U.S. intelligence agencies had alerted top military and administration officials as early as Wednesday about a potential military assault against prominent Russian defense authorities, plotted by Prigozhin.
"By providing more transparency about foreign lobbying practices, these bipartisan bills will help stop attempts by foreign adversaries to influence our political process," Senator Peters stated.
A bill from the House Appropriations Committee would ban EcoHealth Alliance and the Wuhan Institute of Virology from receiving funds from U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and other sources leading to the State Department.
"We need to stop the wars, stop saber-rattling, and negotiate directly with Russia, China, and Iran," he said. "We need to figure out how we are going to have treaties in place and control this out-of-control AI development that is an existential threat to all of us."
Special Counsel John Durham told the House Judiciary Committee that he found "troubling violations of law and policy" among the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) members part of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.
