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House Iran Human Rights co-chairs condemn recent surge in Iranian executions
A report by Amnesty International found that executions in Iran had reached an eight-year high in 2023, after the country executed 853 individuals. But in the span of just 10 days, another 37 have been executed, the congressmen noted.
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Chairman Jordan presses Wray for data on FBI's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion hiring practices
"We understand that the FBI has struggled with attracting enough qualified applicants from all desired target groups to sustain its mission This is likely due to the FBI re-focusing its recruitment efforts on DEI statistics," Jordan wrote in the letter to Wray.
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Bernie Sanders announces bid for fourth Senate term
The liberal politician, who has been in Congress for more than 40 years, is a stalwart in Democratic politics. Sanders has spent his career fighting for more government-funded healthcare, higher taxes for the elite, finding solutions for climate change, and less military intervention.
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House GOP schedules Tuesday vote on Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act
The bill allows DOE to "grant a petition to revoke or amend energy conservation standards" under certain circumstances
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Johnson calls on Columbia University's Board of Trustees to fire President Shafik
'They’ve allowed outside agitators and terrorist-sympathizing students and faculty to rewrite campus rules and spew vile, anti-Jewish aggression,' Johnson says of Shafik and Columbia's administrators
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Congress to leverage 'power of the purse,' taking aim at Big Education amid ugly campus riots
A growing number of lawmakers urge cutting federal funds to universities, eliminating tenure and revoking tax-exemptions for groups that fund hatred.
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Comer calls to cut funding to federal agencies that obstruct congressional investigations
The House Oversight committee cited the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Department of Energy (DOE), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Department of Defense (DoD), as among those who failed to comply with the requests.
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House lawmakers are questioning whether NIH is still funding Russian research
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., is leading the effort.
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CBS challenges Rep. Nehls' combat service record
Rep. Troy Nehls, the investigation found, had received one Bronze Star, but not two as he has previously claimed.
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House Oversight Chairman Comer says the 'antisemitic wing' has taken over the Democratic Party
Comer said members of the House Oversight Committee would “follow the money trail to see if there are outside groups that are paying for the activity.”
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House China panel requests FTC investigation into whether TikTok violated child privacy laws
TikTok had sent a pop-up message to users on the app that the committee claimed contained "verifiably false information" in a last-ditch effort to stop Congress from passing the "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Application Act," last month.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene: Democrat support for Johnson a 'dangerous signal'
"I'm not going to allow the Republican speaker that I elected to continue to pass Joe Biden's agenda which includes funding the Department of Justice, which is trying to put President Trump in jail for the rest of his life," Greene said.
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Gaetz posts video of former prosecutor who investigated Trump pleading the fifth under questioning
The video was reportedly recorded during a closed session of the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government in May 2023.