The U.S. Senate confirmed former Army Green Beret Joe Kent on Wednesday as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), in a 52-44 vote that followed months of partisan debate and resistance from progressive lawmakers. Kent, a Trump appointee, will now lead one of America’s key national security agencies focused on preventing terrorist threats.
Senate Democrats are demanding that the Department of Justice release files pertaining to Jeffrey Epstein by invoking an obscure policy called the "rule of five."
A high-stakes Senate battle is brewing in North Carolina as Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley and former Democratic Governor Roy Cooper prepare to face off for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Sen. Thom Tillis. Both men are expected to formally enter the race within days, though neither has made an official announcement.
Senator Joni Ernst’s (R-IA) bipartisan bill aimed at reviving American manufacturing has cleared the Senate Commerce Committee and is on track for swift Senate passage. The Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act, co-sponsored by Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), would direct the Commerce Secretary to identify key imported goods and explore how to help U.S. manufacturers produce them domestically, especially in rural and industrial areas.
Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined 29 fellow Democrats in reintroducing legislation that would make in-vitro fertilization (IVF) a federally protected procedure, overriding state authority. The “Protect IVF Act” seeks to guarantee nationwide access to IVF services, providers, and insurance coverage—regardless of state laws that may restrict such practices.
