Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) requested that Attorney General Merrick Garland launch an investigation into potential perjury committed by TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in a June 1 press release and May 31 letter. Rubio’s letter (pdf) to the attorney general highlights Chew’s allegedly false statement made under oath during his testimony before the House Committee…

Democratic lawmakers have introduced a new bill that would prohibit the U.S. Department of Defense from discriminating against or barring transgender individuals from serving in the military. Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) introduced the bill on Monday with the support of 22 Democratic co-sponsors. Though a full-text version of the legislation is not yet available, Jacobs…

Pentagon official Colin Kahl leaked classified information about Chinese spy balloons to deflect blame on the Biden administration’s mishandling of a similar spy balloon in U.S. airspace last month, according to two Republican senators. Kahl, whom President Joe Biden appointed as his undersecretary of defense for policy, provided classified information to reporters, revealing that Chinese…

Pentagon official Colin Kahl leaked classified information about Chinese spy balloons to deflect blame on the Biden administration’s mishandling of a similar spy balloon in U.S. airspace last month, according to two Republican senators. Kahl, whom President Joe Biden appointed as his undersecretary of defense for policy, provided classified information to reporters, revealing that Chinese…

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued a report on Aug. 30 examining global discrimination and specifically mentioning Florida House Bill 1—a bill backed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis—putting Florida on a global stage. The 18-member committee, including one member from the United States, said in the report that…

Following the raid at Donald Trump’s Florida Home, those who support the former president may be targeted by the Biden administration, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) warned in a recent interview. “This is shocking to Americans, but in Latin America and many of the countries around the world, here’s what happens,” Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, told Fox…

Following the raid at Donald Trump’s Florida Home, those who support the former president may be targeted by the Biden administration, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) warned in a recent interview. “This is shocking to Americans, but in Latin America and many of the countries around the world, here’s what happens,” Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, told Fox…

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), along with a delegation of state and federal lawmakers, assembled at the edge of the Florida Everglades on Jan. 31 to express their disappointment in the Biden administration’s failure to allocate funding to advance the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA). The governor said that while the state is “doing…

A bipartisan pair of senators on Tuesday introduced legislation they say will protect Americans’ sensitive personal data from China and elsewhere. Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) unveiled the Protecting Sensitive Personal Data Act of 2021 (pdf) which seeks to expand the oversight authority of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) echoed Blacks Lives Matter sentiment Thursday when she blamed the suffering of “everyday people” in Cuba on the U.S.’s 60-year-old embargo. “We are seeing Cubans rise up and protest for their rights like never before. We stand in solidarity with them, and condemn the anti-democratic actions led by President Díaz-Canel,” the…