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 for her exchanges with Cheney, …
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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 report on the nonprofit. CLASSIFIED …
Read More »148 House Democrats vote against bill to deport migrants who assault police
A bill aimed at booting illegal immigrants out of the U.S. if they assault a police officer passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday evening. It’s one of several pieces of legislation that House Republican leaders are putting up for a vote this week as part of National Police Week. The bill passed with a 265 to 148 vote, with …
Read More »Speaker Johnson to attend Trump trial in Manhattan in show of support
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is expected in downtown Manhattan on Tuesday morning to show solidarity with former President Trump during his criminal trial. A spokesperson for Johnson told Fox News Digital early on Tuesday that he would be in New York City for the trial, making him the latest Trump ally in Congress to appear beside the ex-president in …
Read More »Key moderate Republican Don Bacon fends off state GOP-backed populist primary challenger
Moderate U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., defeated his toughest primary challenge yet on Tuesday night with 70.2% of the vote, besting a right-wing populist who was supported by both the Nebraska state GOP and even Bacon’s own colleague in Congress. The election was a test case to see how much the GOP’s wave of populism has affected even Republican voters …
Read More »Speaker Johnson rips 'atrocities' against Trump at Manhattan hush money trial
House Speaker Mike Johnson accused New York City justice officials of committing “atrocities” against former President Trump in an impassioned set of remarks outside the Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday. Johnson is the latest Trump ally to descend on the Big Apple as the ex-president stands trial on accusations that he falsified business documents to cover up a payment to …
Read More »Trump could get Congressional Gold Medal under new House GOP resolution
FIRST ON FOX: A group of House Republicans wants to award former President Trump the Congressional Gold Medal. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is leading a Congressional resolution to bestow the honor on Trump “in recognition of his exceptional leadership and dedication to strengthening America’s diplomatic relations during his presidency,” according to legislative text obtained by Fox News Digital. It …
Read More »GOP rep files impeachment articles using Dem precedent set during Trump administration
FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., formally filed articles of impeachment against President Biden on Friday over his recent comments about withholding offensive weapons aid to Israel, drawing parallels to House Democrats’ first impeachment of former President Donald Trump. The first-term House Republican told Fox News Digital it was his “constitutional duty” to do so. His legislative text, first …
Read More »Biden under investigation after threat to Israel’s offensive aid: ‘playing political games’
The House Oversight Committee is launching an investigation into the Biden administration over its threats to withhold offensive aid from Israel if it proceeds with a ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., questioned both the decision-making process and the timing of the announcement itself in a letter to President Biden’s national security …
Read More »House Speaker chaos: 'One dumpster fire at a time'
“We needed bills brought to the floor that are supported by the majority of the majority,” fulminated Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on the House steps Wednesday night. In other words, Republicans wield the House majority with 217 members. So Greene insists that at least 109 Republicans should be in favor of an issue before voting. A “majority of the …
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