Lindsey McPherson

House panel approves child online safety bills, but floor vote is not guaranteed

The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday approved a pair of bills to protect children from harmful social media content, but a key GOP leader says further changes are needed before a floor vote.

September 18, 2024

House to vote on giving presidential candidates security equal to a sitting president

The House will vote this week on a bill to require party presidential nominees to receive the same level of Secret Service protection as a sitting president, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Louisiana Republican, announced.

September 18, 2024

Speaker Johnson open to deal on Secret Service funding boost

House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled Wednesday that he could strike a deal with Democrats to provide the Secret Service with more funding, despite skepticism among GOP lawmakers that money is needed to address security lapses that led to two assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump.

September 18, 2024

Congress divided over funding boost for Secret Service after assassination attempts on Trump

The Secret Service is asking Congress for hundreds of millions of dollars to help the agency bolster its security through the presidential election and inauguration, but some lawmakers doubt the agency actually needs more money.

September 17, 2024

Senate Republicans block bill to mandate insurance coverage of IVF treatment, float alternatives

Senate Republicans, for the second time this year, blocked a bill to mandate health insurance coverage of fertility treatments like in vitro fertilization.

September 17, 2024

Senate, House panels plan to release first Trump assassination attempt reports next week

The Senate and House panels investigating the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump are planning to release preliminary reports next week outlining security failures that occurred at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

September 17, 2024

Ohio governor says troopers to guard Springfield schools amid ‘unfounded’ bomb threats

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Monday that he would be stationing state highway patrol troopers at Springfield schools amid a series of "unfounded" bomb threats, many coming from overseas actors wanting to stir political discord.

September 16, 2024

Schumer says Congress will provide more money to Secret Service if necessary

Congress is prepared to provide more resources to the Secret Service if needed after a second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Monday.

September 16, 2024

Speaker Johnson calls for more ‘manpower’ to protect Trump after second assassination attempt

The Secret Service "acted so quickly and so decisively" to thwart an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday, but they need more manpower, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday.

September 16, 2024

House lawmakers sign ‘unity’ pledge to accept presidential election results, attend inauguration

Nearly three dozen House members on Friday signed onto a bipartisan pledge to respect the results of the 2024 presidential election and attend the inauguration for whichever candidate wins.

September 13, 2024

House surge of bills to check China holds little chance of Senate action

House Republicans passed 28 bills last week with the aid of Democrats to counter the Chinese Communist Party, but the Democratic-run Senate is unlikely to act on their top priorities.

September 13, 2024

Tim Tebow joins Congress’ offensive against child sexual abuse

Former NFL player and college football star Tim Tebow teamed up with a bipartisan group of lawmakers Tuesday to introduce legislation to combat child sexual abuse and identify victims in images of abuse spread across the darkest corners of the internet.

September 10, 2024

Thomas Matthew Crooks update: Everything we now know about Donald Trump’s would-be assassin

Thomas Matthew Crooks had two homemade explosive devices in his car when he tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump. It is unclear how -- or even if -- Crooks planned to use the bombs, which is just one of the mysteries still surrounding this case.

September 10, 2024

Sen. John Cornyn outlines policy vision in race to replace Mitch McConnell as GOP leader

Sen. John Cornyn on Monday sent a letter to fellow Senate Republicans pitching his policy vision for the conference next year, jump-starting the slow-moving race to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell as GOP leader.

September 9, 2024

Biden threatens to veto House GOP spending extension, noncitizen voting ban bill

President Biden would veto a House Republican bill pairing a six-month government funding extension with a measure requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections, the White House announced Monday.

September 9, 2024

Republicans ramp up legislative pressure campaign on Democrats ahead of election

House Republicans plan to apply a pressure campaign on Democrats with tough votes on China and scrutiny of the Biden-Harris administration's record on crime and immigration when they return to Washington this week, starting with a government funding battle.

September 8, 2024

Trump got protective agents with no practice for rally; stand-ins saw only video, whistleblowers say

The Secret Service relied in part on Homeland Security Investigations agents who had just two hours of training to provide protective detail to former President Donald Trump at the July 13 rally where he was nearly assassinated, according to new whistleblower allegations.

September 4, 2024

Elon Musk confirms he would join Trump commission to audit federal agencies

Billionaire Elon Musk "can't wait" to serve on a commission that former President Donald Trump, if he wins the election, would form to target federal agencies for cuts.

September 3, 2024

Butler County residents still rattled after Trump assassination attempt

This western Pennsylvania area's claim to fame used to be that it is the birthplace of the Jeep. That all changed on July 13.

September 3, 2024

House panel to question CrowdStrike executive about worldwide tech outage in July

A House panel will hold a hearing on Sept. 24 with a top CrowdStrike executive to examine the impact of the cybersecurity company's faulty software update that caused a global technology outage in July.

August 30, 2024