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Guest was tight-lipped when we asked him this morning whether the Ethics Committee would release its report on Gaetz.
House GOP asks Jack Smith to keep records as Trump cases wind down
Trump, who was indicted on four felony counts in connection to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, has long vowed to fire Smith if he wins the White House.
Trump task force report finds ‘stunning’ security failures
The House’s bipartisan task force investigating the attempted assassinations of former President Donald Trump released an interim report this morning detailing “stunning” security failures in the lead-up to the July 13 rally in Butler, Pa.
House Oversight Committee escalates probe into Tim Walz’s China ties
Comer is seeking intelligence reports, documents and other communications that may contain information about Walz’s alleged connections to the CCP.
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NEW DATA: Oxford Economics finds Durbin-Marshall Credit Card Mandates would hurt local economies, costing $227 billion and 156,000 jobs across the country.
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