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Ex-Biden Aide Admits To House She Was Authorized To Use Autopen

A top aide to former President Joe Biden testified behind closed doors for more than four hours on Tuesday as part of the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into his mental fitness to serve and the White House’s use of an autopen, confirming she was authorized to use the automatic signature device while denying allegations of manipulation or malfeasance. Neera Tanden,…
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Ramaswamy Out At DOGE As Rumors Swirl About Political Future

President Donald Trump had barely been sworn in on Monday before reports began to circulate that businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, whom he had tapped as incoming co-chair of a newly revamped Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), would not be taking on that role. The confirmation came just hours after a source close to multimillionaire biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy told Fox News that he…
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Longtime GOP ‘Moderate’ Says She Could Become Democrat

A more moderate Republican senator who has frequently fought with President Donald Trump is leaving open the possibility of leaving the party. In several media interviews on Monday to promote her new book, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) entertained the idea of departing from the GOP. In an interview with former FiveThirtyEight podcaster Galen Druke on his GD Politics show, Murkowski…
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Bannon, Taylor Greene Vow Retribution Against J6’er Liz Cheney

Podcaster Steve Bannon and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) discussed President-elect Donald Trump’s historic victory this week during a segment on his show Tuesday evening, as both vowed to go after Jan. 6 Committee co-chair Liz Cheney, now a former GOP lawmaker from Wyoming. “MTG, you’ve been with us from the beginning as a fighter. Give us your thoughts tonight…
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Team Trump Sets Sights On First GOP Incumbent to Primary

President Donald Trump and his political team are actively working to primary their first Republican incumbent: Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, who has drawn Trump’s ire for questioning the president’s authority to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities without congressional approval and for voting against Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts legislation. As first reported by Axios, Trump’s allies have launched a new…
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Senate Confirms Rodney Scott To Lead Customs And Border Protection

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Rodney Scott as head of Customs and Border Protection. Scott formerly served as Border Patrol Chief and currently commands the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) biggest enforcement department, which has approximately 65,000 workers. CBP consists of two divisions: the Border Patrol, which is in charge of protecting the nation’s borders between ports of entry, and…
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AOC Smacked Down By Fellow Democrat Fetterman On Impeaching Trump

Efforts by “Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and other Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump over his strike on Iran slammed into a wall on Monday, with one key Democrat senator declaring the scheme “dead on arrival.” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who backed Trump’s bold move to strike Iranian nuclear targets on Sunday, shut down rumors that Democrats would push…
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Crockett Drops Out Of Race For Top House Oversight Committee Democrat

Texas Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett has dropped out of the campaign to be the top Democrat on a critical committee investigating former President Joe Biden’s alleged mental deterioration. Crockett, a Democratic firebrand, was vying for the position of next-ranking member (the senior member of the minority party) on the House Oversight Committee. “It was clear by the numbers that my…
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Democrats ‘Extended’ Hospitalization Causes Problems for House Dems

New Jersey Democratic Rep. Donald Norcross will be in the hospital for an extended period of time due to a significant medical emergency, according to his office. The Democrat, who represents the state’s 1st District, is currently receiving intensive care at Cooper University Hospital in Camden. Norcross, 66, had a medical emergency earlier this month while vacationing in North Carolina.…
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House Passes Bill To Scrutinize Taliban Funding

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed legislation aimed at limiting the Taliban’s funding from international governments and NGOs. The No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act (H.R. 260) states that the United States’ foreign policy is to “oppose the provision of foreign assistance by foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations to the Taliban, particularly those countries and organizations that receive United States-provided…
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