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Lawmakers and other advocates step up pushback over battle over DEI

Lawmakers and other advocates step up pushback over battle over DEI

by Braedyn Speight | Mar 14, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON  — As diversity, equity and inclusion continues to come under fire on the state level, lawmakers and officials in Washington are trying to step into the issue on the federal level.  The Congressional Black Caucus last week implored the Department of Justice...
Bipartisan lawmakers urge regulators to ensure updated merger policies don’t harm businesses, consumers

Bipartisan lawmakers urge regulators to ensure updated merger policies don’t harm businesses, consumers

by Casey He | Nov 14, 2023 | Business, Featured, Topics

WASHINGTON – Legislators from both sides of the aisle told Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter on Tuesday that they have concerns over the Department of Justice’s draft merger guidelines. “We need to make sure that no intended consequences are actually created,...
Pence blasts DOJ subpoena as ‘unconstitutional,” still mum on 2024 run

Pence blasts DOJ subpoena as ‘unconstitutional,” still mum on 2024 run

by Logan Schiciano | Feb 16, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON – Vice President Mike Pence railed against the Justice Department on Thursday, underscoring that a subpoena to appear before a special council is “unprecedented and unconstitutional.” Pence was issued a subpoena last week by special counsel Jack Smith, who...
Biden addresses classified documents during remarks, assures cooperation with DOJ

Biden addresses classified documents during remarks, assures cooperation with DOJ

by Kate Walter | Jan 12, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — President Biden touted a promising inflation report and economic improvement in his remarks Thursday, while also addressing the second batch of classified documents found at his home in Wilmington, Delaware this morning. After delivering his remarks on...
House Judiciary Debates Merits of Independent Immigration Court

House Judiciary Debates Merits of Independent Immigration Court

by Ali Bianco | Jan 20, 2022 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON — The merits of overhauling the U.S. immigration courts into an independent system, removed from the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice, divided lawmakers and witnesses at a virtual hearing on Thursday. “Our country deserves an immigration court...

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