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Rep. Cori Bush is the subject of a Justice Department investigation concerning the misappropriation of federal security funds, the “Squad” member confirmed on Tuesday. The investigation was first reported by Punchbowl News. Bush (D-Mo.) wrote in a statement that “the Department of Justice is reviewing my campaign’s spending on security …

Republican lawmakers in the House are once again at each other’s throats, this time over their efforts to secure hardline border and immigration reform. On Friday, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) skewered former President Donald Trump — and members of his own party — for failing to secure the border during …

Hunter Biden walked out of a House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday as Chairman James Comer called Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to speak on a resolution to hold the president’s son in contempt of Congress. Biden made a surprise, in-person appearance at the hearing and offered to address the …

Republicans have been hammering the Biden administration’s immigration policy since the moment he took office. Now, with the clamor for a deal to curb the flow of migrants through the southern border at a fever pitch, a bipartisan Senate deal may be dead on arrival in the House — and …

House Republicans will kick off 2024 by initiating impeachment proceedings against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. According to Punchbowl News, the House Committee on Homeland Security plans to hold its first impeachment hearing against the secretary next week. In November, the House voted to refer an impeachment resolution against …

As House Republicans make public their intent to move forward with an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, they’re struggling to convince the public — and even themselves — that they’ll be able to obtain the evidence of the high crimes and misdemeanors necessary to impeach a president. On Tuesday, …

House Speaker Mike Johnson has promised to release more than 44,000 hours of surveillance footage from Jan. 6 to the public, with one major caveat: The faces of some individuals who participated in the storming of the Capitol, a violent attempt to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s election, will …

The House Ethics Committee has found “substantial evidence of potential violations of federal criminal law” by indicted New York Congressman George Santos, and are referring the matter to the Justice Department. Santos announced that he will not be running for reelection in 2024 shortly after the committee released its report. …

Elbows are out in Congress. Literally. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reportedly shoved Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett while the latter was speaking to NPR’s Claudia Grisales on Tuesday, leading to a tense confrontation between the two lawmakers. According to Grisales, Burchett (R-Tenn.) was facing her as the two discussed a …

Rep. Eric Swalwell took Rep. Jim Jordan to task over his past tolerance of antisemitic statements during a Wednesday hearing of the House Judiciary Committee. Jordan, the committee’s chairman, convened the hearing to debate free speech on college campuses and discuss recent collegiate protests related to Israel’s ongoing war against …