In a new letter sent to the White House today, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), and 105 other members of Congress urged President Trump to again advocate for Hong Kong political prisoner Jimmy Lai by asking for his humanitarian release during his upcoming meeting with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) President Xi Jinping. “Given Jimmy Lai’s advanced age and ailing health, we urge President Trump—a tenacious, vocal advocate for Jimmy’s freedom—to again raise Jimmy’s case a... Read more

By Liam Scott, Cate Cadell, and Noah Robertson Published May 7, 2026 at 2:26 p.m. EDT Ahead of President Donald Trump’s trip to China next week, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers — including about two-thirds of the Senate — is urging him to seek the release of publisher Jimmy Lai, an ardent critic of the Chinese Communist Party who has been imprisoned in Hong Kong since 2020. In a letter Thursday, more than 100 lawmakers asked Trump to raise Lai’s case with Chinese President Xi Jinping next w... Read more

By Jasmine Baehr Published May 7, 2026 at 5:43 PM EDT FIRST ON FOX: More than 100 Republican lawmakers are urging the Supreme Court to reinstate abortion pill restrictions, warning current policy allowing mifepristone to be mailed without in-person oversight has led to cases of women being coerced — and in some instances allegedly forced — to take the drug. The amicus brief, led by Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and House Speaker Mi... Read more

By Lakewood Alerts Published May 7, 2026 Rep. Chris Smith joined local officials this week to formally unveil a new fleet of vehicles for the Manchester Township Police Department, marking a significant investment in public safety funded through federal appropriations. The ceremony featured nine new police SUVs and an animal control van, purchased with $1.148 million secured by Smith during the congressional appropriations process. The funding was aimed at replacing aging vehicles and strengthen... Read more

Yesterday, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester), Manchester Twp. Police Chief Antonio Ellis, Ocean County Commissioners Robert Arace and Jennifer Bacchione, Manchester Twp. Mayor Joseph Hankins, and other local elected officials formally unveiled Manchester Twp. Police Department’s nine brand-new police vehicles and animal control van, purchased with federal funds secured by Smith during the congressional appropriations process. Manchester Township Chief of Police Antonio Ellis, who delivered brief ... Read more

Rep. Smith stands with the winners of his 2026 Congressional Art Competition. From left to right: Kiley Knueppel of Wall High School; Aaron Hajart, MS, ATC, FACHE, President and CEO of Community Medical Center; Clarisa Herrera of Wall High School; Hazel Stockton of Wall High School; Alivia Czerwinski of Wall High School; Megan Farrell of Wall High School; Julia Ahlfeld of Wall High School; Luna Montague of Red Bank Regional High School; Abigail Buechler of Wall High School; Danice Alameda-Munoz... Read more

By Tessa Gervasini Published May 5, 2026 at 6:00 AM ET The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) stated its unwavering support for legislation that advances “our nation’s commitment to eradicating the sin of human trafficking." In an April letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Archbishop Shelton Fabre of Louisville, Kentucky, and Bishop Brendan Cahill of Victoria, Texas, expressed their support for the legislation (S. 2241 / H.R. 4307) on behalf of ... Read more

By Donald Kirk Published May 4, 2026 at 4:00 AM ET Free speech is in jeopardy in South Korea under the left-leaning government that took power in Seoul nearly a year ago. A former American air force intelligence officer and a member of the academic council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, Tara O, described the loss of freedom in Korea at a congressional hearing recently conducted by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on rights in both North and South Korea. “There are more an... Read more

By Christianity Daily Published April 30, 2026 at 4:34 EDT Co-chaired by Smith and McGovern; testimony from Tara Oh and Suzanne Scholte highlights restrictions on information flow into North Korea and limits on defector-led activities The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, a bipartisan human rights body under the U.S. Congress, held a hearing on North Korean human rights at 12:30 p.m. on the 28th at the Rayburn House Office Building near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., focusing on the imp... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus and leader of a congressional amicus brief in support of Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, issued the following statement in response to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling in The State of Louisiana v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which halted the Biden Administration’s dangerous mail-order abortion pill policy while litigation continues: “Today’s ruling, which takes effect nationwide, underscores th... Read more