Tag: Politics

Nevada’s GOP Governor Signs Bill Requiring Health Insurance to Cover Transgender Surgery

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican, signed a bill on June 12 requiring health insurance companies to cover transgender surgeries, defying the national trend of Republican governors who oppose the practice. In May, Oregon’s Democrat governor signed a virtually identical law requiring health insurance companies to cover all transgender surgeries. Lombardo’s signature on the Nevada…


North Carolina Lawmakers Move to Eliminate Gov. Roy Cooper’s Power to Appoint Members to Majority Democrat Election Board

North Carolina Senate Republicans have advanced a bill that would eliminate Gov. Roy Cooper’s power to appoint members to the majority Democrat state election board. Senate Bill 749, titled “No Partisan Advantage in Election,” seeks to transfer the administrative authority to appoint members of the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) to the Department of…


State Department Releases 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report

Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at the release of the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report at 11:00 a.m. ET on June 15. …


LIVE NOW: State Department Releases 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report

Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at the release of the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report at 11:00 a.m. ET on June 15. …


Democrats Push Bill to Regulate Supreme Court

Congress must impose a code of conduct on the Supreme Court that requires justices to recuse themselves when there is a financial connection between the justice or the justice’s family and someone having business before the court, a Democrat-controlled congressional oversight committee heard on June 14. If the Supreme Court won’t act, Congress will, Sen….


LIVE NOW: House Democratic Leader Jeffries Holds Weekly Press Conference (June 15)

The House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) Holds Weekly Press Conference at 10:00 a.m. ET on June 15. …


House Democratic Leader Jeffries Holds Weekly Press Conference (June 15)

The House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) Holds Weekly Press Conference at 10:00 a.m. ET on June 15. …


Pence Weighs In on Pardoning Trump If He’s Convicted

Former Vice President Mike Pence appeared to distance himself from committing to pardoning former President Donald Trump if he is ultimately convicted of a federal crime. During the “Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show” on Wednesday, Pence was asked about Trump having been indicted last week on 37 felony counts connected to his alleged mishandling…


LIVE NOW: US-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s Hearing on Europe, US and Relation With China

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a special commission under U.S. Congress, holds a hearing on “Europe, the United States, and Relations with China: Convergence or Divergence?” from 9:30 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. ET on June 15. Agenda: 9:40 a.m.–11:25 a.m.: Panel I: Europe-China Relations: Overview Andrew Small, senior fellow of the Indo-Pacific Program at the German Marshall…


US-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s Hearing on Europe, US and Relation With China

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a special commission under U.S. Congress, holds a hearing on “Europe, the United States, and Relations with China: Convergence or Divergence?” from 9:30 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. ET on June 15. Agenda: 9:40 a.m.–11:25 a.m.: Panel I: Europe-China Relations: Overview Andrew Small, senior fellow of the Indo-Pacific Program at the German Marshall…