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Representatives Lucy McBath (D) and Glen Thompson (R) have announced a new resolution to recognize September 22-26, 2025, as “National Hazing Awareness Week." The resolution remembers the hundreds of students who have died or suffered severe, life-altering injuries as a result of collegiate hazing and promotes efforts to prevent this dangerous practice. This is a […]
Representative Mike Collins (R) has sent a letter to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lee Zeldin, urging him to reverse an action taken in the final days of the Biden administration that threatens the American recreational boatbuilding industry. For context, President Biden's EPA moved to make styrene a priority for risk evaluation […]
President Donald Trump has officially declared Antifascist Action, better known as "Antifa," a domestic terrorist organization via an executive order. "Antifa is a militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government, law enforcement authorities, and our system of law," the president declared in his executive order. "It uses illegal […]
Last week, the House of Representatives passed notable bills honoring the late Charlie Kirk and a continuing resolution to fund the federal government, thereby avoiding an imminent shutdown. However, the House also passed notable bills on policing, energy, and infrastructure. House Resolution (HR) 5143, known as the District of Columbia (DC) Policing Protection Act, repeals […]
Former State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller recently revealed that Israel purposefully sabotaged multiple attempts to create a ceasefire with Hamas during the Biden era. During an interview with an Israeli outlet, Miller cited an April 2024 incident, sharing that it took place shortly after President Biden openly spoke about a new ceasefire proposal. To sabotage this, […]
The House of Representatives has just passed a continuing resolution (CR) that prevents a government shutdown for seven weeks and now heads to the Senate. Members of Congress have taken to social media to express their thoughts. The resolution passed with 217 votes in favor and 212 opposed along strict party lines, although Representatives Thomas […]
Attorney General Chris Carr has filed an amicus brief in support of President Donald Trump’s (R) deployment of National Guard troops to protect our nation’s capital. The brief was filed in response to a lawsuit from the D.C. Attorney General, asking the Court to issue a preliminary injunction, reversing the deployment. The lawsuit was filed […]
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report commissioned by Senators Raphael Warnock (D) and Jon Ossoff (D) has unveiled how Governor Brian Kemp’s (R) Pathways to Coverage Medicaid work reporting requirement program failed to deliver results and work within budget. The report shows that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wrongly approved higher […]
Two bills sponsored by Representative Buddy Carter (R) have recently passed out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and are being sent to the floor for a vote. The bills focus on protecting healthcare access for rural Americans and preserving AM radio access in all vehicles. First, House Resolution (HR) 979, known as the […]
Representative Rich McCormick (R) has announced the introduction of the Incentivize Savings Act, a groundbreaking piece of legislation aimed at addressing the nation's unsustainable fiscal trajectory and tackling the national debt. Federal agency spending has increased by 51.7% from fiscal year (FY) 2019 to FY 2024, and deficit spending has risen by 85.9% over the […]
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is now barred from prosecuting President Donald Trump in the 2020 election interference case, according to a decision issued by the Georgia Supreme Court. The Court ruled 4-3 against hearing the appeal of the lower court decision that disqualified Willis from continuing to prosecute the case due to her […]
The House of Representatives has passed two new bills, focusing on border security and implementing policies of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. The bills enhance criminal penalties for non-U.S. nationals who illegally enter the country and set forth guidelines for the Departments of Defense (DOD) and Energy (DOE). First, […]
FBI Director Kash Patel and Utah Governor Spencer Cox (R) announced today that the primary suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination has been arrested. He was identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson and was reportedly becoming increasingly concerned with politics. Georgia Republicans took to social media to celebrate Robinson’s arrest and congratulate law enforcement for working so […]
The suspect has been identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, and in a press conference, Utah Governor Spencer Cox (R) announced "good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We got him." In an FBI news conference where Utah Governor Cox and FBI Director Kash Patel spoke, officials announced that the leading suspect in the shooting of Turning Point […]
Attorney General Chris Carr has announced that he has joined an amicus brief with other attorneys general, supporting the rights of victims and families of the heinous October 7th, 2023, terrorist attacks to sue American individuals and organizations accused of providing material support to Hamas. Examples of groups like this include the National Students for […]
Georgia Republicans and Democrats have united to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center, took 2,977 innocent lives, and changed the United States forever. “As we reflect on the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and the more than 3,000 lives taken from us that day, we […]
Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed this week during a speaking event held at Utah Valley University. President Donald Trump and Georgia Republicans have united to mourn his death, remember his character, and pray for his family. The President has ordered that Kirk's life be honored by lowering all American flags to half-mast. […]
Georgia Republicans are outraged over the gruesome death of Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian woman killed on public transportation in Charlotte, North Carolina. Zarutska was stabbed to death multiple times by a man identified as 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr., a career criminal who was let out of jail fourteen times by a magistrate judge. Representative Marjorie […]