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GOP lawmakers aim to restore anti-Chinese Communist Party initiative gutted under Biden
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National, The Daily Caller

GOP lawmakers aim to restore anti-Chinese Communist Party initiative gutted under Biden

By Philip Lenczycki | Daily Caller Republican lawmakers introduced legislation on Friday to resurrect a program combatting Chinese Communist Party (CCP) espionage that was terminated by the Biden administration. If adopted, the Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act will establish a “CCP Initiative” in the Department of Justice’s National Security Division to “curb spying” from Beijing on U.S. “intellectual property and academic institutions,” according to the bill first obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The CCP Initiative draws heavily from a similarly-named Trump administration program called the “China Initiative,” which the Biden administration ended in February 2022 after critics claimed it “fueled a narrative of intolerance and bias,” the DC...
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GOP lawmakers introduce bill to expand school choice
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National, The Daily Signal

GOP lawmakers introduce bill to expand school choice

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell  | Daily Signal Republican Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Tim Scott of South Carolina are celebrating School Choice Week by introducing a bill to empower businesses and individuals to fund education choice for students. Introduced Wednesday, the Educational Choice for Children Act provides a charitable donation incentive for individuals and businesses to fund scholarships for students to cover expenses related to K-12 public and private education. School Choice Week began Monday. “Parents want to see their child succeed. Giving them the ability to make decisions over their child’s education puts that child’s needs first,” Cassidy said in a statement first provided to The Daily Signal. “More freedom empowers parents and ...
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Government employees are working from home. GOP lawmakers and Elon Musk’s DOGE plan to change that
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National, National Review

Government employees are working from home. GOP lawmakers and Elon Musk’s DOGE plan to change that

By James Lynch | National Review A bombshell report from Senator Joni Ernst (R., Iowa) found that the amount of federal employees working fully in-person is near-zero despite the government spending billions annually to ensure buildings remain suitable for occupancy. Thursday morning, the Senate Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) caucus held a meeting where Ernst presented a report on widespread remote work among federal employees, according to a source familiar. Multiple Republican senators and Ramaswamy were seen at the Senate DOGE meeting. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE NATIONAL REVIEW
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