HISTORICAL FACTS: 29 - Caught on Camera

Biden’s classified-document headache worsens with second batch

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s efforts to quell a controversy over classified documents in his private possession became more difficult after aides discovered a second set, a development that will intensify scrutiny of the president.

Tribune News Service · Jan 12, 2023

US House Republicans announce investigation into President Biden

The new Republican majority in the US House of Representatives have requested information from Twitter, Treasury Dept.

Al Jazeera · Jan 11, 2023

Biden 'surprised' to learn classified government records found at old office

President Joe Biden said Tuesday he was surprised when informed that government records were found by his attorneys at his former office space in Washington. He was asked about the issue after the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee requested that the US intelligence conduct a “damage assessment” of…

France 24 · Jan 11, 2023

Kevin McCarthy's fast start: Big Tech is a top target for GOP majority

He plans a quick spate of red-meat actions and announcements to reward hardliners who backed him

Axios · Jan 9, 2023

Rep. Comer "not convinced" there won't be a motion to oust McCarthy as speaker

Concessions McCarthy made to become speaker allow one lawmaker to force a vote to remove the speaker.

Axios · Jan 8, 2023

White House tells top House Republicans to hold their horses on oversight requests

Letters obtained by The Independent show the White House is not honouring requests made while Republicans don’t have majority control of the House

The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022

Republican tries to defend Trump’s ‘sense of humour’ after ‘major announcement’ flop

Kentucky Republican James Comer says Trump is ‘one of the world’s greatest marketers’

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022

Club Q shooting survivors tell Congress that anti-LGBTQ rhetoric encourages violence

James Slaugh barely lifted his right arm when he swore to tell the truth Wednesday morning. He’d been shot in the Club Q attack in Colorado, and his left hand helped prop up his right as he prepared to testify about the anti-LGBTQ rhetoric that had proliferated before the shooting.

The Denver Post · Dec 14, 2022

Club Q shooting survivors press Congress to act on guns

Survivors of last month’s deadly mass shooting at a Colorado gay nightclub have testified to Congress about the onslaught of threats and violence against members of the LGBTQ community as they urged lawmakers to pass a law banning some semiautomatic weapons

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

GOP congressman promises to call Twitter employees to testify over ‘election suppression’

Republicans vow to bring ‘every employee at Twitter’ before Congress as they pursue the Hunter Biden laptop story

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2022