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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Friday accused two congressmen of revealing the names of “completely random people” in relation to the Justice Department’s (DOJ) investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) have been at the forefront of a bipartisan push to release all of the files…

House Judiciary Committee and Oversight Committee Democrats launched a joint investigation into the Justice Department on Friday after Attorney General Pam Bondi was spotted reviewing a summary of a lawmaker’s searches of the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files. The letter demands the Department of Justice (DOJ) “immediately cease tracking Members’ review of the Epstein files” and…

Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee on Friday released text for the farm bill and announced they will mark up the bill on Feb. 23 — with the framework drawing immediate criticism from the top Democrat on the panel who accused Republicans of filling the package with poison pills. “A new farm bill is long…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Friday called for leaders around the world to champion the working class and knocked the Trump administration’s foreign policy moves, bringing her progressive vision to the global stage at the annual Munich Security Conference as chatter builds about her political future. The New York congresswoman took part in a panel…

Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) on Friday slammed a crypto super PAC’s plans to spend $1.5 million to oppose him, arguing that lawmakers “cannot allow the crypto industry to own Congress.” “They’re going to do whatever they can to maintain their dominance that they have with some members of Congress, but not with me,” Green said Friday in a

A former UK ambassador has been summoned to testify before Congress over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  Two members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform requested testimony from Peter Mandelson in a Friday email to the former British official as part of the panel’s investigation into Epstein’s activities.  Ranking…