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On Tuesday, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act with 16 of his Senate Republican colleagues to strike down President Biden’s reckless Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) rule, which will incentivize students to take on college loan debt, hurt Texas families, and cost taxpayers as much as $559 billion

A quartet of senators introduced The Small Business Cyber Resiliency Act that would establish a new Central Small Business Cybersecurity Unit within the Small Business Administration.

Two years after launching what officials hailed as a five year flagship project for hunting viruses among wildlife to prevent human pandemics, the US Agency for International Development is shuttering the enterprise. David Willman reports A flagship project for the controversial practice of hunting viruses among wildlife in South East Asia, Africa, and Latin America to prevent human outbreaks and pandemics is being quietly dropped by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)...

State lawmakers are taking notice and enacting a flurry of reforms designed to protect their constituents from late notices, threatening voicemails and credit score declines.

Disagreements about electric vehicles and climate action — including an administration rule on contractor emissions — could upend negotiations.

Let’s be smarter

President Biden on Sunday announced his five nominations for the U.S. representatives to the upcoming General Assembly of the United Nations (UN). The nominees include Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.), political consultant Janet Keller, former Georgia state Rep. Calvin Smyre (D) and Jeff Worthe, president of Worthe Real Estate Group. Lee has represented California’s…

It’s time to consider novel, creative solutions to longstanding regulatory and bureaucratic hurdles that could, left unaddressed, doom AUKUS.

Veteran diplomat Mark Lambert will lead the new “China House.”

A deal that should leave us all in despair.