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Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Republican-led House Oversight Committee will hold a hearing on UFOs, officially called unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), next week. Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., announced on Twitter that the session is scheduled for July 26. The hearing comes after Republican lawmakers have promised to look deeper into UAPs following unconfirmed claims from […]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Led by Republicans, the House on Thursday approved several controversial amendments to the annual National Defense Authorization Act — guaranteeing a fight with Democrats during final passage, which Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he expects to be on Friday. With more votes to come Thursday night, the House approved changes to the […]

Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Secret Service on Thursday will give a classified briefing to members and staff of the Republican-led House Oversight Committee on the cocaine found in the White House West Wing earlier this month, a spokesman for the agency confirmed to ABC News. Committee chair James Comer, R-Ky., said the […]

Jeremy Woodhouse/Getty Images (DES MOINES, Iowa) — The Iowa Legislature on Tuesday night passed legislation that would restrict abortion, now sending the bill to Gov. Kim Reynolds after 14 hours of committee meetings and testimony from the public. Lawmakers kicked off a special session Tuesday morning with the “sole purpose” of passing the legislation. “The […]

U.S. House of Representatives (WASHINGTON) — In a a rare move, the House passed a censure resolution along party lines on Wednesday night against Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. — punishing one of the chamber’s own members and inflaming rhetoric on both sides of the aisle. The vote was 213-209, with Republicans voting yes, Democrats voting no […]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., slammed the House Freedom Caucus and hardline conservatives for blocking a procedural vote pertaining to gas stove legislation last week amid their ongoing battle with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, invoking his ailing daughter to make his point. Referencing his daughter fighting cancer, […]

J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The powerful House Oversight Committee is in the “early stages” of preparing a hearing on UFOs in the wake of unconfirmed claims from a former intelligence official that the U.S. has allegedly found crashed alien spacecraft — an account the Pentagon says is unsubstantiated. Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., was […]

ANDREY DENISYUK/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A deal to raise the debt ceiling faces a crucial vote in the House Wednesday night, the next step in averting a potential default now just days away. The bill, titled the “Fiscal Responsibility Act,” cleared its first major hurdle Tuesday when the House Rules Committee advanced the bill in […]

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House of Representatives is expected to consider a Democratic resolution to expel Rep. George Santos from Congress. When the House reconvenes at 5 p.m., Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., will offer his resolution to expel Santos from the chamber. But Republicans aren’t expected to vote on the […]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Wednesday denounced as “anonymous innuendo” a subpoena issued by the powerful House Oversight Committee demanding the FBI produce a record related to an alleged “criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national.” The subpoena, was which was obtained by ABC News, was […]