Liz Cheney’s communications with star Jan 6 witness sought by House GOP investigators
House GOP investigators are seeking all communications between former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson and people related to the now-defunct House select committee probing Jan. 6, including the panel’s former vice chair, ex-Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., chairman of the Committee on House Administration’s oversight subcommittee, wrote to Hutchinson on Wednesday asking Read More
COVID origins: HHS suspends EcoHealth Alliance grants after finding taxpayer funds used in risky research
The Department of Health and Human Services implemented an immediate, government-wide suspension on all funds allocated to EcoHealth Alliance – a firm that used taxpayer funds to conduct gain of function research at the Wuhan lab before the COVID-19 pandemic began. HHS made the decision, citing evidence included in the House COVID Select Subcommittee’s staff-level Read More
‘Squad’ member defends ‘river to the sea’ phrase interpreted as calling for ‘extermination’ of Jews
Embattled Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., a member of the far-left “Squad,” recently defended a phrase widely viewed as antisemitic that calls for the “extermination” of Jews. Bowman, who is facing a tough primary challenge in New York’s 16th Congressional District, made the controversial comments about the phrase “from the river to the sea” during a Read More
Dems use GOP-opposed immigration bill as cudgel against Republicans on border security
Democrats are reminding voters often of Republican opposition to a Senate bill designed to be a compromise on border security, accusing their counterparts of “exploiting” the crisis at the southern border rather than legislating. Democrats in the upper chamber have continued to espouse their support for a border security bill that was negotiated in a Read More
Join us for a May 29 conversation on the border and the election
In a virtual event held in partnership with ProPublica, we’ll discuss landmark federal policy shifts that precipitated last year’s deadly Juárez detention center fire, and how immigration is shaping the presidential election.
Vulnerable Dem incumbents move to the center in key swing states as Biden panders to far-left base
Democratic incumbent Senate candidates across the country in key battleground states are moving more and more to the center and right as polls continue to show President Biden trailing former President Trump in many key swing states. Biden trails Trump in six battleground states with about six months to go before the election, according to Read More
Jury picked, opening statements begin in US v. Menendez: ‘Use your good judgment’
A dozen jurors and six alternatives were chosen Wednesday and began hearing opening statements in the high-profile federal corruption trial of New Jersey Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez. Opening statements are expected to take up to three hours total, and prosecutor Lara Pomerantz was allotted 45 minutes. U.S. Judge Sidney H. Stein told the jurors, “use Read More
ACLU backs efforts to sink bill stripping any nonprofit that ‘bankrolls terrorists’ of tax-exempt status
FIRST ON FOX: A new bill that would strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits found to be materially supporting terrorists – which passed the House with broad bipartisan support – is facing lobbying efforts to sink it by groups like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The bill, introduced by Reps. David Kustoff, R-Tenn., and Read More
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Why nomination of comedian Shyam Rangeela rejected in Varanasi
Shyam Rangeela has shared a video on his X account and talked about his cancellation of nomination from Varanasi.
Barge hits, damages bridge in Galveston, causing an oil spill
The damaged bridge connects Pelican Island, where the Texas A&M Galveston campus is located, to Galveston Island.