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LIVE 3 PM ET: Rep. Biggs and Other Congressional Members Release Articles of Impeachment Against Homeland Security Secretary

U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), joined by 15 other Congressional members, will unveil his 118th Congress impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at the House Triangle at 3:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 1. Biggs was the first member of Congress to introduce articles of impeachment against Mayorkas, introducing them in August 2021…


LIVE NOW: Rep. Biggs and Other Congressional Members Release Articles of Impeachment Against Homeland Security Secretary

U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), joined by 15 other Congressional members, will unveil his 118th Congress impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at the House Triangle at 3:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 1. Biggs was the first member of Congress to introduce articles of impeachment against Mayorkas, introducing them in August 2021…


Rep. Biggs and Other Congressional Members Release Articles of Impeachment Against Homeland Security Secretary

U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), joined by 15 other Congressional members, will unveil his 118th Congress impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at the House Triangle at 3:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 1. Biggs was the first member of Congress to introduce articles of impeachment against Mayorkas, introducing them in August 2021…


New Chair Daines Boosts Hill Committee’s Voice in Republican Primaries

The new leader of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) seems to be following through on his pledge to do more to build a Republican Senate majority—a move that could have significant downstream implications for former President Donald Trump’s influence on the Grand Old Party. “I’m looking forward to working with one of our top…


DHS Will Allow Border Agents to Testify on Border Crisis After Subpoena Threats

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will allow two chief border patrol agents to testify before a Congressional hearing on the U.S. border crisis, after initially trying to “muzzle” them, according to Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.). In a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Comer highlighted how DHS leadership sought to prevent the chief border…


A US House Committee Resolution ‘Condemns Horrors of Socialism’

A House Committee on Rules hearing on Tuesday on H. CON. RES. 9, a resolution titled “Denouncing the Horrors of Socialism,” became a civil and intense discussion and debate on the merits of capitalism and free enterprise and the evils and destructive influence of a system of state and public-owned means of production, and also the horrors of…


Durenberger, Former US Senator From Minnesota, Dies at 88

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Former U.S. Senator David Durenberger, a Minnesota Republican, died Tuesday at age 88. Durenberger’s health had declined in recent months, his longtime spokesperson Tom Horner said. Horner told The Associated Press that Durenberger died Tuesday morning of natural causes. He was at his St. Paul home surrounded by family. Durenberger—a former executive secretary…


Republican Senators Demand Action on the Economy, Tenacious Foreign Policy

Senate Republicans harshly criticized President Joe Biden’s economic policies. They made it clear that the key to addressing their concerns is to negotiate an increase of the debt ceiling with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). At a press conference after the Senate Republicans’ weekly policy lunch, minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he…


GOP Pushes Stricter China Export Control, Cites Lax Enforcement

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the new chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is pushing for stricter enforcement of export controls on sensitive technologies that the Chinese military could access. In a Jan. 13 letter (pdf) to the U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, McCaul further requested licensing data that the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry…


House Republicans Pass Bill Ending Health Care Worker Vaccine Mandate

Now back in the majority, House Republicans on Jan. 31 passed a series of bills related to the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines. The GOP majority in the lower chamber took up two COVID-19 bills on Tuesday, with many others still on the docket for possible consideration later this year. The first bill would officially declare…