Melissa Dalton, the Pentagon official currently tasked with overseeing homeland defenses, said during a Tuesday Senate hearing that wall construction along the U.S. southern border would help slow the flow of people coming into the United States. Ms. Dalton, who is the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs and has been […]
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) will host a press conference with Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) to outline their expectations for the ongoing negotiations on border security legislation at 2 p.m. ET on Jan. 24.
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) is the co-plaintiff who brought the lawsuit on Big Tech censorship against the Biden administration last year, when he was attorney general of Missouri. He speaks with NTD about the significance of the court’s decision.
The Biden administration is now limited from talking to social media companies. What led to the new judge order, and how is the White House reacting? Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt joins us to discuss the lawsuit he filed against the Biden administration over online censorship. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is headed to Beijing Wednesday, the […]
Sen. Eric Stephen Schmitt(R-Mo.) criticized the Biden administration for politicizing military recruitment on Wednesday at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. “China is militarizing islands. They mean business. And we’re having to spend time to talk about DOD’s $114 million budget request for diversity, equity, inclusion [DEI] training,” he said. “Is there any intelligence that […]
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Nov. 8 won the race for a U.S. Senate seat representing Missouri, according to a race call. The Associated Press was among the outlets calling the race for Schmitt as he opened up a large lead over Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine. “We did it. Thank you Missouri!” Schmitt said […]
The war between states and banks over environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing and similar practices has reached the doorstep of the United Nations–19 state attorneys general have launched investigations of major financial institutions’ commitment to the U.N.-convened “Net-Zero Banking Alliance.” The alliance’s website states that its members control roughly 40 percent of the world’s […]
Plaintiffs in a case charging that the Biden administration was deeply involved in censoring users across Big Tech platforms are preparing to ask a judge to allow them to depose top government officials. The attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana said Oct. 10 they will file a motion soon asking U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, a […]
For the first time ever, a state is investigating an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings product. Missouri attorney general Eric Schmitt is looking into financial services firm Morningstar. He believes its ESG ratings may have violated state law.
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt won the Republican Senate primary race on Aug. 2, bringing the expensive, hard-fought race to a conclusion. Polls closed in the race at 7 p.m. CST. Decision Desk HQ called the race for Schmitt roughly an hour later. Schmitt will be facing the winner of the Democratic primary, Trudy Busch […]
The city of St. Louis in Missouri is being sued by the state’s Attorney General Eric Schmitt, a Republican, for passing a bill that seeks to offer women funds to travel out-of-state for abortions. On July 15, the Board of Alderman of St. Louis passed Board Bill 61 (BB61), which sets up a $1.5 million […]
Missouri’s Attorney General, Eric Schmitt, has been joined by 17 other attorneys general in a letter to President Joe Biden asking for his administration to reinstate ICE’s Operation Talon, which targets sex offenders. The attorneys general say the decision to cancel the operation is baffling and sends a message that sex offenders won’t face consequences […]
