Simmering tensions between Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) are boiling over as the Florida Republican heightens his threat to oust the GOP leader from his post. The bitterness between the two GOP lawmakers — which stretches back to the Speaker’s race in January — hit a fever pitch on Tuesday when […]
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GOP House returns with plans to impeach Biden
Hard-line Republicans in the House are itching for fights over opening an impeachment inquiry into President Biden and extracting deep spending cuts even at the risk of a government shutdown. Their eagerness to fight isn’t just with Biden and Democrats, but also with Republicans in their conference worried about the political risks of an impeachment […]
Should there be age limits on Congress ?
Can someone be too old to hold office? That age-old question was front and center last week after awkward episodes from two of the oldest members of the U.S. Senate. On Wednesday, Sen. Mitch McConnell, 81, abruptly froze for over 30 seconds during his weekly news conference. A day later, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 90, had […]
IRS whistleblowers to testify in congress today
Testimony from IRS whistleblowers, one of whom will reveal himself for the first time on Wednesday, will detail the “corrosion of ethical standards and the abuse of power that threaten” the United States, according to written testimony obtained by the Washington Examiner. The whistleblowers have come forward alleging politicization in the investigation into Hunter Biden […]
Millennials are underrepresented in Congress
A younger Congress may be a thing of the past. It’s taking five to 10 years longer for millennials and Generation X to reach the same level of representation in Congress as it had been for the past three generations, according to a CNN analysis of recent data from Congress, CQ and ProPublica. In the […]
Rep. Adam Schiff Censured in Congress
The House took the rare step Wednesday of censuring one of its own members, Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, over his criticisms of then-President Donald Trump and his role in leading the first impeachment inquiry into the former president. The 213-209 party-line vote came exactly one week after a similar effort to censure Schiff, D-Calif., was […]
John Durham is testifying at House Hearing
Former Special Counsel John Durham is testifying in an open House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, just weeks after releasing a report that found the Justice Department and FBI never should have launched the Trump-Russia investigation. Durham’s first public testimony comes after he testified behind closed doors before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence […]
Yellen says debt ceiling deadline is now June 5th
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday estimated the new date when the country will reach the debt ceiling is June 5. “Based on the most recent available data, we now estimate that Treasury will have insufficient resources to satisfy the government’s obligations if Congress has not raised or suspended the debt limit by June 5,” […]
Congress exits D.C. for holiday with no debt deal
President Joe Biden says progress has been made in talks with top Republican Kevin McCarthy over the US debt ceiling – even as Congress breaks up for a holiday weekend. The pair aim to reach a deal on raising the government borrowing limit for two years so it can keep paying its bills. A debt […]
House Rep moves to expel Schiff from congress
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) filed a motion on Wednesday to expel Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) from Congress. The Florida Republican filed the motion in the wake of the Durham Report, which cast doubt on the idea that the FBI should have ever begun its Crossfire Hurricane investigation into allegations of collusion between former President […]
Will Congress Ban Tik Tok?
On Thursday, TikTok’s CEO, Shou Zi Chew, will be opening a lion’s mouth and placing his own head into it. He’s giving testimony in the US Congress for the first time, a scary thing to do. And at stake is the future of the phenomenally popular video-sharing app in the US. “I think that there […]
Fauci is main architect of Wuhan lab coverup
Dr. Anthony Fauci once referred to himself as the embodiment of science. During the pandemic, he received acclaim from the worst media sources of COVID disinformation, such as CNN and MSNBC. But according to new information, Fauci held a conference call with a handful of scientists in early February 2020 in which he stressed the […]