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White House launches full court press against House Freedom Caucus’ debt ceiling demands

The White House stepped up its offensive against the House Freedom Caucus over the weekend after the bloc of conservatives laid out a series of demands for securing their vote to raise the nation's debt ceiling.

March 11, 2023

Wagner Group steps up recruitment efforts throughout Russia

The founder of the Kremlin-backed mercenary outfit, the Wagner Group, has announced the opening of dozens of recruiting centers throughout Russia.

March 11, 2023

Sen. Josh Hawley warns China’s Xi ‘time is up’ after COVID origins bill clears Congress

Sen. Josh Hawley warned Chinese President Xi Jinping that the jig is up in a taunting letter this week after Congress passed the Missouri Republican's bill requiring the U.S. intelligence community to declassify any evidence that a lab leek in China sparked the global COVID-19 pandemic.

March 11, 2023

House Republicans step up pressure on State Department over funding for ‘disinformation’ index

A dozen House Republicans on Saturday doubled down on GOP demands for answers over State Department funding for a foreign media monitoring group that provides "dynamic blacklists" used to suppress disfavored news outlets.

March 11, 2023

Congress’ pandemic probe asks whether Biden officials cut corners to fast-track vaccine approvals

House investigators are probing whether the Biden administration pressured the Food and Drug Administration to fast-track approval for a leading COVID-19 jab required to implement and enforce vaccine mandates.

March 10, 2023

House Freedom Caucus lays out demands for debt-ceiling raise

A coalition of Freedom Caucus lawmakers laid out a series of demands for securing their vote to raise the nation's debt ceiling, setting the bar in the Republican Party ahead of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's return to negotiations with the White House.

March 10, 2023

Republican lawmaker claims FBI improperly searched his name in sensitive foreign intel database

A Republican member of the House intelligence committee said Thursday that he believes the FBI improperly searched his name in a sensitive foreign surveillance database.

March 9, 2023

Twitter Files journalists warn of social media’s censorship web ensnaring Americans

Two independent journalists given access to Elon Musk's Twitter Files vault warned lawmakers Thursday of a sprawling "censorship industrial complex" that has eroded Americans' freedom of speech.

March 9, 2023

Senator wants to send military to Mexico, declare war on cartels after Americans’ deaths

A leading senator on Wednesday called for the U.S. to declare a war on Mexican cartels, saying the killings of two Americans by gangs should earn a response by the full might of the U.S. military.

March 8, 2023

Calls for use of military force to take down Mexican drug cartels emerges in Washington

Sen. Lindsey Graham is calling on President Biden to "unleash" the full force of the U.S. military against Mexican drug cartels as patience for carnage just south of the southern border wears thin on Capitol Hill in the wake of the recent kidnapping of four Americans, leaving two dead.

March 8, 2023

Senate intel chairman pushes for White House to release details behind mishandled classified docs

The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday said the panel has "unfinished business" after the White House blocked the release of details behind President Biden's mishandling of classified documents by administration officials.

March 8, 2023

Comer demands deposition from Treasury after refusal to appear for public hearing

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer said Tuesday that the Treasury Department is refusing to provide an official to testify for a public hearing scheduled for this week as part of the panel's probe into the Biden family's business dealings.

March 7, 2023

FTC demands names of all ‘Twitter Files’ journalists as part of wide-ranging probe into Elon Musk

The Federal Trade Commission is requesting that Twitter identify all journalists who were involved in the release of the "Twitter Files" among a wide-ranging list of demands issued in the wake of Elon Musk's takeover of the platform.

March 7, 2023

Comer prods White House over blocked Archives statement after discovery of Biden’s classified docs

The chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee is pressing the White House over claims that the National Archives and Records Administration was barred from issuing a public statement after it was alerted to the discovery of classified documents from President Biden's Washington think tank.

March 7, 2023

House lawmakers dig in on Pentagon audit failures ahead of Biden’s federal budget release

House lawmakers are pressing Pentagon officials over their inability to fully account for its $3.5 trillion in assets, setting up a perennial dustup over the Department of Defense's repeat audit failures as the Biden administration prepares to unveil its annual budget.

March 7, 2023

Biden vows new election laws in ‘Bloody Sunday’ speech, accuses GOP of assault on voting rights

President Biden recommitted his pledge to implement long-stalled Democratic plans to overhaul election laws when he commemorated the 58th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday civil rights march.

March 5, 2023

China risks losing top trade status with U.S.

China's antagonistic foreign policy and manipulative economic practices have Washington lawmakers rethinking the decades-old preferential trade treatment that the U.S. bestows on the communist regime.

March 5, 2023

Biden loses footing with Republicans now in power

President Biden's reversal on a House GOP-led measure exposed a White House still struggling to figure out how to operate in a Washington where Republicans have partial control over the agenda.

March 5, 2023

Marianne Williamson sets up primary challenge for Biden with formal 2024 bid

Marianne Williamson has become the first Democrat to formally announce a 2024 presidential bid, setting up a primary challenge for President Biden who has long said he intends to run for reelection.

March 4, 2023

Tucker Carlson to begin airing details from exclusive Jan. 6 tapes

Fox News host Tucker Carlson says he will soon begin availing details gleaned from his exclusive access to roughly 40,000 hours of footage from the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

March 4, 2023