Giorno: 14 Giugno 2024

House passes $895B defense policy bill with 19.5% pay raise for junior troops

Congress’ annual defense policy bill passed the House on Friday after a week of voting on more than 300 amendments, during which conservatives scored several victories on diversity, critical race theory and gender surgeries. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) authorizes funding for military priorities across the Department of Defense and Department of Energy, with […]

Mexico Election Not Indicating Change at Border

Presidential elections in Mexico and the United States this year will affect the relationship between the two countries and policies about southern border security, immigration, and illegal drugs. Mexicans were first to go to the polls, on June 2, electing Claudia Sheinbaum…[#item_full_content]

US Supreme Court Rules Bump Stock Ban Unlawful

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a challenge to a federal ban on “bump stock” devices that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns, dealing a setback to yet another firearms restriction …

Supreme Court strikes down federal ban on bump stocks

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a bump stock does not transform a firearm into an automatic weapon, striking down a federal rule that banned bump stocks.  In a 6-3 decision, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote, “Congress has long restricted access to “‘machinegun[s],’” a category of firearms defined by the ability to “shoot, automatically more […]

Iowa Dem scrubbed anti-Trump tweets from X account to appear more moderate, Republicans charge

A Democrat running in a competitive Iowa district scrubbed his X account of dozens of anti-Trump and pro-Biden posts prior to winning the congressional primary earlier this month, according to archival website information found by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC). Combat veteran and former USDA official Lanon Baccam won Iowa’s Third Congressional District Democratic […]