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February 3, 2023

The realities of a balanced budget highlight Congress' dishonesty on the issue

"It’s totally unrealistic to assume that you can balance the budget and not touch Social Security, Medicare," a fiscal watchdog tells Fox as Congress debates the debt ceiling

February 3, 2023

GOP Rep. Victoria Spartz to retire from Congress in 2024, will not seek 'any office'

Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., has announced that she will retire from Congress at the end of her current term in 2024.

February 3, 2023

AOC on talking to GOP's Gosar during McCarthy speaker battle: I'm 'uncomfortable' serving with terrorists

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., explained that her conversation with Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., that went viral was civil, though she claimed he makes her "uncomfortable."

February 3, 2023

Republicans push Biden to stop ‘appeasing’ China and shoot down the spy balloon

A growing number of Republicans are calling on President Biden to shoot down a Chinese spy balloon, which the Biden administration said is not a security threat.

February 3, 2023

Republican, Democratic lawmakers condemn suspected Chinese spy balloon: 'We must act to counter this threat'

Lawmakers on the new House select committee on China condemned the suspected Chinese spy balloon seen over Montana as a "violation of U.S. airspace and American sovereignty."

February 2, 2023

Lawmakers ask Biden to add Office of National Drug Control Policy to cabinet amid record overdoses

Lawmakers sent a letter to President Biden this week, asking him to add the Office of National Drug Control Policy back to the cabinet amid record drug overdoses.

February 2, 2023

McCarthy takes on press after House kicks Ilhan Omar off committee, calls for 'code of conduct'

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday said Rep. Ilhan Omar and other Democrats were not removed from committees "tit-for-tat" and called for a new bipartisan House "code of conduct."

February 2, 2023

George Santos congratulates House for punishing Ilhan Omar for antisemitic remarks

Embattled Rep. George Santos on Thursday congratulated the House for voting to punish Rep. Ilhan Omar for her past antisemitic remarks after they kicked her off a key committee.

February 2, 2023

Ocasio-Cortez explodes over vote to boot Omar, slaps notebook against podium: 'Targeting women of color'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., gave an angry speech Thursday in response to GOP House members voting to boot Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from the Foreign Affairs Committee.

February 2, 2023

House GOP demands probe into ‘antisemitic’ New York exam question's 'revision' of history on Israel

Rep. Mike Lawler and 8 other House GOP members from New York ask Gov. Kathy Hochul to investigate an 'antisemitic question' on the NYS Regents Exam in Global History and Geography.