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  Share Source: AP Photo/Ng Han Guan While conversation continues as to the origins of the Wuhan coronavirus, which may have leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Republicans in both houses of Congress are taking steps to ensure there is more transparency, including when it comes to ensuring American taxpayers do not have to fund that Wuhan lab. Townhall spoke to one of those Republicans, Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, about how she is contributing to such efforts. The senator, along with fe...

The Biden administration’s grant of a sanctions waiver for an energy project linked to Russian leader Vladimir Putin drew bipartisan backlash on Capitol Hill.

Print this article Republican senators are circulating a bill that would reimpose sanctions against Nord Stream 2 and its Russian-allied CEO after the Biden administration waived them, the Washington Examiner has learned, after the GOP and some Democrats condemned letting the Kremlin-backed project off the hook. The proposed legislation, led by Senate Armed Services Committee member Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican, and joined by other members, has been dubbed the Protecting Our Well-...

Ethiopia has blocked telephone and internet access in Tigray while restricting journalists from entering and has also blocked the UN from providing humanitarian aid. The Tigray Centre for Information and Communication is also lobbying the White House to levy the sanctions and is asking the House of Representatives to pass a similar resolution. The centre has hired Karl Von Batten, head of the consulting firm Von Batten-Montague-York, to make its case to the administration of President Joe Biden...

Cybersecurity Experts Question the PROTECT Act News provided by Share this article Share this article ST. LOUIS, May 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- US cybersecurity experts have expressed concern over the efficacy of President Bidens "We applaud the swift action from President Biden following the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack, and agree that our energy infrastructure underpins the economic and national security of the United States. We applaud Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK ), Ja...

Senate Needs To Keep Its Eye on the China Challenge, Not Political Spending Priorities Walter Lohman is director of the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation. It has been a few months in coming, but the U.S. Senate is about to debate comprehensive legislation on how to respond to China. It’s a welcome development – as long as it’s really about strategic competition, and not a package of mostly unrelated government giveaways. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered no assura...

Fairness is not a partisan issue.

On May 13, Downtown Driggs Association joined U.S. Senator for Idaho Jim Risch and the Idaho Department of Commerce to relaunch the second annual Support Local Gems initiative, which will serve as an all-day event to support Idaho small businesses as they come off a year of significant challenges. On Friday, May 21, 2021, Idahoans are invited to Support Local Gems by giving their business to their favorite local shops and restaurants. Idahoans can get involved by shopping at a small business, d...

3 Bills Focus on Enhancing Electrical Grid Cybersecurity Compliance Compliance Twitter Photo: Pixabay Lawmakers in the Senate and House have introduced legislation designed to improve and enhance the nations electrical grid and respond to concerns that the countrys power system is prone to cyberthreats. On Tuesday, Reps. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, and Jerry McNerney, D-Calif., introduced a pair of bills - the Cyber Sense Act and the Enhancing Grid Security Through Public-Private Partnerships Act. The ...

EU-US Future Forum Wed, May 5, 2021 8:30 AM The EU-US Future Forum, a three day conference from Wednesday, May 5th – Friday, May 7th, is a unique convening of leaders and stakeholders in dialogue to build a new transatlantic agenda and momentum for EU-US cooperation. Review the playlist The Atlantic Council, in partnership with the Delegation of the European Union to the United States, is delighted to invite you to the EU-US Future Forum (EUFF), a unique convening of leaders and stakeholder...