The House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan, voted along party lines, 18-15, to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for not providing audio tapes of Special Counsel Robert Hur's interview of President Biden to the committee. The subpoenaed recording, which the White House claimed executive privilege over prior to the start of the hearing, is a part of the special counsel's investigation into President Biden's mishandling of classified documents while serving as vice president.
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines testified on foreign threats to the 2024 elections before the Senate Intelligence Committee. She was joined by the FBI's Larissa Knapp and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly. DNI Haines said there were three trends over the past several years that made the threat landscape more complex to manage: an increase of foreign actors and non-state entities, more commercial firms through which state actors conduct election-influence activities, and artificial intelligence. Further, she testified that the most significant foreign actors targeting U.S. elections were Russia, China, and Iran--and Russia was the most active threat. During the hearing, senators debated if the intelligence community was responsible for labeling certain information as real versus fake, such as AI-generated images.
State and local law enforcement officials testified before the House Homeland Security Committee on the challenges faced by law enforcement. Several topics were addressed, including gun violence, the prevention of school shootings, workforce recruitment and retention concerns, and the importance of collaboration among federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. They also addressed the fentanyl crisis and the need for more funding and resources.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks about wide-ranging topics including immigration and border security at the Economic Club of Washington, DC.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) delivered remarks in tribute of fallen police officers during a prayer vigil on Capitol Hill. Joining the speaker at the podium was Jennifer McMeekin, widow of Atlantic City Police Officer Thomas McMeekin, and retired NYPD Detective Thomas Donohue, widower of NYPD Lt. Maureen Gill-Donohue.
Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Anne Milgram testified on President Biden's 2025 budget request before a House Appropriations subcommittee. She discussed efforts to bring fentanyl traffickers to justice, including ongoing investigations and charges against members of the Sinaloa and Jalisco drug cartels and Chinese chemical companies. She further said that the U.S. and China had begun working together on this issue ever since President Biden met with President Xi in November. Moreover, Ms. Milgram testified that the ubiquitousness of smartphones had changed the nature of drug and fentanyl trafficking, saying, "people are having pills delivered to their front doorstep like Uber Eats."
Safety stakeholders from the Transportation Department, American Gas Association, American Petroleum Institute, and Pipeline Safety Trust testified on reauthorizing the Promoting Innovation in Pipeline Efficiency and Safety (PIPES) Act of 2023. They discussed the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration programs and addressed multiple topics including fuel and critical energy resource transportation, pipeline safety concerns, liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, and innovation and technological investments.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivered remarks on what democracy means to her at the McCain Institute's annual Sedona Forum in Arizona. She said democracy consists of three main pillars: accountability, economic freedom, and strong, independent institutions that uphold the rule of law. Secretary Yellen also explained why democracy is good for economics and promoted the record of the Biden administration. After her speech, she was interviewed by Arizona State University President Michael Crow.
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines testified on foreign threats to the 2024 elections before the Senate Intelligence Committee. She was joined by the FBI's Larissa Knapp and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly. DNI Haines said there were three trends over the past several years that made the threat landscape more complex to manage: an increase of foreign actors and non-state entities, more commercial firms through which state actors conduct election-influence activities, and artificial intelligence. Further, she testified that the most significant foreign actors targeting U.S. elections were Russia, China, and Iran--and Russia was the most active threat. During the hearing, senators debated if the intelligence community was responsible for labeling certain information as real versus fake, such as AI-generated images.
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Jon Meacham, historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, held a conversation on democracy and how leaders can put principles ahead of politics. Many topics were discussed, including January 6th, how the Republican Party has evolved, the 2024 presidential election, and how elected officials and voters can work to put principle over party. This discussion was a part of the Washington National Cathedral's "A Better Way" programming.
The U.S. Naval Academy Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership hosted the 23rd McCain Conference titled, "Liberal Democracy - Challenges, Critics, Solutions." This portion featured a keynote lecture on liberalism and democracy from Francis Fukuyama, a professor in international policy from Stanford University.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivered remarks on what democracy means to her at the McCain Institute's annual Sedona Forum in Arizona. She said democracy consists of three main pillars: accountability, economic freedom, and strong, independent institutions that uphold the rule of law. Secretary Yellen also explained why democracy is good for economics and promoted the record of the Biden administration. After her speech, she was interviewed by Arizona State University President Michael Crow.
