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April 20, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Rep. Pat Harrigan (R-NC) is pushing legislation that would grant federal concealed carry authority to past and current members of military special forces.
April 20, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A new bill in Congress could give some military veterans and active-duty service members a major new benefit: the ability to carry concealed firearms nationwide.
April 17, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., is working to extend federal concealed-carry authority to elite military personnel—without adding any new rights or weakening pre-existing firearm safeguards.
April 16, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Republican North Carolina Rep. Pat Harrigan introduced a bill Thursday to allow active-duty and honorably discharged special operators across the U.S. to carry concealed weapons, the Daily Caller News Foundation first learned.
April 16, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Rep. Pat Harrigan (R., N.C.) wants the federal concealed carry authority to extend to honorably discharged special operations veterans whose firearms training and marksmanship standards match or exceed those of retired law enforcement officers.
March 24, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Rep. Pat Harrigan (R., N.C.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) want the government to be able to deport individuals who “become U.S. citizens and then turn against this country by committing or supporting terrorism.”
March 18, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., told Newsmax on Wednesday that Democrats have shown they would rather delay action on Iran than confront the regime's nuclear ambitions.
Issues:
National Security
March 18, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Two Democrats and two Republicans are unveiling legislation aimed at curbing China’s global influence Wednesday, seeking to find common ground on foreign policy even as the war in Iran divides the House along partisan lines.
Issues:
National Security
March 13, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The origins of a fraud-fighting technology now used by one of the world’s largest insurers trace back to a deadly insider attack during the Iraq War.
Issues:
National Security
March 12, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Pat Harrigan (R-NC) on March 9 sponsored a bipartisan bill to promote energy security in Taiwan by ensuring the country isn’t left vulnerable to supply shocks or coercion by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or external geopolitical turmoil.