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House votes to ban sales from Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House on Thursday passed a bill to ban sales from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China. The legislation passed with bipartisan support in...
Jan 12, 2023
C-SPAN, House lawmakers call for expanded TV coverage
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Last week, during the historic series of 15 votes for House speaker, Americans had a view of their elected lawmakers rarely seen on their...
Jan 12, 2023
Who is special counsel Robert Hur, the Trump appointee overseeing DOJ's Biden probe?
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed former U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert Hur to oversee the Department of Justice's investig...
Jan 12, 2023
Brandon Presley, distant cousin of Elvis, running for Mississippi governor
krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images(JACKSON, Miss.) -- Brandon Presley, a distant cousin of Elvis Presley, announced on Twitter that he's running for governor of Mississippi. Presley, a Democrat who...
Jan 12, 2023
AG Garland names Robert Hur as special counsel in Biden classified documents matter
Thinkstock/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday announced he has named former U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert Hur as a special counsel in the Bide...
Jan 12, 2023
'Congress has to investigate' Biden documents matter, McCarthy says
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday continued to say that Congress has an obligation to investigate President Joe Biden's handling of classified doc...
Jan 12, 2023
New UFO report shows hundreds more incidents than previously thought
To the Stars Academy of Arts and Science(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. intelligence community said Thursday that the number of UFO reports involving U.S. military personnel is increasing, "enabling a greate...
Jan 12, 2023
Santos again rejects calls to resign, says all '142,000 voters' would need to ask him to
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- After flatly rejecting calls to step down, embattled Republican Rep. George Santos told reporters on Thursday, "If 142 people ask for me to ...
Jan 12, 2023
More classified documents found at Biden's Wilmington home, in garage, White House special counsel says
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- The White House confirmed Thursday that more classified documents from President Joe Biden's time as vice president were found in the garage o...
Jan 12, 2023
Special counsel subpoenas, grand jury appearances mount for Trump allies
Creativeye99/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Within the last month, multiple associates of former President Donald Trump received new wide-ranging subpoenas from Special Counsel Jack Smith requesting docu...
Jan 12, 2023
