Archives for March 2023

A dozen House Republicans led by North Carolina's Virginia Foxx on Friday blasted a Biden administration proposal the lawmakers said would gut protections for faith-based student groups. … [Read more...] about Republicans, religious freedom advocates oppose rollback of faith-based student group protections

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that Republicans need a candidate who can take out Donald Trump in a single, brutal swipe like the one Christie delivered to a different rival in 2016. … [Read more...] about Chris Christie: GOP needs someone who can quickly take down Trump

House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul said Monday that he has signed a subpoena to force the State Department to turn over a secret cable revealing diplomats' urgent plea to Secretary of State Antony Blinken in 2021 not to follow through on President Biden's troop-withdrawal plans. … [Read more...] about House GOP to subpoena State Department for secret Afghanistan documents

The House voted 413-2 Monday in favor of a measure to sanction China's trade in human organs. … [Read more...] about Near-unanimous House votes to sanction China for organ harvesting, two GOP members dissent

House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan is probing an unannounced, in-person visit by the IRS to the home of Matt Taibbi on the same day the "Twitter Files" journalist warned of a sprawling "censorship industrial complex" in testimony before the subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government. … [Read more...] about IRS sent agent to Twitter Files journalist’s home on day of House weaponization committee testimony