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January 31, 2023

House ignores White House objections, votes to end COVID health emergency

Some Democrats voted with Republicans to end the vaccination requirement for federal health workers, and the House also voted to end the public health emergency related to COVID.

January 31, 2023

Rep. Steube announces 'Good Samaritan' who called 911 after his fall will be his 'official guest' for SOTU

Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., announced on Twitter Tuesday that his State of the Union guest would be the Good Samaritan who called for help after he fell off a ladder earlier this month.

January 31, 2023

Stefanik, Rounds lead bipartisan bill to prevent China, foreign adversaries from buying into US agriculture

GOP lawmakers in both chambers of Congress are leading a bipartisan bill to prevent American adversaries from buying into the U.S. agriculture industry.

January 31, 2023

House Oversight Chairman Comer believes Hunter Biden was 'in proximity' to president's classified docs

House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, says he believes Hunter Biden was "in proximity" to the classified documents found at his father's home.

January 31, 2023

Americans grade Kamala Harris' performance as border czar

Americans assigned Vice President Kamala Harris letter grades for her management of the U.S.-Mexico border since Biden tapped her as border czar in March 2021

January 30, 2023

All countries are dangerously unprepared for future outbreaks, IFRC reports

The International Federation of the Red Cross reported that every country is dangerously vulnerable to future outbreaks and pandemics.

January 30, 2023

Utah lawmaker accused of 'intimidating' police officers who arrested his son

Footage shows Utah lawmaker Bruce Adams berating officers who arrested his son on a burglary warrant last year, with one officer saying Adams was attempting to "intimidate."

January 30, 2023

Top Republican slams Kamala Harris for hollow 'PR stunt' touting admin's small business wins

The chair of the House Small Business committee slammed Vice President Kamala Harris’ speech Monday on the administration's investments in small business in North Carolina as a "PR stunt."

January 30, 2023

Guam capsizing, 'planted docs,' and 'termite' Jewish settlers: Hank Johnson's wildest statements

Rep. Hank Johnson, a Democrat from Georgia, has a history of making wild statements ranging from comparing Jewish Israeli settlers to "termites" to claiming Guam will "capsize."

January 30, 2023

Freedom Caucus stand against McCarthy inspires conservatives to fight ’50 swamps in the 50 states’

State Freedom Caucus lawmakers are riding the wave of the 20 Republicans who held up the House speaker race to combat what they call the "swamp" in their states.