All posts tagged: legislation

Trump Signs Executive Order to Pay TSA After Funding Bill Collapses in Congress

Trump Signs Executive Order to Pay TSA After Funding Bill Collapses in Congress

Published by Sam Flores

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday afternoon that should pay TSA employees next week. Trump’s action came after a Homeland Security funding measure collapsed in Congress. The measure passed the Senate early Friday morning but was swiftly rejected by House Republicans. TSA workers were set to miss a second consecutive paycheck Friday. TSA officer absentee rate hit a record Thursday, DHS says The Department of Homeland Security says the daily absentee rate for TSA officers scheduled to work on Thursday reached 11.83%, the highest level since the DHS shutdown started on Feb. 14. The department says 33.6% of scheduled officers missed work at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and 37.4% at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport. “I want to thank President Trump for his leadership in finding a way to pay our TSA officers to end this chaos at our airports,” Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said. TSA officers must be confident they’re going to keep getting paid before the delays will end The delays and long security lines may …

Lawmakers behind bipartisan push for legislation detecting and preventing Alzheimer’s: ‘It’s too expensive not to’

Lawmakers behind bipartisan push for legislation detecting and preventing Alzheimer’s: ‘It’s too expensive not to’

Published by Sam Flores

House Reps. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) and Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.), co-sponsors of the Alzheimer’s Screening and Prevention (ASAP) Act, said Thursday that proactively addressing Alzheimer’s disease is “too expensive” of an issue for Congress to ignore. Appearing on Thursday at The Hill’s “Getting a Diagnosis ASAP: Progress in Early Alzheimer’s Detection” event, sponsored by the Alliance… Source link

Kalshi, Polymarket insider trading rules not enough: Sens. Schiff, Curtis

Kalshi, Polymarket insider trading rules not enough: Sens. Schiff, Curtis

Published by Sam Flores

A pair of bipartisan senators on Wednesday said they won’t drop their push to ban sports prediction market contracts, despite Kalshi and Polymarket announcing new insider trading restrictions on their platforms. “It’s got to be more than an aspirational statement by these companies,” Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” when asked about those platforms’ self-imposed new rules. Kalshi on Monday said it would preemptively block politicians, athletes and “other relevant people” from betting on their own campaigns or sporting events. The same day, Polymarket announced it would impose its own guardrails to address insider trading and market manipulation. The new restrictions came as Schiff and Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, introduced legislation that would give states, rather than federal regulators, control over sports betting and casino-style games. The bill would prohibit Commodity Futures Trading Commission-registered entities from listing any such prediction contract. In a joint CNBC interview Wednesday morning, the senators said the companies’ efforts to police themselves are insufficient. “I don’t think it’s enough,” Schiff said. “It’s one thing to say, ‘This is our policy.’ It’s …

Georgia Could Become the First State With Weapons Detection in All Public Schools

Georgia Could Become the First State With Weapons Detection in All Public Schools

Published by Sam Flores

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia could become the first state to require every student to be checked for weapons when arriving at a public school each day. “That rifle would have never reached our hallways,” said Daria Lezczynska, a junior at Apalachee High School in Winder, where the shooting took place. “Lives would have been saved. Families would not be grieving, Students like me would not be carrying this trauma.” Some schools have long used metal detectors or required students to carry clear backpacks to cut down on weapons. But a new generation of technology marries computer analysis with cameras or the same electromagnetic fields as metal detectors to detect knives and guns. The systems have spread rapidly through schools, arenas, stadiums and hospitals. “It’s very commonplace for me to walk through a weapons detection system when I enter into a courthouse,” said Chuck Efstration, the bill’s sponsor and Republican house majority leader who represents the Apalachee campus. “Georgia’s students and educators deserve similar security with weapons detection systems inside of every Georgia public school.” There’s …

California legislation moves to ban PFAS pesticides

California legislation moves to ban PFAS pesticides

Published by skeptic

A new bill introduced in California’s legislature aims to phase out the use of PFAS pesticides, a class of persistent synthetic chemicals increasingly associated with environmental contamination and human health risks. The proposal follows recent testing that detected these substances in a substantial portion of conventionally grown fruits and vegetables across the state. The legislation, Assembly Bill 1603 (AB 1603), would establish a timeline to eliminate PFAS pesticides from California agriculture, with interim measures focused on transparency and regulatory oversight. The move positions California to align more closely with jurisdictions that have already imposed restrictions on these chemicals. Evidence of contamination drives policy push Recent analyses of state data indicate that PFAS pesticide residues are present in a notable share of California-grown produce. Testing of 930 non-organic fruit and vegetable samples found detectable levels in approximately 37% of cases. More than half of the produce types examined showed at least some contamination. Separate laboratory results highlighted particularly high detection rates in stone fruits, with the majority of tested peaches, nectarines and plums containing measurable residues. …

