OMB violated Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act with $1 billion rescission
GAO says OMB’s actions subvert both the constitutional process and Congress’s power of the purse. Congress – Federal News Network
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Air traffic control calamity disrupting hundreds of US flights spotlights the aging system
The same Philadelphia facility that had the radar outages in the spring of 2025 lost both its primary and backup data lines at the same time on Monday. Congress – Federal News Network
Read More...Inside the battle for control of the Library of Congress
Interview transcript: Terry Gerton There’s been a lot of conversation lately about the Library of Congress. And you’ve written about the current clash between the Trump administration and Congress and the library itself. Can you just give us a quick history of how the Library of Congress came to be and what its relationship normally is? Kevin Kosar The Library of Congress was born about 225 years ago. It was established by an act of Congress: Members realized that if they were going to legislate and legislate intelligently, it would…
Read More...Regime change? White House says Iranian people control their destiny
The White House said Monday the people of Iran will determine who leads them, but President Trump raised a “good question” about whether they will choose to take control away from leaders who cannot “Make Iran Great Again.” The Washington Times stories: White House
Read More...EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Slam Democrats for Pushing Gun Control After Trump Assassination Attempt
House Republicans criticized Democrats on Monday for using a hearing on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump to call for gun control. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle was at the House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing to testify about security failures that led to a 20-year-old gunman opening fire at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania this month, shooting the former president in the ear, wounding two rallygoers, and killing a third. But committee members such as Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.; Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va.; and Congressional Delegate Eleanor…
Read More...The Real Reason America Doesn’t Have Gun Control
After each of the repeated mass shootings that now provide a tragic backbeat to American life, the same doomed dance of legislation quickly begins. As the outraged demands for action are inevitably derailed in Congress, disappointed gun-control advocates, and perplexed ordinary citizens, point their fingers at the influence of the National Rifle Association or the intransigent opposition of congressional Republicans. Those are both legitimate factors, but the stalemate over gun-control legislation since Bill Clinton’s first presidential term ultimately rests on a much deeper problem: the growing crisis of majority rule…
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