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House investigators set to grill Treasury official as Biden family probe deepens

A Treasury Department official is set to testify before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee in a public hearing this week as the panel steps up its probe into the Biden family.

March 4, 2023

Nancy Pelosi criticizes Joe Biden admin over handling of D.C. crime bill

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was among those frustrated with the White House zigzag over a Republican-backed bill to block the District of Columbia's proposed overhaul of its criminal code.

March 4, 2023

Journalists behind ‘Twitter Files’ to testify before House weaponization panel next week

The House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government will hear next week from two journalists behind Twitter owner Elon Musk's release of internal documents, in a hearing focused on FBI misconduct that was revealed through the so-called Twitter Files.

March 2, 2023

Biden shaky on whether Supreme Court will allow student debt plan to proceed

President Biden on Wednesday said he is not confident that the Supreme Court will uphold his student-debt cancellation plan after several conservative justices expressed skepticism over the $400 billion program earlier this week.

March 1, 2023

Republicans want answers from ex-intelligence officials for discrediting Hunter Biden’s laptop

House leaders put more than two dozen former intelligence officials on notice on Wednesday, demanding answers for their dismissal of Hunter Biden's discarded laptop computer as Russian disinformation ahead of the 2020 election.

March 1, 2023

U.S. spy agencies doubtful Havana Syndrome caused by foreign adversary

The U.S. intelligence community has concluded that the mysterious, neurological affliction known as Havana Syndrome that has struck American diplomats, military personnel and intelligence officials is most likely not the result of attacks by foreign adversaries.

March 1, 2023

Biden doubles down on pro-union pledge with Julie Su nomination for labor secretary

President Biden on Wednesday called on the Senate to quickly confirm Julie Su as the next labor secretary during a White House ceremony where he officially announced her nomination to replace Marty Walsh.

March 1, 2023

Republicans press Biden to define strategy in Ukraine as support for U.S. aid wanes

Republicans are pressing President Biden to define the U.S. strategy in Ukraine as fears of a protracted war grow and support for continued military assistance softens.

February 28, 2023

Biden to nominate Labor Dept. Deputy Julie Su to replace Walsh as secretary

President Biden will nominate Labor Department Deputy Secretary Julie Su to replace outgoing Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, the White House announced Tuesday.

February 28, 2023

GOP Rep. Gaetz cites Communist China’s state news while pressing Pentagon officials over Ukraine aid

Rep. Matt Gaetz leaned on the Chinese Communist Party's talking points Tuesday when grilling Pentagon officials over Ukraine aid, citing an article by the party-controlled Global Times purporting that the U.S. is shuttling funds to Ukraine's far-right Azov battalion.

February 28, 2023

Treasury obstructing probe of Biden family, top investigator says

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee chairman is accusing the Treasury Department of obstructing the panel's probe into the Biden family by stonewalling repeated requests related to presidential son Hunter Biden.

February 27, 2023

House investigators demand answers from Buttigieg over response to East Palestine train derailment

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee is launching a probe into Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's response to the train derailment that caused a toxic chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio, amid bipartisan criticism over the federal government's response to the incident.

February 25, 2023

Rep. Mike Gallagher sounds alarm over China’s illegal ‘police stations’ in U.S.

House select committee on China Chairman Mike Gallagher is warning of a widespread, mafia-like crackdown by the Chinese Communist Party on Chinese expatriates around the globe including on U.S. soil.

February 25, 2023

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell threatens to sue McCarthy over release of Jan. 6 tapes

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is threatening to sue House Speaker Kevin McCarthy over the release of thousands of hours of footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol to Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

February 25, 2023

Eternal honor: Strangers pay respects to sailor who sacrificed

The Navy laid to rest the remains of a 28-year-old sailor who was killed aboard the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor, the culmination of decades of work to identify his remains among the hundreds of unidentified sailors and Marines killed in the Japanese sneak attack in 1941 that drew the U.S. into World War II.

February 23, 2023

House investigators launch probe into State Department’s funding of ‘disinformation’ index

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Thursday started investigating State Department funding for a foreign "disinformation" monitoring group that provides "dynamic blacklists" used to suppress disfavored news outlets.

February 23, 2023

Rep. Eric Swalwell wants to ban Trump from the Capitol; Trump calls him an ‘idiot’

Rep. Eric Swalwell, the California Democrat who was recently expelled from his seat on the House intelligence panel, wants to permanently ban former President Donald Trump from entering the U.S. Capitol because of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.

February 22, 2023

House investigators probing Serbian politician’s link to Biden family business deals

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee has requested Serbian politician and former U.N. General Assembly President Vuk Jeremic hand over documents and testify for the panel's investigation of the Biden family's foreign money-making schemes.

February 22, 2023

‘We never forget’: Navy to bury sailor killed at Pearl Harbor after decades-long identity quest

Michael Schmidt was just 13 months old when his father, Gunner's Mate Third Class Herman Schmidt, died aboard the USS Oklahoma during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

February 21, 2023

Blinken meets with China’s top diplomat in first face-to-face since balloon saga

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi on Saturday for the first in-person meeting between senior U.S. and Chinese officials since the shootdown of the suspected Chinese spy balloon earlier this month.

February 18, 2023