three months after honoring Modi with a state visit to the White House, Biden arrived Friday in New Delhi — […]


Federal, Policy

House Republican pushes age limits for president, members of Congress

September 7, 2023

Via: Fox News

A freshman House Republican is calling on Congress to give serious thought to imposing age limits for federal elected officials, with new legislation aimed at injecting new blood into Capitol Hill. Rep. John James, R-Mich., introduced a resolution this week […]


Federal, Policy

Congress returns to try to stave off a government shutdown while GOP weighs impeachment inquiry

September 5, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

After months of struggling to find agreement on just about anything in a divided Congress, lawmakers are returning to Capitol Hill to try to avert a government shutdown, even as House Republicans consider whether to press forward with an impeachment […]


Federal, Policy

Biden will visit Hanoi next month as he seeks to strengthen US-Vietnam relations

August 28, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

President Joe Biden is heading to Vietnam next month to meet with General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and other Vietnamese leaders, the White House announced on Monday. The president will travel to Hanoi on Sept. 10, tacking on the one-day […]


Federal, Policy

Biden’s food stamp expansion linked to 15% jump in grocery prices, study says

August 24, 2023

Via: Fox News

The Biden administration’s massive expansion of food stamp benefits is linked to at least a 15% rise in grocery prices, a new study said on Thursday. President Biden’s Department of Agriculture rolled out revised nutritional standards for federal food benefits […]


Federal, Policy

Red states take Biden to court over immigration policy allowing tens of thousands of migrants to stay in US

August 24, 2023

Via: Fox News

Red states are taking President Biden’s administration to court over an immigration policy that lets up to 30,000 migrants into the U.S. every month from South America and the Caribbean. Texas, along with 21 other GOP-led states, will begin court […]


Federal, Policy

Trump’s 2024 GOP rivals converge on Atlanta just days after his latest indictment

August 18, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

Several Republican White House hopefuls are set to greet a conservative conference with hopes of making up ground against Donald Trump. But his shadow may be especially difficult to escape in the city where he was most recently indicted. Trump […]


Federal, Policy

Matt Gaetz calls on Congress to probe Trump judge Tanya Chutkan for political bias in J6 sentencing

August 18, 2023

Via: Fox News

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is calling on Congress to investigate Judge Tanya Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, accusing her of conducting her court with open bias and partisanship in handling the cases of people […]


Federal, Policy

Texas woman charged with threatening federal judge in Trump case

August 17, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

A Texas woman was arrested last week on allegations that she sent a threatening and racist voicemail to the federal judge in Washington, D.C., who was randomly assigned to oversee the Justice Department’s election interference case against former President Donald […]


Federal, Policy

Biden’s former Iran envoy, placed on leave amid security clearance investigation, lands new gig at Princeton

August 16, 2023

Via: Fox News

President Biden’s Special Envoy for Iran who was placed on leave in June amid an investigation into his security clearance has landed a teaching gig at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs. The department said Robert Malley will […]


Federal, Policy

Allusions to mobster movies and book burning at appeals court hearing on Biden social media contacts

August 10, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

Allusions to book burning and mobster movies arose during a federal court hearing Thursday as appellate judges heard arguments on whether the Biden administration crosses the line from legal persuasion to unconstitutional censorship in communications with social media platforms about […]


Federal, Policy

Trump valet pleads not guilty in classified documents case; property manager’s arraignment postponed

August 10, 2023

Via: Federal News Network

Donald Trump’s valet pleaded not guilty on Thursday to new charges in the case accusing the ex-president of illegally hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate while the property manager had his arraignment postponed because he still hasn’t secured a […]


Federal, Industry, Policy, Workforce

Biden is pitching his economic policies as a key to a manufacturing jobs revival

August 9, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

Bringing back factory jobs is one of the most popular of White House promises — regardless of who happens to be the president. Donald Trump said he’d do it with tariffs. Barack Obama said companies would start “insourcing.” George W. […]


Federal, Policy

House Dems unveil resolution urging Trump trial to be ‘broadcast to the American public’

August 9, 2023

Via: Fox News

House Democrats have introduced legislation aimed at making sure former President Trump’s federal trial on the 2020 election is broadcast to the nation. A resolution calling on the Judicial Conference, the U.S. courts’ policymaking body, to allow criminal proceedings for […]


Federal, Policy

Nearly half of US voters would consider a third-party presidential candidate in 2024, new poll finds

July 20, 2023

Via: Fox News

Nearly half of U.S. voters would consider a third-party presidential candidate in 2024, according to a new poll continuing to show former President Trump and President Biden as front-runners among Republican and Democratic voters, respectively. “With neither President Biden nor […]


Federal, Policy

FTC rewrites rules on Big Tech mergers with aim to ease monopoly-busting

July 19, 2023

Via: ArsTechnica

Antitrust enforcers released a draft update outlining new rules today that officials say will make it easier to crack down on mergers and acquisitions that could substantially lessen competition in the US. Now the public has 60 days to review […]


Federal, Policy

Justice Department urges judge to not postpone Trump’s classified documents trial

July 13, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

The Justice Department urged a judge Thursday to reject Donald Trump’s efforts to postpone his classified documents trial, saying there was no basis for an “open-ended” delay sought by the former president’s lawyers. Federal prosecutors last month proposed a Dec. […]


Federal, Policy

Inflation drops to 3% and Biden hopes to turn a weakness with voters into a strength

July 12, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

The politics of inflation took a sharp turn Wednesday with a report showing consumer prices rose at the slowest pace since the early months of Joe Biden’s presidency. Republicans have hammered Biden over the cost of groceries, gasoline, utilities and […]


Federal, Policy

The federal government has more than 8,000 vacant properties. Why aren’t they being used to house the homeless?

July 11, 2023

Via: Government Executive

In Alameda, an island located in the San Francisco Bay, there’s an old federal maritime training center built in 1942 that has been sitting vacant for years. For almost as long, residents there have been batting around ideas for what […]