Samuel Larreal

2 days ago | notus.org | Samuel Larreal

President Donald Trump embraced U.S. NATO allies at a summit Wednesday — with one notable exception. The president lashed out at Spain for its decision to only raise its defense spending to 2.1% of the country’s gross domestic product — well short of the 5% that Trump and NATO have been pushing for. “You know they are doing very well. The economy is doing very well.

3 days ago | sanjosespotlight.com | Samuel Larreal

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna and Republican Rep. Thomas Massie are taking a “wait-and-see approach” on their bipartisan resolution aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s ability to further involve the U.S. in Iran without congressional approval. But as a tenuous ceasefire agreement appears to be in place between Israel and Iran, Khanna, who represents Silicon Valley, said he wants to keep the pathway to force the House of Representatives to vote on the resolution open.

3 days ago | notus.org | Samuel Larreal

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna and Republican Rep. Thomas Massie are taking a “wait-and-see approach” on their bipartisan resolution aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s ability to further involve the U.S. in Iran without Congressional approval. But as a tenuous ceasefire agreement appears to be in place between Israel and Iran, Khanna, who represents a northern California district, said he wants to keep the pathway to force the House of Representatives to vote on the resolution open.

4 days ago | notus.org | Samuel Larreal

A provision that would impose a 10-year ban on state-level artificial intelligence regulation overcame a crucial Senate procedural hurdle to stay in Republicans’ reconciliation package. But it’s unclear how big of a risk the provision, which several Republican senators opposed because of the power it would strip from states, is to the broader reconciliation package. “I’m not a big fan of it,” Sen. Josh Hawley, one of the loudest GOP voices against the provision, told NOTUS.

1 week ago | notus.org | Samuel Larreal

President Donald Trump is poised to extend Congress’ deadline for ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a U.S. ban on the app for a third time. Some Republican lawmakers are starting to lose their patience with the administration. “Since it’s been extended two or three times already without any repercussions, I just want finality,” Sen. Chuck Grassley told reporters Monday about TikTok.