#congressional-oversight

#congressional-oversight

Earlier this year, we were critical of the US's National Academies of Science for seemingly refusing to respond to the Trump administration's attacks on science. That reticence appeared to end in August with the release of the DOE climate report and the announcement that the EPA was using that report as the latest word on climate science, which it argued had changed considerably since the initial EPA decisions on this issue in 2009.

Democrats were left in the dark on the operation, multiple sources told Axios, and they want answers on the legal basis for the strike. Their leaders raised similar concerns following President Trump's airstrikes on Iran in June. U.S. officials said the attack on the ship - which killed 11 members of the Tren de Aragua cartel, according to Trump - targeted drug trafficking. But it's threaded with the hopes of regime change in Venezuela.

This continues despite non-stop nonsensical attacks from elected officials in the Trump Administration and here in California that have somehow escalated in the past six months. 62% of California voters, including 80% of Democrats, support building the project. The poll also breaks down approval by age, showing that as voters get younger they are more likely to support the project. 79% of Gen Zers, 72% of Millennials, 56% of Gen Xers, and 48% of Baby Boomers want to see the rail line built.

A bipartisan congressional committee is investigating whether California's High-Speed Rail Authority knowingly misrepresented ridership projections and financial outlooks, as alleged by the Trump administration, to secure federal funding. In a letter sent to Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chair James Comer (R-KY) requested a staff briefing and all communications and records about federal funding for the high-speed rail project and any analysis over the train's viability.

"So I'm here now to try to understand better why the Bureau of Prisons is now playing along with the Department of Homeland Security's unlawful, illegal, and unconstitutional efforts to prevent me from doing my congressional oversight."

The group of 12 House Democratic military veterans have taken a stand against Trump’s military authority, asserting their support for a War Powers Act resolution.

Rep. Jim Himes stated that the military strikes on Iran were a clear violation of the Constitution, exemplifying the ongoing debate over presidential power in military actions.

Booker argues there’s enough suspicion surrounding Trump’s actions to investigate possible insider trading related to tariff changes, despite a lack of direct evidence.