Speaker Mike Johnson Rejects Calls to Defund Special Counsel Jack Smith

The speaker is considering other ways of holding the special counsel accountable for his ‘lawfare’ against President Trump. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will not target defunding special counsel Jack Smith despite calls from within his conference to do so. After soundly defeating an attempted ousting led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on May

IRS Announces Interest Rates for Underpayment of Taxes for 3rd Quarter 2024

The IRS also said recently that taxpayers can still claim over $1 billion in unclaimed funds for the 2020 tax year. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced what its various interest rates will be for the third quarter of 2024, including the rate applied for underpayment of taxes. The Internal Revenue Code requires the

Trump: Hush Money Case ‘Should Be a Mistrial’

Former President Donald Trump said before heading into a New York City courtroom on Friday morning that he believes the so-called hush money court proceedings against him “should be a mistrial.” President Trump also read passages from an article by legal expert Jonathan Turley, who said the case was “a joke” and accused prosecut… Original

House Judiciary Committee‘s Field Hearing on ‘The Biden Border Crisis: Arizona Perspectives’

The House Judiciary Committee holds a field hearing at 12:00 p.m. ET on May 10 in Sahuarita, Arizona, on “The Biden Border Crisis: Arizona Perspectives” to examine the effects of the current southwest border crisis on Arizona’s residents and communities. Witnesses: Chris Clem, Retired Chief Border Patrol Agent Jim Chilton, Ranc… Original News Source Link

Lawmakers Want to Use the US Rewards Program to End the CCP’s Forced Organ Harvesting

‘Forced organ harvesting is an atrocity,’ lawmakers wrote in a letter condemning the illicit organ trade in China. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the Biden administration to seek firsthand evidence to help stop the illicit organ trade in China, where the communist regime is reportedly killing prisoners of conscience to sustain its transplant

House Ethics Committee Probing GOP Reps. Ronny Jackson, Wesley Hunt

Neither lawmaker has been indicted for any crime. The House Ethics Committee announced on May 9 it has opened inquiries into Reps. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) and Wesley Hunt (R-Texas). Neither lawmaker has been indicted for any crime. “The committee notes that the mere fact of a referral or an extension, and the mandatory disclosure of

Biden Administration Hands Down Record Amount of Regulations in April

‘Bidenomics is a form of state capitalism,’ Steve Hanke, economics professor at Johns Hopkins University, stated. The Biden administration set a major milestone in April, mandating more regulations in a single week than were enacted during both terms of the Obama administration, a new report says. According to the April 22 ‘Week in Regulation’ report