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The United States Senate’s Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes an amendment to the Military Selective Service Act that would require American women to register for the Selective Service in the event of a military draft.
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Dr. Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action, issued a statement regarding President Biden's decision to end his presidential campaign.
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WASHINGTON—Today in U.S. v. Trump, Judge Aileen Cannon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida dismissed the superseding indictment filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith against former President Donald Trump. The indictment charged Trump with 42 violations of the Espionage Act, along with two other defendants, for allegedly mishandling classified material. Cannon held that Smith’s appointment violates the Appointments Clause and that the Special Counsel’s use of federal funds violates the Appropriations Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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WASHINGTON—Today, The Heritage Foundation’s national security and defense experts urged member states in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to increase their defense contributions and reverse decades of decline within the organization. Between July 9-11, NATO member states are convening for a summit in Washington, D.C., to honor the alliance’s 75th anniversary.
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The Heritage Foundation’s nonpartisan commission on China and COVID-19 unveiled a new report addressing China's negligence and lack of transparency during the pandemic. The commission, chaired by John Ratcliffe, the 6th U.S. Director of National Intelligence, attributes at least $18 trillion in economic costs to the United States and more than 1 million American deaths to this malfeasance.
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court has remanded the cases of NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice, brought by the tech industry against Florida and Texas, back to the lower courts. These cases involve efforts by both states to address social media censorship concerns.
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The Supreme Court, in the case of Trump v. United States, has ruled that former presidents are entitled to absolute immunity from criminal prosecutions for their core constitutional powers and a presumption of immunity for their official acts.
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WASHINGTON—Today, in Fischer v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled against the government’s interpretation of 18 U.S.C. §1512(c), a statute that forbids individuals from obstructing an official proceeding. By a 6-3 vote, the Court stated that “to prove a violation of §1512(c)(2), the Government must establish that the defendant impaired the availability or integrity for use in an official proceeding of records, documents, objects, or other things used in an official proceeding, or attempted to do so.”
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WASHINGTON—With its decision to dismiss Moyle v. United States, the Supreme Court today allowed the Biden administration to interpret a federal law on hospital care to mandate that all states provide abortions, including those with laws protecting the unborn.
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WASHINGTON—Today, the United States Supreme Court decided Murthy v. Missouri, rejecting calls by several states to permanently block the Biden administration from colluding with Big Tech to censor speech. This decision allows the government to continue actions perceived as infringing on Americans' right to freedom of speech through its Big Tech proxies.
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy today declared gun violence a public health crisis in an advisory to the nation, marking the first public health advisory on gun violence in U.S. history. The advisory calls for increased funding, research, and legislation to address gun violence nationwide.
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WASHINGTON—Max Primorac, a senior research fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, released a statement today praising the draft FY 2025 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) Appropriations Act recently approved by the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations.
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WASHINGTON—The Heritage Foundation’s Tech Policy Center has expressed support for the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Chairwoman Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) for their work on the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA), which aims to enhance consumer data protections and child safety.
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The Heritage Foundation released a report titled “Chinese Handcuffs: Don’t Allow the U.S. Military to Be Hooked on Green Energy from China.” The report critiques the Biden Administration’s green energy agenda, arguing it increases U.S. military dependence on China's energy sector while neglecting domestic natural resource development, thereby compromising military readiness and national safety.
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Lora Ries, director of the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation and former acting deputy chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, released a statement today in response to President Joe Biden's recent announcement regarding plans to offer legal status to illegal aliens.
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The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project filed a motion on Friday in Delaware against the Department of Justice (DOJ) for records related to the Hunter Biden investigation. The motion aims to compel the production of records that clarify the scope of the DOJ's examination of whether Hunter Biden violated the Mann Act, a 1910 law prohibiting the transportation of prostitutes across state lines, and whether the DOJ fulfilled its obligations under federal law to Hunter Biden’s alleged victims.
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The Supreme Court, focusing on the legal procedures of standing, today upheld in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) actions in 2016 and 2021 to drop virtually all safety precautions for obtaining and using chemical abortion drugs.
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U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) and James Lankford (R-OK) introduced the Reproductive Empowerment and Support through Optimal Restoration (RESTORE) Act today in Washington. The bill, which incorporates recommendations from the Heritage Foundation and Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), aims to expand research and data collection on reproductive health conditions that contribute to infertility. Additionally, it provides educational resources for women affected by these health issues.
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WASHINGTON—Dr. Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action for America, released a statement in response to House Democrats’ “Stop Project 2025 Task Force” launched this morning.
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A federal jury in Delaware has convicted Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, on all three counts related to federal gun crimes. The charges stem from an incident in 2018 when he lied about his drug addiction while purchasing a firearm.