By Susan Carpenter Published April 23, 2026 at 5:25 PM ET WASHINGTON — A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers rallied at the Capitol on Thursday in support of a bill to prevent sex trafficking and protect victims. The Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act will reauthorize and add to a 25-year-old law that was used to prosecute the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and to convict his longtime enabler, Ghislaine Maxwell. “This is about nameless... Read more

By Ana Swanson, Sapna Maheshwari, and Meaghan Tobin Published April 23, 2026 Over the past two years, a furry monster with bunny ears and a vicious line of serrated teeth became the subject of a global craze, as shoppers waited hours in line or paid hundreds or thousands of dollars for the most coveted Labubus. The boom turned Pop Mart, the Chinese company that sells Labubus, into a global brand. But a test of the doll — the results of which The New York Times has independently confirmed — showe... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, sat down with Tony Perkins on Washington Watch with Tony Perkins to discuss the state of the pro-life movement. Smith described the dangers and serious health complications associated with chemical abortion pills, which harm both babies and their mothers, and stressed the importance of reversing the Biden Administration's reckless removal of the in-person dispensing requirements for such drugs. The full interview can be vie... Read more

By Carli Stewart Published April 17, 2026 A congressional hearing led by Rep. Chris Smith, R-NJ, is putting renewed focus on China’s illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing practices– and the ripple effects those practices are having on U.S. fishermen. Smith, co-chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, framed the issue as both an economic and national security concern. “From the earliest days of seafaring, the oceans have been governed not only by currents and commerc... Read more

By El Salvador News Published April 16, 2026 During a tense congressional hearing on human rights, Representative Chris Smith confronted witnesses from El Faro and Cristosal over their refusal to label MS-13 as a terrorist organization. Smith noted that the U.S. has officially designated the group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization to better interdict their funding and violent operations. When asked directly if they agreed with this designation, journalist Sergio Arauz and director Noah Bullock... Read more

By El Salvador News Published April 16, 2026 U.S. Representative Chris Smith has issued a definitive defense of El Salvador’s current security transformation, asserting that the country’s progress can only be measured by looking back at its decades of bloodshed. Smith, a veteran advocate for global human rights, noted that any honest assessment of the nation must begin with the undeniable fact that daily life has been fundamentally altered for the better. The congressman drew from his extensive ... Read more

By The Catholic Herald Published April 12, 2026 at 11:40 AM A senior US congressman and a prominent human rights advocate have renewed criticism of the Vatican for hosting one of China’s top transplant officials at a 2017 conference on organ trafficking, arguing that the Holy See should now take a clearer public stand against Beijing’s alleged forced organ harvesting. The criticism came at a Hudson Institute event in Washington on 9 April focused on new evidence concerning organ harvesting in Ch... Read more

By Jenna Lee Published April 12, 2026 At The Heritage Foundation, policy experts recently exposed how China is murdering innocents for organ harvesting. The April 7 event, titled “Organ Harvesting: Communist China’s Hideous Shop of Horrors,” featured Rep. Christopher Smith, R-N.J., a panel of senior research fellows, and Jan Jekielek, senior editor of The Epoch Times and the host of “American Thought Leaders.” The speakers discussed reports of forced organ harvesting in China and the implication... Read more

By Kurt Zindulka Published April 11, 2026 Republican lawmakers in the United States have accused the European Union of intervening to subvert Hungary’s democratic process, putting its thumb on the scale against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as he seeks re-election on Sunday. New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith and Maryland Representative Andy Harris wrote to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen — who controls the unelected federal branch of the European Union — accusing Brussels of us... Read more

By Jason Allentoff Published April 11, 2026 TOMS RIVER – Nearly six decades after being wounded in combat during the Vietnam War, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran has finally received long-overdue recognition for his service. Cpl. Leo Perlmutter was injured during the Tet Offensive in January 1968, when North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched widespread attacks against U.S. and South Vietnamese troops. Amid incoming mortar fire, a blast struck near his position. “I didn’t even know I was hit,”... Read more