The National Association of Realtors reached a resolution to address antitrust litigation alleging brokerages inflated sales commissions. The trade group has agreed to pay $418 million in damages and eliminate its regulations on commissions, signaling the end of the standard 6 percent commission for real estate agents in the United States.
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) said she would resign her House seat if Congress does not create a commission to tackle the national debt. “I’ve done many very difficult things being one woman standing many times with many very long hours and personal sacrifices, but there is a limitation to human capacity,” Ms. Spartz said in […]
A Memphis-area commission meets at 2:30 p.m. ET on April 12 to consider reappointing Justin Pearson, a former Democrat state Representative ousted from the Tennessee House of Representatives with another colleague for breaking decorum with a gun control demonstration on the House floor.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) voted unanimously Thursday to withdraw from the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), which governs the general election debates. In a statement, RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said the commission is “biased and has refused to enact simple and commonsense reforms to help ensure fair debates including hosting debates before voting begins and selecting moderators who […]
China’s “horrific” rights abuses and trampling on global order require a “consistent and coordinated” response from Washington and its allies, according to an annual report (pdf) released by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) on March 31. Whether it is systematic repression of human rights domestically, globally economic coercion, or aggressive “wolf warrior” diplomacy, all […]
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) can proceed with an antitrust lawsuit against Meta, formerly known as Facebook, after dismissing the case in June last year. District of Columbia Judge James Boasberg said in a memorandum opinion that the FTC’s first complaint had “stumbled out of the starting blocks,” noting that the court […]
President Joe Biden’s commission to examine potential changes to the Supreme Court on Tuesday said they would not endorse adding seats to the nation’s top court. The 34-member commission said in a draft final report (pdf) that it “takes no position on the validity or strength” of arguments by opponents and supporters of proposals to […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell urged his fellow Republican senators to vote against the Jan. 6 commission. He said it would create a partisan and slanted investigation against former President Donald Trump. Now, Senate Republicans appear ready to deploy the filibuster to block the probe.
The House voted to create an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. Former President Donald Trump opposes it, along with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who calls the proposal slanted. All Democrats voted in favor of it, with about a few dozen Republicans joining. And never-before-seen video footage apparently shows Capitol breach […]
The U.S. House of Representatives voted late Wednesday to create an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol. The vote was 252-175, with all 217 Democrats in favor of the measure and 35 Republicans joining. The National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex Act, […]
One of President Biden’s recent actions was abolishing the previous administration’s 1776 Commission. But what was the 1776 Commission? The person who spearheaded the project spoke with The Epoch Times’ American Thought Leaders program about the commission and why it was created. The 1776 Commission explained the importance of the ideas and principles inscribed in […]
