Agriculture
Missouri governor joins coaltion to block California’s Proposition 12 limiting pork sales(The Center Square) – Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Tuesday that she’s a leader of a coalition that’s asking U.S. Congressional leaders to counter California’s Proposition 12 with a bill… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Democratic, Independent senators: Biden ‘shortchanged border communities’ in favor of New York(The Center Square) – United States Senators from states that border Mexico have issued a statement criticizing President Joe Biden’s administration this week for its handling of immigration and the… Read More
AI, Congress
Congress must act urgently to protect personal data, kids and elections from growing threat of AI, Hawley warnsFacebook parent Meta may have unleashed the kraken with the apparent leak of its text-generating program “LLaMA,” while even more secure artificial intelligence models have already been used… Read More
COVID-19
Kansas schools received $1.25 billion in COVID relief funds(The Sentinel) — The amount of money Congress borrowed to give away in the name of COVID relief was mind-boggling. Eventually, $190 billion was appropriated by Congress and signed into… Read More
President Biden
Comer to hold FBI director in contempt for not producing Hunter Biden documents(The Center Square) – The chairman of the U.S. House Oversight Committee said Tuesday that he is beginning proceedings to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress for… Read More
Josh Hawley
Missouri workers lose on debt deal, farmers win in Supreme Court case, says Senator Josh HawleyMissouri workers are getting a raw deal in the debt deal, while the state’s farmers and ranchers won a huge court victory on the right to manage their… Read More
National Debt
Debt limit agreement takes fire from all sides(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., reached a tentative compromise to raise the debt ceiling over the weekend, but the plan still faces… Read More
Transportation
Amtrak presses on with more funding and expansion despite historic losses(The Center Square) – After posting historic spending deficits in 2021 and 2022, Amtrak is planning to spend more in fiscal year 2024 as federal funding expands to “unprecedented” levels. Read More
FBI
Whistleblower: FBI manipulated Jan. 6 cases to make domestic terrorism appear widespread(The Center Square) – A former FBI agent testified before Congress Thursday saying that the FBI manipulated data to make domestic terrorism linked to Jan. 6 seem like a nationwide… Read More
National Debt, President Biden
Debt ceiling talks continue without leaders as deadline looms(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden pulled out of a meeting with legislative leaders Friday to discuss the debt ceiling ahead of a June 1 default deadline. Biden was… Read More
China
Congress members want answers about Chinese ‘police stations’ in the U.S.(The Center Square) – In a letter to FBI Director Chris Wray, congressional members on the U.S. Select Committee on the Chinese Community Party expressed concerns about the… Read More
National Debt
Republicans’ debt ceiling plan expected to get a vote this week(The Center Square) – U.S. House Republicans may get their debt limit spending bill across the finish line this week as the federal government faces a looming deadline to raise… Read More
Congress, Faith
Bible Reading Marathon under way in Washington, to include members of Congress on Tuesday(The Center Square) – A days-long Bible reading marathon began Saturday and includes a congressional Bible reading for the first time in the decades-long annual event. The 34th annual U.S. Read More
Congress, Gender Identity
House Republicans pass bill banning biological males from competing in girls’ and women’s sports(The Center Square) – House Republicans voted Thursday to pass the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act,” the latest salvo in the ongoing battle over transgender athletes. The… Read More
Culture
Teachers union president to testify on school closures at COVID-19 house hearing(Daily Caller) – The president of the nation’s second largest teachers union will testify at a U.S. House Select Subcommittee’s hearing on school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Select… Read More
Energy
Critics raise concerns about Strategic Petroleum Reserves’ decline(The Center Square) – Lawmakers are raising concerns that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which President Joe Biden has relied on heavily since taking office, is getting dangerously low. Gas prices… Read More
Biden administration
‘Taxpayer-funded censorship campaign’ assailed by Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt at congressional hearing(The Center Square) – The Biden administration's collusion with social media companies and others to censor speech related to COVID-19, election integrity and other issues "was far more pervasive and… Read More
Congress
Nebulous answers from TikTok CEO rile congressional panel(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson and U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina are among those on Capitol Hill leading the charge against TikTok, with both on… Read More
Biden administration, COVID-19
Lawmakers demand Biden declassify COVID origins investigations(The Center Square) – Lawmakers are demanding that President Joe Biden declassify documents related to the origins of COVID-19, in particular federal investigations into the matter. The U.S. Senate passed… Read More
Gasoline, Missouri
Senators renew push for year-round E15 fuel use, including in Missouri(The Center Square) – A bipartisan group of senators is asking the Biden administration again to allow the sale of E15 fuel throughout the year. The Environmental Protection… Read More