Members of the House Freedom Caucus on Friday outlined the conditions necessary to attain their vote for a raise on the national debt limit, including setting a cap on discretionary spending for 10 years, stopping President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan, and pulling back the $80 billion approved late last year to expand the Internal Revenue Service.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, is hoping to send illegal migrants to college for free, with taxpayers footing the bill that could cost around $1.2 million in the first year.
Following the train derailment in Ohio last month, there was something of a groundswell among some Republicans calling for Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to resign. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) was among those calling for that, while a group of House Republicans introduced a resolution, later withdrawn, calling for Buttigieg to step down.
Inspectors General from the Labor Department, Treasury Department, and Small Business Administration (SBA)testified on Covid-19 relief funding to the House Oversight Committee, stating that billions of dollars were lost through "fraud" and "waste" in what was "the biggest fraud in a generation."
House Republicans have called the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to testify on political interference by the Biden administration in its Covid-19 vaccine and booster approval process.
Former CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield reveals in a resurfaced interview that gain-of-function research has been conducted on bird flu viruses and expresses concern that society should debate the safety and responsibility of such research, with a coming bird flu pandemic predicted to be worse than COVID-19 and requiring a proportional investment in national security preparedness.
The U.S. Special Operations forces are reportedly considering using deepfakes as a weapon of war or propaganda tool, according to federal procurement documents cited by an Intercept report.