November 14, 2019 'Squad' member seeks to ban life sentences, allow transgender inmates to choose their prisons A resolution released by Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley seeks to make sweeping changes to the criminal justice system.
October 30, 2019 Ilhan Omar votes 'present' on bill condemning Armenian genocide Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Tuesday refused to support a congressional resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide, saying it was important first to condemn the preceding "mass slaughter" of "hundreds of millions of indigenous people," as well as the "transatlantic slave trade."
September 26, 2019 House passes marijuana banking bill with bipartisan support, amid uncertain prospects in Senate The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that provides safe harbor to banks that work with legal marijuana businesses, removing a significant roadblock to growth in the budding cannabis industry.
September 8, 2019 Guns, impeachment push, border wall: What's in store as Congress returns from recess As Congress heads back to work on Monday in Washington after a six-week recess, lawmakers who already have struggled to pass substantive legislation this term are set to grapple with a slew of combustible issues, ranging from trade deals and border wall funding to gun control and impeachment proceedings.
September 5, 2019 Reporter's Notebook: What to expect from Congress as lawmakers return from recess If you’re going to pay attention to Congress, do it now. Lawmakers are on the verge of returning to Washington after a lengthy recess. But the 2020 presidential sweepstakes will soon eclipse everything on Capitol Hill.
September 3, 2019 Palestinian school curriculum is 'more radical than the curriculum that came before,' research institute says The Palestinian Authority's current school curriculum “is more radical than the curriculum that came before” and “is suffused with ideas of martyrdom, [and] Jihad,” according to an international monitoring organization.
August 21, 2019 Reporter's Notebook: Why Congress is trapped in 'The Matrix' on gun control The shootings keep happening. And the parliamentary numbers change very little.
August 21, 2019 White House spokesman: Trump supports background checks, not saying 'to hell with the Second Amendment' President Trump is open to stricter background check legislation, but Democrats are being unhelpful with their all-or-nothing approach, according to White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley.
August 13, 2019 Members of Israeli parliament to Congress: Resolution opposing Israel boycott is 'dangerous to Israel' Nearly two dozen members of Israel’s parliament sent a letter to Congress thanking them for the recent resolution opposing an international effort to boycott Israel but warned that some of the language in the resolution “would be far more dangerous” to the country.
July 24, 2019 House overwhelmingly OKs resolution opposing Israel boycott in rare bipartisan vote The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan resolution Tuesday opposing an international effort to boycott Israel.