#House passes annual defense funding bill

#House passes annual defense funding bill

House passes annual defense funding bill The House on Thursday passed the annual defense authorization bill, sending the mammoth, $847 billion measure to the Senate for consideration ahead of the year-end deadline. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed in a bipartisan 350-80 vote. It was approved under suspension of the rules, an expedited process…

Read More
#Harris communications director set to leave post

#Harris communications director set to leave post

Harris communications director set to leave post Jamal Simmons, Vice President Harris’s communications director, will soon leave his position, a source familiar with the matter told The Hill on Friday. Simmons’s wife accepted a position in New York and their family will move there “in the near future,” according to an email from Harris’s chief of staff,…

Read More
#Top Republican accuses Biden administration of ‘unlawful’ stonewalling of Afghanistan oversight

#Top Republican accuses Biden administration of ‘unlawful’ stonewalling of Afghanistan oversight

Top Republican accuses Biden administration of ‘unlawful’ stonewalling of Afghanistan oversight The ranking Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is accusing top Biden administration officials of violating the law by stonewalling oversight efforts of U.S. assistance in Afghanistan, in a letter exclusively obtained by The Hill.  The letter serves as an opening salvo for…

Read More
#Teenage canvasser for Warnock shot in Georgia

#Teenage canvasser for Warnock shot in Georgia

Teenage canvasser for Warnock shot in Georgia A canvasser for Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) has been injured after being shot in Savannah, Georgia, on Thursday evening.  The canvasser, a 15-year-old boy, was campaigning for Warnock’s upcoming runoff election when shots were fired from behind a closed door of one of the residences in the 500…

Read More
#Congress inches toward year-end government funding deal

#Congress inches toward year-end government funding deal

Congress inches toward year-end government funding deal Congressional negotiators are making a dash to scrounge together a bipartisan deal on how to fund the federal government for fiscal year 2023, with just weeks on the clock until a looming shutdown deadline.   Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) told The Hill on Wednesday that top negotiators on both…

Read More