Newsom gives up call for lawmakers to cap oil industry profits
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom is giving up his high-profile call for the California Legislature to set a cap on oil company profits and instead will…
As March Madness begins, lawmakers look to bolster college athletes' rights
A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee will host a hearing on the issue on March 29. Source link
Lawmakers set for briefing after major Hill health data breach
Capitol Hill was first warned that personal data was compromised on March 8. Source link
Lawmakers call for investigations, push new bills amid bank downfalls
Hill lawmakers are still assessing how to respond to Silicon Valley Bank's collapse. Source link
'Look forward to having him back': Lawmakers across Hill send McConnell well wishes
He's expected to be in the hospital for several days. Source link
Mayorkas prepares to brief Hispanic lawmakers on family detention border policy
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said he thought the policy might have only been “internally floated for discussion.” Source link
Jon Stewart calls out a Republican lawmaker’s hypocrisy in gun control and drag show debate
Comedian Jon Stewart has effortlessly shut down a Republican lawmaker’s anti-drag argument. On a recent episode of The Problem with Jon Stewart, the political commentator…
Florida lawmakers propose horrifying bill allowing courts to take custody of trans youth
Republican lawmakers in Florida have proposed a terrifying bill that would remove trans youth from their affirming homes. Over the last year and a half,…
Syria’s Assad meets senior Arab lawmakers in Damascus | Turkey-Syria Earthquake News
Delegation of Arab parliamentarians meets Bashar al-Assad in latest sign of warming ties after more than a decade of isolation in the region. A delegation…
California lawmakers consider penalty on oil profits
SACRAMENTO — Nearly five months after Gavin Newsom initially called for a penalty on excessive oil company profits, the governor and lawmakers in Sacramento appear no…
GOP lawmakers seek investigation of ‘unauthorized’ disclosure of their Air Force records
The DOJ declined to comment. Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek said “virtually all” of the 11 unapproved releases were made to the same third party…
California lawmakers take aim at social media role in youth fentanyl use and sex trafficking
Sacramento — How much responsibility do social media platforms bear when people use them to sell kids a deadly dose of fentanyl, pay teenagers to livestream…
Editorial: Not a ‘power grab.’ State lawmakers can help keep L.A. on the path of meaningful reform
Can members of the Los Angeles City Council be trusted to ignore their own political interests and hand over power to an independent redistricting commission?…
Republican lawmakers advance transgender bill in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky advanced a bill Thursday to allow teachers to misgender their transgender students — plunging into a culture war issue…
Biden’s about to have a Cabinet opening. Asian American lawmakers have a favorite.
This time, they’re hoping they can avoid a fight. “It’s the first administration in 20 years without an [Asian American Pacific Islander] Cabinet secretary ……
Lawmakers in GOP states target medical care for trans kids
OKLAHOMA CITY — Republican attacks on gender affirming medical care for young people continued Wednesday in several conservative states that are among more than two dozen…
Lawmakers urge Biden to delay F-16 sales to Turkey over Sweden, Finland NATO bid
President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at the United Nations Headquarters on Sept. 20, 2022, in New York City. File Photo…
Lawmakers gather to celebrate 30th anniversary of Family and Medical Leave Act
1/5 Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in the East Room of the White House Thursday at an event marking 30 years since the Family and…
Ukraine can’t retake Crimea soon, Pentagon tells lawmakers in classified briefing
The briefers included Laura Cooper, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, and Lt. Gen. Douglas Sims, director of operations on the…
Election-denying lawmakers hold key election oversight roles
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republican lawmakers who have spread election conspiracy theories and falsely claimed the 2020 presidential outcome was rigged are overseeing legislative committees charged with…