Category: Executive Branch

House Administration Committee Hearing on ‘Oversight of the US Capitol Police Office of Inspector General’

The House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight holds a hearing on “Oversight of the U.S. Capitol Police Office of Inspector General” at 2:00 p.m. ET on July 19. United States Capitol Police Inspector General Mr. Ron Russo will testify. …


LIVE 2 PM ET: House Administration Committee Hearing on ‘Oversight of the US Capitol Police Office of Inspector General’

The House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight holds a hearing on “Oversight of the U.S. Capitol Police Office of Inspector General” at 2:00 p.m. ET on July 19. United States Capitol Police Inspector General Mr. Ron Russo will testify. …


LIVE NOW: House Administration Committee Hearing on ‘Oversight of the US Capitol Police Office of Inspector General’

The House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight holds a hearing on “Oversight of the U.S. Capitol Police Office of Inspector General” at 2:00 p.m. ET on July 19. United States Capitol Police Inspector General Mr. Ron Russo will testify. …


US Government Suspends Funding to Wuhan Laboratory Over Risky Experiments

President Joe Biden’s administration has suspended funding to the laboratory in China located in the same city where COVID-19 cases were first identified, according to a new document. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is cutting off the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s access to U.S. grants, an HHS official said in a…


LIVE 1 PM ET: IRS Whistleblowers Testify on ‘Biden Criminal Investigation’ at House Oversight Committee Hearing

A whistleblower, IRS criminal investigator X, and IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley testify to the House Oversight Committee in a hearing on “the Biden Criminal Investigation” at 1:00 p.m. ET on July 19.     …


LIVE NOW: IRS Whistleblowers Testify on ‘Biden Criminal Investigation’ at House Oversight Committee Hearing

A whistleblower, IRS criminal investigator X, and IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley testify to the House Oversight Committee in a hearing on “the Biden Criminal Investigation” at 1:00 p.m. ET on July 19.     …


Israeli-Owned Spyware Firms Blacklisted by US Commerce Department Over National Security Risks

The U.S. Commerce Department has placed two European-based Israeli-owned spyware companies on its trade blacklist, citing national security concerns. Intellexa S.A. in Greece and its entity Intellexa Limited in Ireland, and Cytrox AD in North Macedonia, along with its entity Cytrox Holdings Crt in Hungary, were added to the technology export blacklist, the Commerce Department…


House GOP Looks to Reform Endangered Species Act

Rolling back the regulatory restraints and costs imposed on industry and agriculture by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) has been among conservative objectives since the 1990s. With the ESA in 2023 marking the 50th year since it was adopted under President Richard Nixon and a GOP-led Congress, a House Republican working group is developing proposed…


Merrick Garland and DOJ Sued for Not Requiring Hunter Biden to Register as a Foreign Agent

A lawsuit was filed Tuesday against Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice (DOJ) in regard to allegations that the agency failed to enforce having Hunter Biden register as a foreign agent. America First Legal, a conservative group, said in its suit that the DOJ and Mr. Garland had an obligation to enforce…


Biden Administration Is Slow-Walking Taiwan Arms Sales, Holding Back on China Sanctions, House GOP Says

The Biden administration is slow-walking approvals for $19 billion in Taiwan weapons purchases and not aggressively imposing congressionally-mandated sanctions on Chinese companies because it fears angering the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), several Republicans claimed during a July 18 House hearing on the State Department’s proposed Fiscal Year 2024 Eastern Asia and Pacific budget. That fear…