President Biden signed the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023 into law, which requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information related to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. The bill was introduced by Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Mike Braun, R-Ind., and passed both the House and Senate unanimously.  The…

Congress has the right to review and overturn all laws passed by Washington, D.C.’s local government. That’s what’s happening now with a new crime bill that would have eliminated mandatory minimum sentencing and updated the District’s criminal code. On Monday, Mar. 20, President Joe Biden blocked the bill that Republicans have criticized as weak on crime.…

The burden of the recent failures at Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank will not fall on American taxpayers, according to President Joe Biden, promising “the money will come from the fees that banks pay into the Deposit Insurance Fund.” Biden also said his administration is investigating how the banking collapse happened in the first…

El Salvador’s Congress has voted to approve another extension of emergency rules allowing police to round up suspected members of street gangs. The decision marks the 12th time the one-month extension of the measures has been approved. The measures are aimed at curbing the country’s gang violence. The move comes the same day El Salvador’s…

In keeping with his campaign promise, President Biden announced last August his student debt relief plan targeting specific borrowers with loans held by the U.S. Department of Education. While many liberals praised the plan, there’s been plenty of opposition. In November, two lawsuits succeeded in pausing the plan’s implementation and last month the Supreme Court…

The Senate is on track to repeal the authorizations for the use of military force against Iraq. The bipartisan measure led by Sens. Todd Young, R-Ind., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., will undo AUMFs approved in 1991 and 2002 for the Gulf War and invasion of Iraq.  The sponsors said repealing the AUMFs will not impact…

A coalition of Democratic and Republican U.S. senators has introduced a resolution that would require the White House to critically assess Saudi Arabia’s human rights record and potentially re-evaluate American security assistance to the kingdom. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the resolution under a provision of the Foreign Assistance Act. If…

In the wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, members of Congress want to make changes to the U.S. banking system. The proposals include protecting consumers from added fees and clawing back executives’ bonuses. The Secure Viable Banking Act First, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., want to reinstate stricter oversight. In 2018,…

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz, said tweets claiming he asked the Treasury Department about a program to censor information on social media regarding bank runs are false. Kelly told Straight Arrow News his question was specifically about foreign adversaries.  On Sunday, the Treasury Department held a briefing for members of Congress about Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse…

The Pentagon is asking Congress for $842 billion next year, its largest ever budget request. The Defense Department said the budget’s number one priority is to counter China both now and in the decades to come. “Our greatest measure of success and the one we use around here most often is to make sure the…