Epstein Secrets

land Security and Governmental Affairs Committee considers DHS secretary nominee — Hybrid nominations hearing considers Chad Wolf to be Secretary of Homeland Security * Held via videoconference and in Rm 342, Dirksen Senate Office Building * Government Accountability Office report released last month said that Wo

than two weeks with several high profile cases. A justice appointed by President Trump will have a profound effect on how they are decided." NBC's Pete Williams added, "A make-or-break challenge to the Affordable Care Act could affect the most Americans. ... Justice Ginsburg twice before voted to uphold the

the House of Representatives "haggle[s] over the formation of a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol," the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Rules and Administration Committee are "pressing ahead with a series of investigative hearings to scruti

Garland said civil rights enforcement will be a priority." Garland: "There's no question that there is disparate treatment in our justice system." Pete Williams said on NBC Nightly NewsVi (2/22, story 5, 1:25, Holt, 6.17M), "Garland says the siege at the Capitol shows that violent extremism is more of a thre

is absolutely unacceptable in America and we have to end it." Axios (7/19, Ayesh, 521K) reports the "chairs of the House Oversight, Judiciary and Homeland Security committees on Sunday called on the inspectors general of the Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security to open an investigation into th

er named to the court, after Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was appointed 12 years earlier." On NBC Nightly NewsVi (7/17, story 4, 1:57, Holt, 5.54M), Pete Williams said the chemotherapy "appears not to have slowed her down. This past term, she wrote six of the court's majority opinions. Only Chief Justice Robe

olves an offender coercing a minor to create and send explicit images or videos. The article noted that from October 2021 to March 2023, the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations received more than 13,000 reports of online financial sextortion of minors. The sextortion involved at least 12,600 victims, mostly b

ministration's arms control agenda, including updates on U.S.-Russia and U.S-China engagement. The event will be moderated by CSIS PONI Director Dr. Heather Williams. The event will be in person and livestreamed. To register to attend, please click the "Register" button below. • Carnegie Endowment for Internatio

while Politico (8/20, Everett, 4.29M) reports congressional Republicans are "startling] to sour on gun control laws after Trump's reversal." Senate Homeland Security Chairman Ron Johnson said both a national "red flag" bill and a background checks measure are now "unlikely to pass' Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said on

especially police, who, in this era of more frequent mass shootings, find themselves more inclined than ever to take every threat seriously." NBC's Pete Williams reported that the 15- year-old issued the threat on a gaming site; his mother says it was just a bad joke. The CBS Evening News (8/20, story 3, 2:15,