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August 4, 2021

GOP senators call for second Chipman hearing over undisclosed Chinese state TV hit, racism allegations

Every GOP lawmaker sitting on the Senate Judiciary Committee is demanding a second hearing for President Biden's ATF nominee due to new controversies that have come to light.

August 4, 2021

Texas Gov. Abbott to call 'special session after special session' to make fleeing Dems consider voting bill

EXCLUSIVE: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will continue to call "special session after special session" in an attempt to force Democrats to return to Texas to consider voting reform legislation, Fox News has learned.

August 4, 2021

Missouri Senate GOP primary a race to spotlight loyalty to Trump

Trump ally Rep. Billy Long is the latest Republican to jump into the 2022 Missouri Senate primary campaign.

August 4, 2021

Biden ATF nominee Chipman failed to disclose Chinese state TV hit used as propaganda by the communist state

EXCLUSIVE: President Biden's nominee to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) failed to disclose to the Senate a media appearance on Chinese state TV, which may have been used as propaganda by the communist state to cover up a mass stabbing of children. 

August 4, 2021

Senate readies vote on anti-voter ID Biden judicial nominee after contentious confirmation hearing

Myrna Pérez has a career as an activist against state voter ID laws and was previously denied a post on the Election Assistance Commission.

August 3, 2021

Gingrich: Republicans have no idea what's in the infrastructure bill

Former House Speaker says the outcome of the bill will be a 'disaster'

August 3, 2021

Gingrich: GOP working on infrastructure bill got suckered by the left

Former Speaker of the House and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, weigh in 17 Republicans who voted for the infrastructure bill on 'The Ingraham Angle'

August 3, 2021

Schumer beats McConnell in Capitol footrace to the TV cameras

A sneaky Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., scuttled Sen. Mitch McConnell's plans for a news conference Tuesday afternoon at the Capitol, sparking a rare moment of laughter from the typically stoic McConnell. 

August 3, 2021

White House silent on if admin agrees with nominee that Omar's dual loyalty comments were anti-Semitic

In 2019, President Biden’s pick to be his administration’s envoy against anti-Semitism Deborah Lipstadt said she believed Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments from that year about U.S. lawmakers having an “allegiance to a foreign country" referred to Israel and were anti-Semitic.

August 3, 2021

GOP Sen. Tim Scott says race is being 'weaponized' by Democrats: 'It's a very dangerous weapon'

Republican Sen. Tim Scott said race is being "weaponized" by the left, referring to Democrats' opposition to Georgia’s election law and the filibuster.