119th Congress

Large golden scissors gleamed in the midday sun, as Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and Rep. Riley Moore smiled through the nearly 100-degree temperature, cutting a large ribbon to officially open a new facility at the agency's Advanced Training Center (ATC) campus outside Harpers Ferry.

“I’m excited to see what this center can bring in advanced training and technologies to each and every single one of the people that join to serve the public and the people of the United States,” Noem said.

“I have long believed that when you invest in things, you show you truly do care about them. … when you see people invest and build, they’re saying that they’re investing in the people that will train here.”

Political leaders across Ohio and West Virginia are weighing in after President Donald Trump authorized a targeted military strike on Iran.

The strike, aimed at halting Iran’s nuclear ambitions and responding to escalating regional threats, has garnered strong support from Republican lawmakers in the region.

The White House maintains the operation was necessary to prevent Iran—the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism—from acquiring nuclear weapons. While some global voices warn of further escalation, lawmakers in Ohio and West Virginia are backing the President’s move as both strategic and justified.

West Virginia’s Congressional delegation and governor are reaching out to President Donald Trump to seek help for those in need after deadly flash flooding in the Mountain State.

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey announced Friday afternoon that he had made a formal request for a major disaster declaration and an emergency declaration for Ohio and Marion counties in the state. According to the governor, if the major disaster declaration is awarded, FEMA’s individual assistance program can provide homeowners and renters with financial aid, and an emergency declaration for public assistance would allow for supplemental financial assistance for local governments and state agencies.

After traveling to both Ohio and Marion counties and assessing the damage firsthand, I have asked President Donald Trump for a Major Disaster Declaration and an Emergency Declaration,” said Morrisey. “These declarations will help unlock federal resources to support our fellow West Virginians hardest hit by the major flooding events earlier this week.”

Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) and Representatives Carol Miller (R-W.Va.) and Riley Moore (R-W.Va.) all signed a letter addressed to the president and FEMA Region III Acting Regional Administrator Lilian Hutchinson, asking the president to proclaim that major disaster declaration. While Hutchinson is listed as an additional addressee of the letter, only President Trump has the authority to make a major disaster declaration.

Conservatives on social media rejoiced on social media Wednesday after the Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law banning gender-transition treatments for adolescents.

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Tennessee's Senate Bill 1, which "prohibits all medical treatments intended to allow 'a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor's sex' or to treat 'purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the minor's sex and asserted identity,'" does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

Conservatives on social media, who viewed the ruling as a win for parents' rights, quickly praised the court ruling.

"Awesome news!" GOP Rep. Riley Moore posted on X. "States absolutely can and should be able to protect children from chemical or surgical castration."

Congressman Riley Moore toured the damage in Ohio County following the recent deadly flash floods.