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Guest goes Wild: Ethics Gaetz open — and close
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Mike Johnson involves himself in the Gaetz scandal
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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Bilirakis isn’t giving up on KOSA
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Flood charts the GOP housing agenda
America’s housing shortage isn’t new. But Rep. Mike Flood wants to breathe fresh life into the issue among Republicans on the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance.
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DOGE on the rampage but cracks start to emerge
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Slater says she’ll weigh costs of Big Tech antitrust cases
Trump made clear when he selected Slater that he wanted her to continue the push against Big Tech and protect smaller companies.
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