Democrats on Wednesday pressured Republicans to identify the criminal conduct underlying their probe into President Biden in a hearing scheduled amid rising GOP doubts about the future of their impeachment investigation.
Wednesday’s Oversight Committee hearing was relatively fireworks-free, for a panel known for dishing up some of Congress’s most eyebrow raising moments, and proceeded even as Hunter Biden declined to participate.
Republicans left an empty se...
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‘That hearing was embarrassing’: White House bashes GOP for not dropping impeachment inquiry
The White House on Wednesday bashed House Republicans for not dropping the impeachment inquiry into President Biden, calling the hearing earlier that day embarrassing for them.
“That hearing was embarrassing for House Republicans. A total waste of time. It’s time to move on from this sad charade. There are real issues the American people want us to address,” White House spokesperson for investigations Ian Sams said in a statement.
The White House has been pu...
House’s largest conservative caucus calls for increase in retirement age
The Republican Study Committee (RSC), which comprises nearly 80 percent of all House Republicans, called for an increase in the retirement age in its budget proposal released Wednesday.
The RSC budget proposes raising that age for those who are not near retirement “to account for increases in life expectancy.” The budget did not provide specifics.
The budget also proposes limiting and phasing out auxiliary benefits for “high income earners.”
Withou...
Evening Report — Plenty of theatrics, little news from latest House hearing over Hunter Biden’s business dealings
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US drops off list of happiest countries for first time
(NEXSTAR) – The grass may indeed be greener on the other side – or at least in 22 other countries around the world. The United States dropped to 23rd place in the annual World Happiness Report released Wednesday.
It's the first time ever the U.S. has been outside the top 20 list in the report's 12-year history.
The drop in America's happiness score was due in part to a big drop in the wellbeing of young people. If you just look at the happiness of...
Freedom Caucus votes to remove Ken Buck
The House Freedom Caucus voted to remove Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) from the group Tuesday night, three members of the conservative group told The Hill, a dismissal that comes days before he is set to retire from Congress.
One of the Freedom Caucus members, who requested anonymity to discuss the internal proceedings, said the group decided to oust Buck because he has not been a member in “good standing” and has not regularly attended meetings of the body “in months.”
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U.S. hits all-time low in world happiness ranking
Story at a glance
- A report published Wednesday ranked the United States as the 23rd happiest on the planet.
- The World Happiness Report ranked 143 countries on well-being and happiness.
- This is the first year the U.S. has not made it into the top 20 happiest countries in the report.
The United States fell to a new low in a world happiness ranking partly because of ...
Nostalgic for the Trump years? That’s because his draconian budget cuts never passed.
A New York Times poll released this month revealed that more voters believe Donald Trump’s policies benefitted them personally than feel that way about Joe Biden’s policies. We have news for these Americans. The policies you miss are actually Barack Obama’s.
Yes, President Trump passed a massive tax cut for large corporations and the wealthiest Americans. Those voters may rightly cheer the boost to their pocketbook. But what really helped everyone else was that Trump was unabl...
Trump calls Milley a ‘loser’ after hearing on Afghanistan withdrawal
Former President Trump called retired Gen. Mark Milley, former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a “loser” Wednesday after a hearing on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“Mark Milley is a loser who shamed us in Afghanistan and elsewhere!” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
This is far from the first time Trump has lashed out at his appointee.
Milley has become a critic of Trump and referred to him as a “wannabe dictator” in his retirement ...
Parnas calls out GOP rep at hearing for ‘doing the bidding’ of Russia
Lev Parnas, a convicted former aide to Rudy Giuliani, named members of Congress on Wednesday he alleged were “doing the bidding” of Russia by attempting to dig up “dirt” on President Biden during his 2020 campaign.
At a GOP-led House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing titled “Influence Peddling: Examining Joe Biden’s Abuse of Public Office,” Parnas named Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) during his testimony as collaborators i...