Category: Politics

Potential Romney Rival Raises More Than $2 Million After Launching Exploratory Committee

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) hasn’t officially announced whether he will run for a second term, but if he does run, he may have a well-known and well-financed primary opponent in Utah state Rep. Brad Wilson, speaker of the Utah House of Representatives. In April, Mr. Wilson announced that he is exploring a run for the…


FBI Director Says He Was ‘Aghast’ at Agency Memo Targeting ‘Radical Traditionalist Catholics’

FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress on Wednesday that he was “aghast” when he learned of an internal memo targeting Catholic communities as extremists. In February, a leaked January 2023 memo from the Richmond Field Office in Virginia showed that the agency had taken an interest in traditionalist and Latin Mass Catholic parishes, saying that…


DeSantis Says He Won’t Be Trump’s White House Running Mate

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) said he would not join former President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential bid if he were to lose his own 2024 campaign, according to remarks he gave during a podcast on Tuesday. “I don’t think I’m a No. 2 guy. I think I’m a leader, governor of Florida. I’ve accomplished a lot,”…


LIVE 2 PM ET: Border Security Subcommittee Holds Hearing on ‘Fighting the Flow of Fentanyl From the Southwest Border’

The House Homeland Security Committee Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee holds a hearing on “Protecting the U.S. Homeland: Fighting the Flow of Fentanyl from the Southwest Border” at 2 p.m. ET on July 12. …


Border Security Subcommittee Holds Hearing on ‘Fighting the Flow of Fentanyl From the Southwest Border’

The House Homeland Security Committee Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee holds a hearing on “Protecting the U.S. Homeland: Fighting the Flow of Fentanyl from the Southwest Border” at 2 p.m. ET on July 12. …


LIVE NOW: Border Security Subcommittee Holds Hearing on ‘Fighting the Flow of Fentanyl From the Southwest Border’

The House Homeland Security Committee Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee holds a hearing on “Protecting the U.S. Homeland: Fighting the Flow of Fentanyl from the Southwest Border” at 2 p.m. ET on July 12. …


FBI Helped Ukraine’s Intel Service Flag US Government Account as ‘Disinformation’: House Report

A verified U.S. State Department account got caught up in a Ukrainian intelligence service’s efforts to suppress alleged Russian disinformation on social media, according to a new report (pdf) by the House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. According to the new committee report, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) forwarded to the…


Experts Warn Private Real Estate Deals Offer Low-Income Homebuyers False Hope

Many aspiring homeowners see a land contract as the answer to their prayers, but mortgage experts and lawyers say they almost always result in financial calamity. “Land contracts and leases with option to buy are both costly and destructive detours that diminish the likelihood that consumers entering these contracts will ever own a home,” said…


Private Real Estate Deals Offer Low-Income Homebuyers False Hope, Experts Warn

Many aspiring homeowners see a land contract as the answer to their prayers, although mortgage experts and lawyers say they almost always result in financial calamity. “Land contracts and leases with an option to buy are both costly and destructive detours that diminish the likelihood that consumers entering these contracts will ever own a home,”…


NIH Officials Exerted ‘Undue Influence’ in Downplaying COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory: House Report

Officials with the National Institutes of Health exerted “undue influence” in downplaying the theory that COVID-19 was the result of a lab leak, according to a report released on July 11 by the Republican majority on the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. The lengthy report (pdf) is the result of the Select Subcommittee viewing over 8,000…