The American Enterprise Institute, Penn Wharton Budget Model, Brookings Institution, and Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance held a conference focusing on the federal debt and fiscal policy featuring current and former government officials and economists. In this session, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Phillip Swagel gave a presentation on U.S. debt, current fiscal policy and future projections.
The American Enterprise Institute, Penn Wharton Budget Model, Brookings Institution, and Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance held a conference focusing on the federal debt and fiscal policy featuring current and former government officials and economists. In this session, a group of economists spoke about the impact of U.S. debt and fiscal policy from a Wall Street view perspective.
The American Enterprise Institute, Penn Wharton Budget Model, Brookings Institution, and Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance held a conference focusing on the federal debt and fiscal policy featuring current and former government officials and economists. This panel focuses on social security spending.
The American Enterprise Institute, Penn Wharton Budget Model, Brookings Institution, and Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance held a conference focusing on the federal debt and fiscal policy featuring current and former government officials and economists. In this session, economis Kent Smetters delivered a presentation on the economy and the federal debt.
The American Enterprise Institute, Penn Wharton Budget Model, Brookings Institution, and Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance held a conference focusing on the federal debt and fiscal policy. In this session, former congressional staffers discussed potential proposals to address the debt and deficit.
State and local law enforcement officials testified before the House Homeland Security Committee on the challenges faced by law enforcement. Several topics were addressed, including gun violence, the prevention of school shootings, workforce recruitment and retention concerns, and the importance of collaboration among federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. They also addressed the fentanyl crisis and the need for more funding and resources.
Prairie View A&M history professor Malachi Crawford discussed the evolution of civil rights law from efforts to dismantle Jim Crow and racial segregation to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision which declared public education segregation to be unconstitutional. Prairie View A&M University is an historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas.
This U.S. Air Force recruitment film profiles the World War II service of the Tuskegee airmen by interviewing the veterans and showing archival film of their training and combat.
New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker talked about the evolution of the American vice presidency. Having covered presidents from Bill Clinton through Joe Biden, he's observed the vice presidential tenures of Al Gore, Dick Cheney, Joe Biden, Mike Pence, and Kamala Harris. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, hosted this event.
This NASA film documents the May 18 to May 26, 1969 Apollo mission with astronauts Thomas Stafford, Eugene Cernan and John Young. A rehearsal for the July, 1969 moon landing, the mission tested the undocking and docking of the lunar module, and its descent within nine miles of the moon's surface.
Prairie View A&M history professor Malachi Crawford discussed the evolution of civil rights law from efforts to dismantle Jim Crow and racial segregation to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision which declared public education segregation to be unconstitutional. Prairie View A&M University is an historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas.
This U.S. Air Force recruitment film profiles the World War II service of the Tuskegee airmen by interviewing the veterans and showing archival film of their training and combat.
New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker talked about the evolution of the American vice presidency. Having covered presidents from Bill Clinton through Joe Biden, he's observed the vice presidential tenures of Al Gore, Dick Cheney, Joe Biden, Mike Pence, and Kamala Harris. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, hosted this event.
This NASA film documents the May 18 to May 26, 1969 Apollo mission with astronauts Thomas Stafford, Eugene Cernan and John Young. A rehearsal for the July, 1969 moon landing, the mission tested the undocking and docking of the lunar module, and its descent within nine miles of the moon's surface.
U.S. Naval Academy professor Wayne Hsieh described how Civil War generals were able to see aerial views of the battlefield for the first time through military balloons and how they could communicate between widely dispersed troops via the telegram. The Virginia Center for Civil War Studies at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg hosted this event.
The White House Historical Association commemorated War of 1812 hero Stephen Decatur with a discussion on the American and Royal navies during that conflict.
Historians discussed the role of 19th century Protestant missionaries and how they shaped American foreign relations. This program was part of the 2024 Organization of American Historians conference in New Orleans.
