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Jim Jordan cheers Wray resignation, but says he’s not done probing his FBI tenure
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, signaled he is not finished with his oversight of FBI Director Christopher Wray’s handling of the bureau, even after the intelligence official announced he was stepping down. Jordan said Wray’s resignation was ‘great’ news and lambasted his handling of the FBI in comments…
Read More »Republicans looking for new ways to force through China crackdowns left out of yearly defense bill
After a number of key legislative priorities related to cracking down on China failed to make it into the yearly defense bill, Republicans are working on ways to get them signed into law before the end of the year. On Wednesday, the House will vote on the sprawling 2025 National…
Read More »Patel ‘ready to serve’ as FBI director, seeks ‘smooth transition’ after Wray resignation news
President-elect Trump’s pick for FBI director, Kash Patel, said Wednesday that he is seeking a ‘smooth transition’ to replace Christopher Wray, who had announced just moments earlier that he plans to step down from his post leading the bureau at the end of the Biden administration. ‘I look forward to…
Read More »New Trump-aligned committee chair pledges ‘colonoscopy’ of State Department spending
The incoming chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is pledging a thorough accounting of how taxpayer dollars have been used by the State Department when he takes the reins of the influential panel next year. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., is expected to take the helm from current Chair Michael…
Read More »FBI Director Wray is out. Don’t tear down the Bureau next. Make it great again
It’s been painful to see the FBI I served with pride for over 24 years be transformed into a political weapon by idealogues and anti-Trump partisans. Now the FBI faces the prospect of a new director who has a mandate to dramatically change how the FBI exercises the powers entrusted…
Read More »Trump says Wray resignation ‘great day for America,’ touts Kash Patel as ‘most qualified’ to lead FBI
President-elect Trump said Christopher Wray’s resignation is a ‘great day for America,’ telling Fox News Digital it ‘will end the weaponization’ of the FBI, while touting his nominee Kash Patel as the ‘most qualified’ to lead the bureau. Wray announced Wednesday afternoon his plans to resign in January 2025. ‘The…
Read More »Return of Trump gives families of Gaza hostages new hope
It has been nearly 14 months since my brother-in-law, Omri Miran, was taken hostage by Hamas during the devastating attacks of Oct. 7, 2023. These have been months of anguish and uncertainty for my family and for the families of the 100 individuals still held captive after Hamas kidnapped 251…
Read More »Hakeem Jeffries says he’s ‘prepared to find common ground’ with Trump next year
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., pledged to try to find agreement with President-elect Trump when the Republican takes power next year. ‘Democrats have consistently made clear that we are ready, willing and able, to find bipartisan common ground with the incoming administration on any issue,’ Jeffries said during his…
Read More »Mast blasts Blinken over ‘tens of billions’ of US taxpayer dollars sent to Taliban post-Afghanistan withdrawal
Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., excoriated Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the estimated ‘tens of billions’ of U.S. taxpayer dollars he says have been sent to the Taliban since U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan. Mast, who was selected a day earlier to become the new chair of the House Foreign…
Read More »Republican military vets in Congress are on a mission to get Hegseth confirmed
– More than 30 House Republicans who are military veterans are expressing their ‘strong support’ for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s nominee for Defense Secretary. In a letter to Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, the incoming Senate majority leader, and Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer, the current majority leader, the…
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