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Bipartisan House bill aims to replace hemp product ban with federal regulatory system

By Nicholas Ballasy

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Kaptur

Ohio Democratic congresswoman hospitalized after hit-and-run crash

Kaptur, 80, was one of two people taken to the hospital.

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The Founding Fathers presenting their draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress by John Trumball

America 250: 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence on Aug. 2, not July 4

By July 2, 12 of the 13 colonies voted yes with New York abstaining.

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Bernie Moreno

GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno says GOP Rep. Max Miller ‘should not’ be serving in Congress

Moreno’s daughter has accused Miller of abuse

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James Comer, May 10, 2023, Washington, D.C.

Comer calls to cut funding to federal agencies that obstruct congressional investigations

The House Oversight committee cited the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Department of Energy (DOE), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Department of Defense (DoD), as among those who failed to comply with the requests.

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Rep. McMorris Rodgers calls TikTok “an immediate threat”

House lawmakers are questioning whether NIH is still funding Russian research

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., is leading the effort.

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Nehls

CBS challenges Rep. Nehls' combat service record

Rep. Troy Nehls, the investigation found, had received one Bronze Star, but not two as he has previously claimed.

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Comer

House Oversight Chairman Comer says the 'antisemitic wing' has taken over the Democratic Party

Comer said members of the House Oversight Committee would “follow the money trail to see if there are outside groups that are paying for the activity.”

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U.S. flag, China flag, TikTok, Washington, D.C., March 16, 2023

House China panel requests FTC investigation into whether TikTok violated child privacy laws

TikTok had sent a pop-up message to users on the app that the committee claimed contained "verifiably false information" in a last-ditch effort to stop Congress from passing the "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Application Act," last month.

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Greene

Marjorie Taylor Greene: Democrat support for Johnson a 'dangerous signal'

"I'm not going to allow the Republican speaker that I elected to continue to pass Joe Biden's agenda which includes funding the Department of Justice, which is trying to put President Trump in jail for the rest of his life," Greene said. 

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Matt Gaetz

Gaetz posts video of former prosecutor who investigated Trump pleading the fifth under questioning

The video was reportedly recorded during a closed session of the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government in May 2023.

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Payne

House votes cancelled as lawmakers travel to New Jersey for Rep. Payne's funeral

Payne served in the House since 2012 and died on April 24 after he suffered a heart attack

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Columbia protest

House passes landmark college antisemitism bill amid anti-Israel protests

The bill, introduced by New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler passed in a 320-91 vote and will now go to the Senate. 

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EcoHealth Alliance President Dr. Peter Daszak appears during a House Select Subcommittee hearing on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Capitol Hill on May 1, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Sacrificial bat? Democrats join GOP to blame Wuhan funder for misleading feds on virus research

Peter Daszak "either cannot or will not" distinguish between the "common understanding" of gain-of-function research and the "more technical definitions" he keeps asserting, COVID subcommittee chair says.

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