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LIVE 2 PM ET: House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on ‘US Efforts to Counter China’s Coercive Belt and Road Diplomacy’

The House Foreign Affairs Committee holds a hearing on “Assessing U.S. Efforts to Counter China’s Coercive Belt and Road Diplomacy” at 2:00 p.m. ET on June 14. Geoffrey Pyatt, assistant secretary, Bureau of Energy Resources U.S. Department of State; Arun Venkataraman, assistant secretary of Commerce for Global Markets, and director general, U.S. and Foreign Commercial…


LIVE NOW: House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on ‘US Efforts to Counter China’s Coercive Belt and Road Diplomacy’

The House Foreign Affairs Committee holds a hearing on “Assessing U.S. Efforts to Counter China’s Coercive Belt and Road Diplomacy” at 2:00 p.m. ET on June 14. Geoffrey Pyatt, assistant secretary, Bureau of Energy Resources U.S. Department of State; Arun Venkataraman, assistant secretary of Commerce for Global Markets, and director general, U.S. and Foreign Commercial…


LIVE 2 PM ET: Sen. Cassidy Holds Press Conference on Student Loan Bill

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) leads a press conference at 2:00 p.m. ET on June 14 on a bill to help cut college costs and debt. …


Sen. Cassidy Holds Press Conference on Student Loan Bill

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) leads a press conference at 2:00 p.m. ET on June 14 on a bill to help cut college costs and debt. …


Federal Regulator Sounds Alarm on Declining Electric Grid Reliability

The commissioners of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) sounded the alarm on a deteriorating U.S. grid in a House hearing on June 13. At one point, Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) asked the commissioners a yes-or-no question: “Has electric reliability worsened or improved over the past three years?” The first answer came from acting FERC…


IRS Banned From Buying Guns With Taxpayer Funds Under New Bill

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) announced a bill Tuesday that would bar the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from providing arms and ammunition to agents with taxpayer money. The measure would prohibit the federal tax agency from purchasing, receiving, or storing guns and ammunition, according to Ernst’s office. Under the bill, ammunition and firearms that are currently…


Contingent of Republicans Weigh Defunding DOJ Over Mistreatment of Jan. 6 Prisoners

During a field hearing on the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, a contingent of House Republicans weighed using the power of the purse to respond to alleged civil rights violations of Jan. 6 prisoners and defendants. The hearing, hosted in the Capitol Visitor Center and open to the public, focused on the investigations, prosecutions, and targeting of…


Big Pharma Owns Congress, Says Former Congresswoman

The COVID-19 pandemic has woken Americans up to a stark truth: Our health system doesn’t always have our best interests at heart. And worse, the same is true for most of our elected officials in Congress, who are lobbied extensively by big pharma. The one institution designed to protect Americans from predatory drug companies is…


[PREMIERING NOW] Big Pharma Owns Congress, Says Former Congresswoman

The COVID-19 pandemic has woken Americans up to a stark truth: Our health system doesn’t always have our best interests at heart. And worse, the same is true for most of our elected officials in Congress, who are lobbied extensively by big pharma. The one institution designed to protect Americans from predatory drug companies is…


FBI Deputy Director Defends Redactions in Document Given to Congress Alleging Biden Bribery Scheme

FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate has admitted that the agency redacted parts of a document it handed over to Republican lawmakers last week that the GOP says contained references to alleged audio recordings between a Burisma executive and President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. Abbate made the admission during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on June 13 while being questioned…