Author and historian Beth Bailey talked about the challenges the U.S. Army faced during the Vietnam War and how they transitioned away from the draft to the all-volunteer force we have today. C-SPAN conducted this interview at the Organization of American Historians meeting in New Orleans.
100 years after the Immigration Act of 1924, historians discussed its legacy, how limits on immigration became a federal issue, and how it continues to affect different groups today. This program was part of the 2024 Organization of American Historians conference in New Orleans.
In 1993 and 1995, House committees examined events surrounding the deadly 1993 siege carried out by the federal government and other law enforcement agencies at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas.
Prairie View A&M history professor Malachi Crawford discussed the evolution of civil rights law from efforts to dismantle Jim Crow and racial segregation to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision which declared public education segregation to be unconstitutional. Prairie View A&M University is an historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas.
This U.S. Air Force recruitment film profiles the World War II service of the Tuskegee airmen by interviewing the veterans and showing archival film of their training and combat.
New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker talked about the evolution of the American vice presidency. Having covered presidents from Bill Clinton through Joe Biden, he's observed the vice presidential tenures of Al Gore, Dick Cheney, Joe Biden, Mike Pence, and Kamala Harris. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, hosted this event.
This NASA film documents the May 18 to May 26, 1969 Apollo mission with astronauts Thomas Stafford, Eugene Cernan and John Young. A rehearsal for the July, 1969 moon landing, the mission tested the undocking and docking of the lunar module, and its descent within nine miles of the moon's surface.
Prairie View A&M history professor Malachi Crawford discussed the evolution of civil rights law from efforts to dismantle Jim Crow and racial segregation to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision which declared public education segregation to be unconstitutional. Prairie View A&M University is an historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas.
This U.S. Air Force recruitment film profiles the World War II service of the Tuskegee airmen by interviewing the veterans and showing archival film of their training and combat.
New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker talked about the evolution of the American vice presidency. Having covered presidents from Bill Clinton through Joe Biden, he's observed the vice presidential tenures of Al Gore, Dick Cheney, Joe Biden, Mike Pence, and Kamala Harris. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, hosted this event.
This NASA film documents the May 18 to May 26, 1969 Apollo mission with astronauts Thomas Stafford, Eugene Cernan and John Young. A rehearsal for the July, 1969 moon landing, the mission tested the undocking and docking of the lunar module, and its descent within nine miles of the moon's surface.
U.S. Naval Academy professor Wayne Hsieh described how Civil War generals were able to see aerial views of the battlefield for the first time through military balloons and how they could communicate between widely dispersed troops via the telegram. The Virginia Center for Civil War Studies at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg hosted this event.
The White House Historical Association commemorated War of 1812 hero Stephen Decatur with a discussion on the American and Royal navies during that conflict.
Historians discussed the role of 19th century Protestant missionaries and how they shaped American foreign relations. This program was part of the 2024 Organization of American Historians conference in New Orleans.
Author and historian Beth Bailey talked about the challenges the U.S. Army faced during the Vietnam War and how they transitioned away from the draft to the all-volunteer force we have today. C-SPAN conducted this interview at the Organization of American Historians meeting in New Orleans.
100 years after the Immigration Act of 1924, historians discussed its legacy, how limits on immigration became a federal issue, and how it continues to affect different groups today. This program was part of the 2024 Organization of American Historians conference in New Orleans.
In 1993 and 1995, House committees examined events surrounding the deadly 1993 siege carried out by the federal government and other law enforcement agencies at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas.
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade discussed his book on the relationship between President Theodore Roosevelt and educator Booker T. Washington. This event was hosted by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute in Wilmington, Delaware.
Newsweek's Valerie Bauman detailed her unconventional path to motherhood & how others are choosing nontraditional fertility avenues. Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C., hosted this event.
Theologian Jim Wallis argued that a true faith of love, healing and hope must be used to dismantle a false gospel that promotes White Christian Nationalism. He was interviewed by Daily Beast columnist and author Wajahat Ali.
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade discussed his book on the relationship between President Theodore Roosevelt and educator Booker T. Washington. This event was hosted by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute in Wilmington, Delaware.
