Watch live: Blinken delivers remarks to the press
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to deliver remarks to the press Wednesday. The event is slated for 2 p.m. ET. Watch the live video above. Source: TEST FEED1
Read MoreBills to boost kids’ online safety advance in Senate with bipartisan support
Two bills that would add regulations on tech companies in a way that aims to increase safety for kids online advanced out of a Senate panel Wednesday with broad bipartisan support. The Senate Commerce Committee advanced the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, also known as COPPA 2.0. Despite broad support for the proposals debated Wednesday, the hearing highlighted divisions among the top members of the committee. Ranking Memb
Read MorePelosi inviting members of Congress for Taiwan trip
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has extended an invitation to members of Congress to join her on a planned trip to Taiwan, according to a House aide. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was invited to join the Speaker to visit Taipei but is unable to attend because of a previous commitment, his spokesperson Leslie Shedd confirmed to The Hill. Schedd added that the congressman was disappointed not to be able to join the trip. “He also believes the Speaker or any other American official should be able to visit Tai
Read MoreGaetz among 20 House Republicans who voted against anti-human trafficking bill
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) was among the 20 House Republicans who voted on Tuesday against a bill that seeks to combat human trafficking. The legislation, titled the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act, passed in a 401-20 vote, with all opposition coming from the House GOP lawmakers. Eight Republicans and one Democrat did not vote. Gaetz, who is currently under investigation by the Department of Justice for sex trafficking allegations involvi
Read MoreFormer Pentagon chief: Trump gave no order to prepare troops before Jan. 6
Former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller told the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol that then-President Trump gave no orders to prepare troops before that day. In testimony shared by the committee Tuesday evening, Miller was asked about an assertion made by former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that as many as 10,000 National Guard troops were told to be “on the ready” that day. Miller, who was serving in the top Defense Department role in an
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