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February 2, 2023

House Oversight sets hearing with former Twitter execs after Hunter Biden's bombshell laptop admission

House Oversight Committee Republicans set a hearing for next with with top former Twitter executives they said had a hand in suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop narrative.

February 2, 2023

Gun ban fires up lawmakers on House committee, Dem demands show of hands on who's not packing

Members of Congress on the House Natural Resources Committee got into a contentious debate on Wednesday over whether lawmakers should be allowed to carry firearms to committee meetings.

February 2, 2023

Omar shares death threat on Twitter before House vote, blames GOP for 'continued targeting of women of color

Rep. Ilhan Omar shared a recording of a profane death threat she says was received by her office, blaming Republicans who are trying to remove her from a House committee.

February 2, 2023

ESG investment rule emerges as top ‘woke’ target for Republicans battling Biden

Democrats and Republican lawmakers are sounding the alarm that the Biden administration's ESG priorities may be detrimental to the financial well-being of Americans.

February 2, 2023

Matt Gaetz urges colleagues to abolish the ATF before it strips Americans of gun rights: 'Cannot be trusted'

Rep. Matt Gaetz is urging his colleagues to support a bill he introduced that would abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

February 1, 2023

Rep. George Santos investigated by FBI over alleged dog charity scam: report

The FBI is investigating Rep. George Santos, R-Fla., over allegations that he raised $3,000 for a disabled veteran's dog and kept the money for himself.

February 1, 2023

Biden's administration, the least transparent in our history, is about to get a great big wake-up call

Democrats in the House of Representatives changed the rules in the last two years. Now they are going to have to face the consequences of all the changes they made.

February 1, 2023

Maxine Waters insists 'I am not a socialist' when pressed at House hearing

California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters said, "I am not a socialist," Tuesday when pressed by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, to disavow statements she made in 2008.

February 1, 2023

House Judiciary meeting goes off the rails amid debate over rule to say pledge of allegiance

The House Judiciary Committee broke into a tense debate over a rule to recite the pledge of allegiance at meetings, before it ultimately passed without opposition.

February 1, 2023

George Santos takes dig at 'career pathological liar' Biden in new interview apology: 'I've learned my lesson'

Rep. George Santos, who is recusing himself from two House committee assignments, said he “learned my lesson” in a new interview while calling President Biden a “pathological liar.”