Newsweek's Valerie Bauman detailed her unconventional path to motherhood & how others are choosing nontraditional fertility avenues. Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C., hosted this event.
Theologian Jim Wallis argued that a true faith of love, healing and hope must be used to dismantle a false gospel that promotes White Christian Nationalism. He was interviewed by Daily Beast columnist and author Wajahat Ali.
Historian Matthew Bowman spoke about an interracial couple's claim of alien abduction in the 1960s and its connection to a shifting in American society regarding science, religion, and race. This event was part of the 2024 San Antonio Book Festival.
Journalist Joe Holley discussed the creation and development of the electric co-op movement to bring power to rural Texas & the current issues surrounding the state's electrical grid. This event was part of the 2024 San Antonio Book Festival.
Ethnobotanist Gary Paul Nabhan looked at the history, science, and the production of tequila and other spirits from agave plants. This event was part of the 2024 San Antonio Book Festival.
Stanford University history professor Ana Raquel Minian talked about the history of immigrant detention in the U.S. This event was part of the 2024 San Antonio Book Festival.
Investigative journalist Megan Kimple examined the origins of U.S. highways, the impact on communities & whether removal of urban highways should be considered. This event was part of the 2024 San Antonio Book Festival.
Texas Southern University's Jesús Jesse Esparza detailed how the San Felipe Independent School District established & maintained the first autonomous Mexican American school district in a West Texas borderlands town from 1929 to 1971. This event was part of the 2024 San Antonio Book Festival.
San Antonio Express-News columnist Cary Clack reflected on topics and people discussed in a collection of his columns. This event was part of the 2024 San Antonio Book Festival.
Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss argued that globalism, socialism, and the liberal establishment are threatening the future of Western civilization. This event was hosted by the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC.
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade discussed his book on the relationship between President Theodore Roosevelt and educator Booker T. Washington. This event was hosted by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute in Wilmington, Delaware.
Newsweek's Valerie Bauman detailed her unconventional path to motherhood & how others are choosing nontraditional fertility avenues. Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C., hosted this event.
Theologian Jim Wallis argued that a true faith of love, healing and hope must be used to dismantle a false gospel that promotes White Christian Nationalism. He was interviewed by Daily Beast columnist and author Wajahat Ali.
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade discussed his book on the relationship between President Theodore Roosevelt and educator Booker T. Washington. This event was hosted by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute in Wilmington, Delaware.
Newsweek's Valerie Bauman detailed her unconventional path to motherhood & how others are choosing nontraditional fertility avenues. Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C., hosted this event.
Theologian Jim Wallis argued that a true faith of love, healing and hope must be used to dismantle a false gospel that promotes White Christian Nationalism. He was interviewed by Daily Beast columnist and author Wajahat Ali.
Historian Matthew Bowman spoke about an interracial couple's claim of alien abduction in the 1960s and its connection to a shifting in American society regarding science, religion, and race. This event was part of the 2024 San Antonio Book Festival.
Journalist Joe Holley discussed the creation and development of the electric co-op movement to bring power to rural Texas & the current issues surrounding the state's electrical grid. This event was part of the 2024 San Antonio Book Festival.
Ethnobotanist Gary Paul Nabhan looked at the history, science, and the production of tequila and other spirits from agave plants. This event was part of the 2024 San Antonio Book Festival.
Stanford University history professor Ana Raquel Minian talked about the history of immigrant detention in the U.S. This event was part of the 2024 San Antonio Book Festival.
Investigative journalist Megan Kimple examined the origins of U.S. highways, the impact on communities & whether removal of urban highways should be considered. This event was part of the 2024 San Antonio Book Festival.
Texas Southern University's Jesús Jesse Esparza detailed how the San Felipe Independent School District established & maintained the first autonomous Mexican American school district in a West Texas borderlands town from 1929 to 1971. This event was part of the 2024 San Antonio Book Festival.
San Antonio Express-News columnist Cary Clack reflected on topics and people discussed in a collection of his columns. This event was part of the 2024 San Antonio Book Festival.
Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss argued that globalism, socialism, and the liberal establishment are threatening the future of Western civilization. This event was hosted by the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC.