
Bill in House, Senate would elevate importance of Arctic theater
The Arctic Security Initiative Act of 2021 would require the Department of Defense to conduct a security assessment of the Arctic region and establish an Arctic Security Initiative.

The Arctic Security Initiative Act of 2021 would require the Department of Defense to conduct a security assessment of the Arctic region and establish an Arctic Security Initiative.

Abigail Spanberger has released a video tour of the U.S. Capitol Building, which has been closed to the public since March 12, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The House voted 268-101 this week to repeal the 2002 Iraq War Authorization for Use of Military Force, which had authorized U.S. military action against the Iraqi regime led by Saddam Hussein – remember him?

While most of the U.S. population has undergone recent vaccinations, and in light of the ongoing economic conditions still under threat of the global pandemic – the resilience of the U.S. housing market has hit new highs in recent months.

Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA-08) and a group of House Democrats have introduced the Fair Representation Act, an election reform bill to change the way U.S. representatives are elected.

As President William Howard Taft prepared to leave the White House, he told his successor Woodrow Wilson, “This is the loneliest place in the world.”

Walraven Inc., a global installation company, will invest $7.15 million to relocate its U.S. headquarters and manufacturing operation from Cadillac, Mich., to Danville-Pittsylvania County.

Former U.S. Sen. John Warner, who represented Virginia in the Senate for 30 years before retiring in 2009, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 94.

The Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act prohibits debts collectors from threatening a servicemember with reducing their rank, revoking their security clearance, or prosecuting them under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

The Pipeline Security Act is a response to the cyber attack on the Colonial Pipeline, which forced the shut down of the gas pipeline for several days.
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