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Senators Introduce Bill to Stop Companies From Charging Veterans With Benefits Help

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is introducing a bill to stop companies from charging veterans for help with disability benefits. The Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding VA Benefits Act would make it a crime to charge veterans for help. Anyone convicted could face a fine or a jail term of up to one year, according…


Young Bill Hickok (1940)

Bill Hickok, assisted by Calamity Jane, is after a foreign agent and his guerrilla band who are trying to take over some Western territory just as the Civil War is coming to a close. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save”…


Capitol Report (Aug. 8): New Bill to Provide 87K New IRS Agents; Trump, Biden Weigh In on China Threat

Democrats on Capitol Hill are pushing to close out a big package this week, expanding the government’s role in multiple sectors including health care and energy. Virginia Congressman Bob Good spoke with NTD to discuss the implications of the bill and how he plans to vote on it when it lands in the House later…


Senate Moves to Advance $52 Billion Chips Funding Bill

The U.S. Senate voted to advance its Chips and Science Bill on July 26, which is aimed at boosting domestic semiconductor production and improving technological competitiveness with China. The Senate voted to limit debate on the so-called “Chips and Science Bill,” in a 64-32 vote. It will now head to a vote and is likely…


LIVE NOW: Dems Pass Bill to Legalize Abortions Nationwide; Jury Orders Airline to Pay Millions to Fired Worker | NTD Evening News

The House on July 15 passed a bill that would make allowing abortion access the law of the land. A jury has ordered Southwest Airlines and a union to pay over $5.3 million to a former airline worker. The jury found that she was unjustly fired over her pro-life views on abortions. * Click the…


Dems Pass Bill to Legalize Abortions Nationwide; Jury Orders Airline to Pay Millions to Fired Worker | NTD Evening News

The House on July 15 passed a bill that would make allowing abortion access the law of the land. A jury has ordered Southwest Airlines and a union to pay over $5.3 million to a former airline worker. The jury found that she was unjustly fired over her pro-life views on abortions. * Click the…


MPs Rush Over 100 Amendments of Streaming Bill in a Day, Prompting Secrecy Claim

MPs have rushed through over 100 amendments to the online streaming bill to meet a deadline imposed by the government, prompting accusations of secrecy and legislative bungling. There were heated exchanges between MPs at the heritage committee on Tuesday night as they voted on dozens of amendments to the bill, which would update the Broadcasting…


US Bill to Rein in Big Tech Backed by Dozens of Small and Big Companies

WASHINGTON—Dozens of companies and business organizations sent a letter to U.S. Congress members on Monday, urging them to support a bill that would rein in the biggest tech companies such as Amazon.com and Alphabet’s Google. Last week, Democratic U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and lawmakers from both parties said they had the Senate votes needed to…


California State Senate Passes Bill Removing Requirement for Schools to Notify Threats to Police

The California State Senate has passed a bill that ends a mandatory requirement for law enforcement officials to be notified if students threaten any violent behavior. Before the bill, SB 1273, was passed, existing law stated that whenever any school official is “attacked, assaulted, or physically threatened by any pupil—the employee and any person under whose direction…


Quebec Bill Would Give Alzheimer’s Patients Access to Medical Aid in Dying

Quebec has tabled a bill that would extend the province’s assisted death legislation to people with Alzheimer’s disease. Health Minister Christian Dubé said today that Bill 38 would allow people with severe and incurable diseases to consent to an assisted death before they become mentally or physically incapable of doing so. The bill comes after…