The House overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan, comprehensive housing package on Monday that aims to improve America’s affordability crisis and increase homeownership. The legislation, called the Housing for the 21st Century Act, passed the lower house by a vote of 390-9. It is sponsored by House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (R-Ark.) and is ranked……
The Hills Defense & NetSec Newsletter {Beacon} Defense & National Security Defense & National Security Welcome to The Big Story, US pursues oil tanker in Indo-Pacific The US military intercepted an oil tanker it said was operating in violation of a quarantine of ships approved by President Trump in the Indian Ocean on Monday night….
Representatives Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said they saw at least six names of “potentially convicted” individuals as being involved in the Epstein files after reviewing an unredacted tranche of documents. Members of Congress were allowed for the first time on Monday to review all unreleased volumes of Justice Department… Source link
Voto Latino and more than 50 other organizations are calling for the “immediate impeachment” of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, The Hill has exclusively learned. In a letter sent to congressional leaders on Monday, the National Hispanic Engagement Organization and a coalition of Service Employees International Union, the Human Rights Campaign and other…
The US military on Monday blew up an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific, killing two “narco-terrorists” and leaving one survivor. According to US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), the ship was operated by a designated terrorist organization, was transiting along “known narco-trafficking routes” in the Pacific Ocean and was engaged in “narco-smuggling” operations. It is…
The FBI said Monday that it is not aware of any continued communication between Nancy Guthrie’s family and her suspected kidnappers, even though the alleged ransom deadline has already passed. “For more than a week, FBI agents, analysts, and professional staff have worked around the clock to reunite Nancy Guthrie with her family,” the bureau…
House GOP leaders are trying to reinstate a ban on members calling a snap vote to repeal President Trump’s tariffs through the end of July, setting up a difficult House vote on Tuesday. The move comes as House Democrats were preparing to force such a vote this week to repeal Trump’s tariffs… Source link
According to a new report, Cuba has warned of a shortage of aircraft fuel amid tensions with the US. The Cuban government has advised international airlines flying to the Caribbean country that the island will run out of fuel on Monday, two sources told the outlet, Spanish news outlet EFE reported on Sunday. Source link
Senate Democrats, who voted to end the fall government shutdown, are facing a difficult decision on whether to support a stopgap measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after Friday’s deadline. Negotiators are far apart on a long-term deal to finance DHS, but Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-D.) hinted at plans… Source…
President Trump on Monday threatened to block the opening of a bridge linking the US and Canada, demanding that Canada engage in trade talks with the US “I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have owed it, and at the same time, importantly, Canada…
