EXCLUSIVE: The top Republican on the House Committee on Small Business is calling for President Donald Trump’s new Small Business Administration (SBA) chief to do what he says the Biden administration wouldn’t – and provide answers on alleged taxpayer-funded electioneering in swing states and the failure to actively recoup fraudulent or misappropriated COVID relief funds. Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chair of the House Committee on Small Business, told...

The Senate voted to advance the confirmation of FBI director nominee Kash Patel on Thursday.  A vote to invoke cloture and begin up to 30 hours of debate on the nominee passed 51 to 47.  Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted earlier this month, 12 to 10, to advance Patel to the full floor for a vote.  Still, Patel faced a somewhat rockier path to confirmation, even...