New Jan. 6 controversy as Bondi set to testify
The revelation that FBI agents pulled the phone records of some lawmakers as part of the Jan. 6 investigation set off a new controversy.
Gaetz report still in partisan limbo as Ethics panel meets
‘Havana Syndrome’ victim asks Congress to probe State Department
Guest goes Wild: Ethics Gaetz open — and close
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Mike Johnson involves himself in the Gaetz scandal
Johnson said he will “strongly request” that the secretive panel refrain from releasing the report about Trump’s attorney general nominee.
Trump saddles Senate GOP with another controversial pick
RFK Jr. was a Democrat but endorsed Trump earlier this year and was a campaign surrogate for the president-elect.
Gaetz-gate roils the Capitol
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.
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