House Ethics trial for Cherfilus-McCormick postponed as lawmaker seeks new lawyer

The House Ethics Committee has postponed its planned public trial for Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick — the Florida Democrat facing accusations that she stole millions in FEMA funding — to later this month. A hearing of an adjudicatory subcommittee of the Ethics panel was pushed from this Thursday to March 26 after the lawmaker’s “counsel in

Comer asks Bill Gates, others for transcribed interviews on Epstein

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) is requesting voluntary testimony from seven additional people as part of the committee’s investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  Those Comer sent letters to include Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Gateway, Inc. founder Ted Waitt and private equity investor Leon Black. All three…

Bill Gates, Kathryn Ruemmler among new targets in House Oversight’s Epstein investigation investigation

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is making a new round of requests for interviews in its long-running Jeffrey Epstein investigation — this time targeting billionaire tech entrepreneur Bill Gates and Kathryn Ruemmler, the former White House counsel under President Barack Obama and the exiting top lawyer at Goldman Sachs. Oversight Chair James Comer

Trump endorses candidate for Montana House seat following Zinke’s retirement

President Trump on Tuesday endorsed a Montana radio host who launched his House campaign just more than an hour after Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) announced he was retiring from Congress. “It is my Great Honor to endorse Aaron Flint, who is running to represent the tremendous people of Montana’s 1st Congressional District,” Trump wrote on…

Former White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler called to testify in House Oversight’s Epstein investigation

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is requesting that Kathryn Ruemmler, the former White House counsel under President Barack Obama and the exiting top lawyer at Goldman Sachs, speak with investigators about her relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Ruemmler will soon resign from Goldman Sachs amid the mounting scrutiny over her close