Jamese Risch News Today

WASHINGTON — An attempt to reinforce Americans’ access to contraception failed Wednesday when U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a bill from advancing toward final passage.

House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday about the International Criminal Court's threat to issue "genocide" arrest warrants against him.

House Republicans are eyeing a bill to sanction the International Criminal Court because its chief prosecutor wants arrest warrants for top Israeli officials over their actions in the war against Hamas.

Members of Congress announced legislation Thursday to prod the Biden administration to conduct an inventory of the U.S. gunpowder supply chain and offer suggestions to ensure enough will be available for the military and the average consumer.

Senate Republicans did not appreciate Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) attempt to pour cold water on their effort to pass $60 billion in funding for Ukraine and are now ratcheting up pressure on him to bring the bill to the House floor. Johnson took the unusual step of panning the Senate bill Monday evening, moments before…

Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) are urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release information from its

The State Department says the monthslong blockade has damaged U.S. national security. Several Republican senators have objected to advancing the slate of nominees.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a rule that would allow Natural Asset Companies (NACs) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Under this rule, NACs must be managed for sustainable purposes,...

South Africa's hopes for renewing a lucrative trade deal with the US are facing renewed headwinds from conservative legislators in Washington DC, with one congressman raising Pretoria's relations with Hamas in the Israel-Palestine conflict as a new obstacle to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa).

The Biden administration's dream of cutting a nuclear deal with Iran was already on life support. This month's deadly Hamas terrorist assault on Israel may have been the death blow.