Joseph Clark

FBI officials weren’t sold on AG Garland’s school board memo, emails show

FBI officials were seemingly blindsided by Attorney General Merrick Garland's 2021 memo directing federal law enforcement resources to be trained on parents who protested against local school officials, newly obtained documents show.

March 23, 2023

Pentagon officials defend diversity initiatives amid Republican scrutiny

House Armed Services Committee Republicans on Thursday grilled Pentagon officials over the Department of Defense's efforts to bolster diversity, equity and inclusion in the services, warning that efforts to curb bias in the ranks are politicizing the troops and eroding military readiness.

March 23, 2023

Biden bagman in mystery China payouts exposed as Clinton-linked lobbyist

Rob Walker, the Hunter Biden associate who paid Biden family members after he received a $3 million wire transfer from a communist-backed Chinese energy company, has political ties dating back to the Clinton administration.

March 23, 2023

Biden admin used counterterrorism powers against parents without cause: House Judiciary report

The Biden administration had "no legitimate basis" to deploy federal counterterrorism resources against parents who protested against local education officials, according to an interim report on Attorney General Merrick Garland's 2021 school boards memo released by the House Judiciary Committee.

March 21, 2023

Sen. Mark Warner defends campaign donations from failed bank, while stocks rebound

Sen. Mark Warner, Virginia Democrat and a member of the Senate banking committee, downplayed the campaign contributions he received from the failed Silicon Valley Bank by saying Monday that he was unswayed by them.

March 20, 2023

Senate intel chairman reiterates call for White House to explain mishandling of classified docs

The chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Monday said the Biden administration's refusal to release key details behind President Biden's mishandling of classified documents to lawmakers "doesn't pass the smell test."

March 20, 2023

Sen. Warner downplays SVB campaign donations, says bank failure likely not caused by lax regulations

Sen. Mark Warner, a member of the Senate Banking Committee who was among several lawmakers to receive campaign contributions from the failed Silicon Valley Bank, downplayed the donations on Monday by saying he was unswayed by them.

March 20, 2023

Nancy Pelosi slams Trump’s ‘reckless’ attempts to stoke base over expected arrest

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused Donald Trump of recklessly attempting to stoke rage among his supporters after the former president called for protests in response to his expected arrest over alleged hush payments in 2016.

March 18, 2023

Mike Pence defends Trump, says Manhattan DA case against former boss is political

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday accused Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of carrying out a "political prosecution" against former President Donald Trump.

March 18, 2023

McCarthy blasts DA over expected Trump indictment, calls for probe into election interference

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Saturday accused Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of "an outrageous abuse of power" after former President Donald Trump claimed that he will be arrested on Tuesday.

March 18, 2023

Trump says he will be arrested on Tuesday

Former President Donald Trump says he will be arrested on Tuesday citing leaked information from the Manhattan District Attorney's office.

March 18, 2023

Twitter Files: Vast censor project unleashed against politically incorrect COVID-19 speech

The internet watchdog Stanford Internet Observatory launched a wide-scale effort during the pandemic to scrub social media platforms of disfavored COVID-related views regardless of whether the posts were true, according to the latest installment of the "Twitter Files."

March 17, 2023

Hunter Biden sues Delaware computer repairman for invasion of privacy by revealing laptop computer

Hunter Biden is suing the owner of the Delaware computer repair shop for invasion of privacy over the now infamous laptop computer that revealed embarrassing information about the president's son ahead of the 2020 election.

March 17, 2023

Comer demands answers from Biden family associate behind Chinese wire payouts

House investigators are zeroing in on the Hunter Biden associate behind a series of payouts to members of the Biden family after the partner received a $3 million wire payment from a Chinese energy company.

March 17, 2023

House weaponization panel probes release of Air Force records to political operatives

The House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government is probing the Air Force over the improper release of military service records to a political opposition research group.

March 16, 2023

Hunter, Hallie, James Biden land $1M after Chinese wire payments, House panel reveals

President Biden's daughter-in-law Hallie Biden was among several family members who pocketed payouts after a Hunter Biden associate received a $3 million wire payment from a Chinese energy company, a House committee revealed Thursday.

March 16, 2023

Private company NewsGuard on defense in GOP crackdown on Big Tech censorship

Republican lawmakers probing Big Tech censorship say one of their next targets must be NewsGuard, an operation that bills itself as an "anti-misinformation" warrior but which conservatives say is another avenue for silencing voices on the right.

March 16, 2023

Senate advances vote to repeal Bush-era war authorizations that led to Gulf War, invasion of Iraq

The Senate is advancing a vote to repeal two Iraq War authorizations as lawmakers push to reclaim congressional war powers 20 years after the last invasion by U.S. troops.

March 15, 2023

Biden probe reveals $3 million payment from Chinese energy company to family associate

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee has uncovered a $3 million wire payment from a Chinese energy company sent to an associate of the Biden family months after President Biden ended his term as vice president, the panel's Chairman James Comer announced Tuesday.

March 14, 2023

Democrat bristles at subpoenaing of 14 years of Hunter Biden’s bank records

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer has subpoenaed Bank of America for more than a decade of records related to Hunter Biden's business dealings, according to the panel's top Democrat.

March 13, 2023