Wisconsin Governor Vetoes Anti–’Nature Rights’ Legislation

Wisconsin Governor Vetoes Anti–’Nature Rights’ Legislation

Published by Jenni Sidey

This republished article first appeared in the National Review A few months ago, I posted about a Republican-sponsored bill in Wisconsin that would preempt local communities from enacting “nature rights” ordinances. I wrote at the time: If the bill passes, I suspect that the Democrat governor will veto it. Nature rights was adopted into the platform of Florida’s Democratic Party, and I predict it will eventually become a plank of the national party as it is becoming a zealous progressive cause as a means of combatting climate change and hobbling capitalism. But at least a veto would be clarifying. Later, Wisconsin Democrat legislators heightened my expectation by filing a resolution in support of granting nature “inherent rights, including the right to exist, flourish, regenerate, and be restored.” The Republican bill ultimately passed, and as I suspected he would, Governor Tony Evers just vetoed it. In his veto message, he claimed (laughably, in my view) that it was to protect the prerogatives of local governments. But here is the core reason. From the governor’s veto message: Climate change is affecting our Wisconsin …

Trump admin unveils national AI policy framework to limit state power

Trump admin unveils national AI policy framework to limit state power

Published by Sam Flores

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on artificial intelligence at the “Winning the AI Race” Summit in Washington D.C., U.S., July 23, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters The Trump administration on Friday issued a legislative framework for a single national policy on artificial intelligence, aiming to create uniform safety and security guardrails around the nascent technology while preempting states from enacting their own AI rules. The six-pronged outline broadly proposes a slew of regulations on AI products and infrastructure, ranging from implementing new child-safety rules to standardizing the permitting and energy use of AI data centers. It also calls on Congress to address thorny issues surrounding intellectual-property rights and craft rules “preventing AI systems from being used to silence or censor lawful political expression or dissent.” The administration said in an official release that it wants to work with Congress “in the coming months” to convert its framework into a bill that President Donald Trump can sign. The White House wants to codify the framework into law “this year” and believes it can generate bipartisan …

Experts call for new legislation as food insecurity rises in the UK

Experts call for new legislation as food insecurity rises in the UK

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The Food Foundation has published new data which shows that food insecurity has increased in the UK since 2022. Food insecurity levels have remained stubbornly high throughout, though they had been slowly decreasing. New data gathered in January, however, shows that food insecurity rates are creeping up once again. With fears growing about what a drawn-out war in Iran could mean for food prices, driven by rising oil prices and limited fertiliser supply, it is more important than ever that the government take action to ensure food security in the UK. Anna Taylor, Executive Director of The Food Foundation, explained: “From energy markets in the Middle East to global fertiliser and shipping routes, our food supply is now tightly bound to geopolitical events we cannot control. “The cost-of-living crisis has already exposed how fragile this system is. Families felt it at the checkout, farmers felt it on their balance sheets, and food banks felt it in record demand.” What factors are causing food insecurity in the UK? Healthier foods remain inaccessible for poorer households Previous …

Under Pressure From Trump, Republicans Plan Long Talkathon on Voting Bill

Under Pressure From Trump, Republicans Plan Long Talkathon on Voting Bill

Published by Sam Flores

WASHINGTON (AP) — Under pressure from President Donald Trump, Senate Republicans plan to launch a “full and robust debate” next week on legislation to impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements, an effort to show Trump that they are serious about the bill even though it doesn’t have enough support to pass. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is planning a talkathon on the Senate floor for an indefinite period of time, though it won’t officially be the “talking filibuster” that Trump has suggested. Republicans plan to hold the floor for days, if not weeks, to pressure Democrats. “I can guarantee that we are going to put Democrats on the record,” Thune said on the Senate floor Thursday as he announced the plan to take up the bill, which has already passed the House. Trump has made the bill a priority ahead of the midterm elections, arguing that Republicans need it to win — even as his party won the presidency and congressional majorities in 2024 without it. Federal law already requires that voters in national elections …

Trump says will not sign other legislation until voter act Bill is passed by Congress

Trump says will not sign other legislation until voter act Bill is passed by Congress

Published by Sam Flores

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump vowed in a social media post on Sunday (Mar 8) that he would not sign any other legislation until Congress approves a voter Bill that Democrats believe would disenfranchise some voters. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump laid down a tough marker for the SAVE America Act, which passed the Republican-led House of Representatives in February but faces an uphill battle in the Senate, also controlled by Republicans. “I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed,” said Trump, who is spending the weekend at his Doral, Florida, golf club. Whether Trump would follow through on his vow was unclear. If lawmakers pass a Bill and he takes no action for 10 days while Congress is in session, the measure becomes law without his signature. The SAVE America Bill would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote for the November midterm elections and would impose criminal penalties on election officials who register anyone without the required documentation. Democratic Party leaders say the legislation …