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Ex-Gov. Cuomo ‘inappropriately influenced’ witness in text message as House probed COVID deaths: memo

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo “improperly attempted to influence” a senior aide's testimony during a congressional investigation into his administration's disastrous order that forcibly admitted COVID-19 patients to nursing homes, a bombshell new House document alleges. As the House Select COVID-19 Subcommittee was investigating the March 25, 2020, nursing home “involuntary admissions” order, witness Jim Malatras […]

House panel probes Labor Department’s leak of revised jobs data to Wall Street firms

A Republican-led House committee is seeking an explanation from the Labor Department over how the federal agency leaked revised employment data to several Wall Street firms last month before it was released to the public, The Washington Post has learned. The House Education and Labor Committee, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), sent a letter […]

House GOP feels déjà vu as new funding fight ends with no wins

House Republicans are disheartened as they prepare to push back the government shutdown deadline for a second time without any major wins, an outcome some blame on dysfunction among their own party. Despite their majority in the House, Republicans will likely again have to rely on a few dozen Democrats to pass a three-month budget […]

In bipartisan vote, House approves forestry bill opposed by Biden

In a bipartisan vote, the House of Representatives approved the forestry bill, which the Biden administration opposed. The vote was 268 to 151. Fifty-five Democrats voted with Republicans in favor of the bill. The bill seeks to exempt projects such as tree cutting to prevent wildfires from being subject to environmental review. Supporters of the […]

House Republicans, RNC demand answers from Walz admin on voter roll clean up

First appeared on FOX – Minnesota Republican House members have joined the Republican National Committee (RNC) in demanding that the administration of Governor Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, provide updates on its voter roll cleanup efforts following discoveries that the state's automatic voter registration process improperly registered non-citizens and ineligible individuals. Reps. Tom […]

House Foreign Affairs panel votes to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt

The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted along partisan lines to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt for refusing to testify on Tuesday about the botched August 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal. After hours of deliberation, the Republican-led committee voted 26-25, with all Republicans in favor of holding Blinken in contempt of Congress and all Democrats […]

SEC leaders spar at testy House hearing

Republican members of the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday sharply criticized the agency's operations under Democratic Chairman Gary Gensler, who defended his tenure in a joint address by all five commissioners. SEC Commissioner Hester Pierce, who has been mentioned as a possible replacement for Gensler under a second Trump administration, criticized the SEC’s approach […]

Blinken may be held in contempt after House GOP advances measure

Secretary of State Antony Blinken could face charges of contempt of Congress after a key House committee advanced the criminal measure on Tuesday. The House Foreign Affairs Committee has introduced a contempt resolution against Biden's top cabinet members, preparing for a vote by the full House when Congress returns from a six-week recess, marking the […]

Florida man accused of threatening Trump released from house arrest

A Florida man was released from house arrest a week ago after being accused of making death threats on social media against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance. Michael Martin Wiseman, 68, of Jupiter, was arrested in July and released from house arrest on Sept. 17, according to court records. […]