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Doug Burgum clears crucial hurdle in bid to become Interior secretary
The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted Thursday, Jan. 23, 18-2 to recommend the Republican’s ...
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Does the House Intelligence chair’s ouster portend future power moves?
House Speaker Mike Johnson replaced Rep. Mike Turner as chair of the House Intelligence Committee with Rep. Rick Crawford, citing a desire for “fresh horses” and not directly involving ...
Senate confirms John Ratcliffe as Trump’s CIA director
The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe to lead the Central Intelligence Agency in overwhelming bipartisan fashion, making him the second member of President Trump’s national security team ...
Jeffries: Trump release of violent Jan. 6 felons ‘undermines public safety’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) hammered President Trump on Thursday for pardoning those charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, warning that the liberation of hundreds ...
GOP lawmakers launch congressional investigation into New Year’s Day attacks
Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley (Iowa) and Ron Johnson (Wis.) are launching a probe into the deadly New Year’s Day attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas. “The public deserves complete ...
Senate confirms John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving Trump his 2nd Cabinet member
Ratcliffe said that if confirmed, he would push the CIA to do more to harness technologies such as AI and quantum computing while expanding use of human intelligence collection. Democrats raised ...