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Watch Live: Senate committee holds 'Whistleblower Testimony on the COVID Coverup' hearing
The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee will hold a hearing titled: 'Whistleblower Testimony on the COVID Coverup.'
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FBI Director agrees to take alcohol test amid heated testimony in Senate hearing
The exchange comes after a story by the Atlantic raised questions about Patel's sobriety, citing sources who claimed the director has been so intoxicated before that his staff had to force their way into his home.
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Rand Paul announces Senate hearing with Fauci will have testimony from 'COVID coverup' whistleblower
The statute of limitations expired on Monday and former President Joe Biden pardoned Fauci, which shields the former chief medical advisor to Biden from criminal referral for allegedly lying to Congress about gain-of-function research. Paul said he isn't deterred by the expiration or Biden's pardon.
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House Republicans strike spending deal, lawmakers say
"Deal has been reached," Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said.
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Trump blasts Chip Roy over spending bill negotiations as Texas Republican pushes back
"Chip Roy is just another ambitious guy, with no talent," President-elect Donald Trump said.
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Ernst introduces bill to require cabinet agencies to relocate 30% of their workforce outside of D.C.
“Federal employees have shown they don’t want to work in Washington, and in the Christmas spirit, I am making their wish come true. Instead of keeping them bogged down in the swamp, I’m working to get bureaucrats beyond the D.C. beltway to remind public servants who they work for," Ernst says
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GOP leaders in Congress release report blasting universities for 'appeasing' anti-Israel protestors
The report mentioned Northwestern University and Columbia University "appeasing" the protest encampments on the campus grounds.
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Loudermilk unveils transcripts, disputes Cheney’s claim of transparent Jan. 6 investigation
Loudermilk’s investigation has shown that the Jan. 6 panel withheld crucial witness testimony from the public that conflicted with claims made by a key witness.
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Jeffries calls Trump's push to tie debt limit to year-end spending bill a 'premature' discussion
Federal funding lapses at midnight on Friday and the new Congress with GOP majorities in both chambers begins on Jan. 3, 2025.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene open to backing Elon Musk for House Speaker
"DOGE can only truly be accomplished by reigning [sic] in Congress to enact real government efficiency," Greene wrote on X.
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Trump predicts Johnson will remain speaker if he nixes 'traps' set by Democrats in spending bill
The spending bill was greeted with opposition from the conservative House Freedom Caucus and other GOP lawmakers in the House and Senate.
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Teamsters workers strike at Amazon less than a week before Christmas
"The truth is that the Teamsters have actively threatened, intimidated, and attempted to coerce Amazon employees and third-party drivers to join them, which is illegal and is the subject of multiple pending unfair labor practice charges against the union," a representative for Amazon says
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Trump signals change to status quo spending while torching Johnson’s year-end bill
"The fact that there was so much antipathy toward the bill indicates that maybe, just maybe, we're turning a corner," Rep. Andy Biggs said.