WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee, posted the following news release on June 30, 2025: * * * Amended Senate Budget Bill Would Trigger Nearly 20 Million People Losing Health Insurance Updated Analysis Also Includes State-by-State Coverage Loss Estimates * WASHINGTON - The Joint Economic Committee - Minority released updated data, broken down by state, that shows that the Senate budget bill, if amended as indicated by Sen  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The FBI issued the following news release on July 2, 2025: * * * Dozens of Violent Offenders Arrested in Operation Mongolian Beef * Twenty-eight members of the Mongols motorcycle gang were taken into custody today in a joint operation between the FBI Jacksonville Division, Volusia Sheriff's Office, and the Seventh Judicial Circuit State Attorney's Office. In addition, arrest warrants have been issued for three additional Mongols gang members and their arrests are pendin  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-138) on the Protecting our Nation's Capital Emergency Act (H.R. 2096), which aims to restore the right to negotiate matters pertaining to the discipline of law enforcement officers of the District of Columbia through collective bargaining, to restore the statute of limitations for bringing disciplinary cases against members or civilian employees of the Metropolitan Police Department of the Distr  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Pentagon Provides Update on Southern Border, Recruitment Numbers * Approximately 8,500 military personnel attached to Joint Task Force Southern Border continue to enhance U.S. Customs and Border Protection's ability to identify, track and disrupt threats to security at the southern border, the Defense Department announced today during a press conference at the Pentagon. Since being established in March of  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following fact sheet on June 30, 2025: * * * Record-Breaking U.S.-Africa Business Summit Yields $2.5 Billion in Deals and Commitments From June 22-25, more than 2,700 U.S. and African public and private sector leaders gathered for the 17th U.S.-Africa Business Summit, hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa and the President of Angola. This year's Summit marked a record turnout, including 12 African Heads of State. The U.S. Delegat  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Wasserman Schultz Leads Florida Democrats in Condemnation of Everglades ICE Facility * Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) announced she led U.S. House of Representatives Florida Democratic Members to demand Governor Ron DeSantis abandon plans to build an ICE detention facility on sacred tribal land in the Everglades. "We strongly and unequivocal  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Wasserman Schultz on Trump's Tour of DeSantis Everglades Internment Camp * Washington DC - U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) released the following statement on President Trump's planned tour of the costly Gov. DeSantis Everglades prison camp for immigrants: "DeSantis' internment camp puts decades of massive restoration and billions of dollars in Everglades investments at risk  more