Politics

Top Republican lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to Boston University President Robert Brown this week, requesting information about recently published research showing scientists created a new strain of COVID-19.  Researchers with the university’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) set out to compare the omicron variant to the original strain of COVID-19. They created …

The discussion surrounding gun control in the United States is a core issue for some voters heading to the ballot box this November. At the center of this debate are various political and judicial interpretations regarding the Second Amendment’s “right to bear arms” and whether legislation designed to curb mass shootings supersedes those constitutional guarantees.  Gun control generally refers to …

President Joe Biden will make three virtual appearances at campaign events Wednesday, in an effort to campaign for some of the House’s most vulnerable Democratic candidates less than two weeks before the 2022 midterm elections. Biden’s first appearance is set to take place Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., where he will participate in a virtual event for Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Penn.  …

House Republican Conference chairwoman Elise Stefanik of New York vowed to haul disgraced former Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in front of Congress over the nursing home deaths under his watch if the GOP retakes the House in the November midterm elections. Stefanik made the pledge on Monday while speaking in front of a Rensselaer County nursing home that …

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner this week praised former President Donald Trump’s strong stand against TikTok’s ties to communist China. Warner, D-Va., told an Australian newspaper Tuesday during a visit to the country that TikTok posed privacy and national security concerns to the American public. “This is not something you would normally hear me say, but Donald Trump was …

Former President Trump has been subpoenaed by the special House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, but much remains uncertain about what happens next.  A source close to the Jan. 6 committee says that Trump is in the driver’s seat. The former president can either comply with the subpoena and provide an interview to the …

More than half a million fentanyl pills were nabbed by Arizona Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials in one port of entry alone in a single weekend, as the U.S. looks to tackle an ongoing opioid crisis. CBP in Nogales, Arizona announced that on Saturday it stopped three loads of fentanyl, including 114,800 pills in a dashboard and 297,000 pills …

FIRST ON FOX: House Oversight Committee Republicans are demanding information from the FBI about Hunter Biden’s business partner’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party and her successful infiltration into President Biden’s family’s affairs, which they say jeopardizes national security. James Comer, R-Ky., sent a letter to FBI Director Chris Wray Wednesday morning stating that committee Republicans have documents that “reveal …

Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s campaign is alleging that the closed captioning system used to assist the Democrat in Tuesday’s debate against Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz was slow and full of errors, a claim the debate host refutes. Fetterman is recovering from a stroke he suffered in May and has since struggled with auditory processing issues and speaking clearly ever …

The campaign for John Fetterman, a Democrat seeking to represent Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate, is going on the offensive following Tuesday night’s debate with Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz. Immediately after the debate, Joe Calvello, Fetterman’s communications director, participated in a press conference where he told reporters the campaign was excited about Fetterman’s “great” performance. “For a guy who was …