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WASHINGTON — On June 13 at the White House, President Joe Biden, accompanied by members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, signed Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Mazie Hirono's (D-Hawaii) Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture Act into law.

California Rep. Ted Lieu made a big statement by keeping quiet on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday.

U.S. lawmakers of both major political parties are ramping up pressure on the Biden administration to designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism.

A resolution urging the secretary of state to make the designation has been introduced in the House of Representatives at a time when Congress is eager to punish Moscow for its war on Ukraine.

With nuclear tensions rising around the world, particularly in Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine, and nuclear-weapon states coming closer to direct military conflict, Congressman Ted Lieu, '91, believes it's time for America to reevaluate its nuclear launch approval process.

Torrance has received $1 million in federal funding to aid the city's homeless response, officials announced Monday, April 25.

While the federal government needs a warrant to seize your laptop, it can access revealing details through what lawmakers say is a glaring back door: cloud-stored metadata, the information tucked within files that offers clues about who created them, when and how.

Los Angeles-area projects will receive nearly $9.5 million in federal appropriations during fiscal 2022, officials announced on Wednesday, March 16.

The funding was included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, that President Joe Biden signed on Tuesday to fund the rest of the fiscal year.

On Tuesday, President Biden signed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package that includes $2 million to support the City's project to build a mixed-use affordable housing project on the current site of Parking Structure 3.