Congressman Clay Higgins (R-La.), a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, criticized the Democrats on the committee for boycotting a field hearing on the border in Pharr, Texas, on Wednesday. The highest-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), announced on Tuesday that the Democratic side of the committee would not…

Members of the House Jan. 6 Committee have announced that the panel will make several criminal referrals to the Department of Justice (DOJ) before its dissolution in January. Over the past several months, the panel has attempted to present a criminal case against President Donald Trump, contending that the Jan. 6 Capitol breach was the…

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told the House Jan. 6 committee to preserve the findings, including ones that are not included in the committee’s final report. Several top lawmakers on the House Jan. 6 panel have signaled that the final report will be released before the new Congress takes over in early 2023. With…

Mississippi officials confirmed that it was hit with a cyber-attack on state election websites on Tuesday. “Yesterday, our offices confirmed an abnormally large increase in traffic volume due to DDoS activity, which caused the public-facing side of our websites to be periodically inaccessible,” Secretary of State Michael Watson said in a press release on Wednesday….

As the finger-pointing over what caused the summer water crisis continues in Jackson, Mississippi, a proponent of the free market and individual liberty examines how local and national media coverage concocted two culprits—racism and climate change—to fit a narrative disparaging to the state while downplaying what he said is the true cause: incompetence. For Douglas…

The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Sept. 29 met with the House of Representatives panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Ginni Thomas, who was in communication after the 2020 election with then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and a lawyer who advocated for delaying the electoral…

The House Jan. 6 Committee on July 15 issued a subpoena to the Secret Service after it was informed about some text messages that were erased under the agency. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chair of the committee, said in a letter (pdf) that it is seeking “relevant text messages, as well as any after action reports…

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, recently urged his supporters to follow his TikTok, the popular Chinese video-sharing app that has drawn national security concerns. “Follow my new account on TikTok. (benniegthompson),” Thompson wrote on Twitter on July 1. At the time of writing, the Democratic lawmaker had 63 followers…

Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, will answer questions from the House of Representatives panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. “I can’t wait to clear up misconceptions. I look forward to talking to them,” Ginni Thomas told the Daily Caller on June 16. She did not…

The House of Representatives panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol has stopped trying to get the courts to order the Republican National Committee (RNC) and its vendor to hand over documents before a round of upcoming public hearings. “The Select Committee recognizes that the Salesforce documentation will not be available…