President Biden has unveiled his federal budget proposal for fiscal year 2024. The White House said it will reduce the deficit by $3 trillion over the next decade.  The proposal calls for $6.8 trillion in spending. It includes $885 billion in defense spending and $1 trillion in non-defense discretionary spending. The mandatory spending for Medicare,…

A whistleblower told Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., that TikTok and ByteDance employees based in China can easily access U.S. data with the click of a button. That includes members of the Chinese Communist Party on the company’s payroll.  According to Hawley, the whistleblower also said, “TikTok and ByteDance are functionally the same company. They use…

Former CDC Director Robert Redfield told Congress that it’s more likely the COVID pandemic was the result of an accidental lab leak than a natural spillover. The testimony came during a hearing on the pandemic’s origins. “This conclusion is based primarily on the biology of the virus itself. Including the rapid, high infectivity for human…

After shooting down China’s spy balloons in the sky, the government is now setting its sights on TikTok, the popular Chinese app. The White House is backing a new bipartisan bill introduced this week that would allow the federal government to regulate and ban foreign-produced technology deemed a national security risk. “In terms of foreign…

The House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing examining the Biden administration’s withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. The witnesses painted a dreadful picture of the operation and its aftermath. “This whole thing has been a gutting experience. I never imagined I would witness the kind of gross abandonment, followed by career-preserving silence of senior…

The Senate is preparing to override the Washington, D.C., crime bill which would have overhauled the district’s criminal justice system. The bill has been heavily criticized on a bipartisan basis for lowering maximum penalties for murders, armed home invasion burglaries, and some sexual assault offenses.  The vote is expected later this week. “They’re sending a…

The U.S. defense secretary has touched down in Iraq in an unannounced visit; officials now believe the four Americans kidnapped in Mexico was a case of mistaken identity; and two United planes make contact at the gate area of the Boston airport. These stories and more highlight your daily rundown for Tuesday morning, March 7,…

Lawmakers – under the microscope for their own stock trading practices – are questioning whether senior executive branch officials should be banned from owning and trading individual stocks. On Monday, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo, plans to propose legislation that would bar them from the practice. “Senior members of the executive branch – who have access…

Just days after an unlikely alliance formed between President Biden and congressional Republicans, the D.C. Council announced it is withdrawing legislation that would reform the district’s criminal code. The withdrawal of the legislation comes just ahead of a Senate vote that was likely going to reject the bill. And after the House already rejected the…

President Biden announced he will sign a bill that overturns the D.C. City Council’s overhaul of the district’s criminal code. The president said he supports the district’s statehood and home rule, but does not support the law that lowers many penalties and mandatory minimum sentences for some of the worst crimes. The bill is being…