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Republicans press forward with Biden impeachment inquiry amid Smirnov fallout

Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden will continue unabated despite Democrats pressuring them to call off their efforts in the wake of former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov’s arrest, according to lawmakers and sources familiar with the inquiry. The chairmen leading the inquiry, Reps. James Comer (R-KY), Jim Jordan (R-OH), and Jason Smith (R-MO), are […]

Social Security update: Third round of February payments worth $4,873 goes out in five days

The final wave of February’s three Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest earners who retire at 70, will go out to the third and last group of retirees in just under a week. Retirees born on or after the 21st of the month will get their payment in five days, on […]

CPAC 2024: Trump’s legal woes not scaring away supporters – even if he is convicted

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — The various legal cases against former President Donald Trump aren’t shaking the faith of his most ardent supporters – even in the event he is convicted in one of them. Trump, the frontrunner in the Republican primary race, faces a total of 91 charges in four criminal cases. But many of […]

Costs of war: Ukraine becomes proxy war for Trump-Biden rematch

The war in Ukraine has raged for two years and has reached an impasse. It has also become a political lightning rod back home between those who believe funding is essential to keep Vladimir Putin contained and those who refuse to give Volodymyr Zelensky a blank check. In this series, Costs of War, the Washington Examiner will investigate the state […]

Social Security update: March direct payment worth $943 goes out in seven days

March’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in one week. The payment will go out on Friday, March 1, to people who struggle with a serious debilitating disability and have a limited income as a result, according to the Social Security Administration. To qualify […]

Biden weighs executive action to end border crisis despite previous claims he had no such authority

President Joe Biden is considering broad executive action to stop the admitting immigrants who illegally cross the border, a move that goes against his previous claims that he lacked legal authority to do so. The White House is looking at citing Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which would allow the government to […]

Trump and Biden agree: Put your name on the check

President Joe Biden has canceled student debt for some 153,000 borrowers — and he wants to make sure all of them know who boosted their bank account. “I promise you I’m never going to stop fighting for hardworking American families,” Biden said Wednesday at a campaign reception in Los Angeles. “So if you qualify, you’ll be […]

Top DCCC fundraiser lobbied for Chinese military-tied company on Pentagon blacklist

The campaign arm for House Democrats counts one of its top fundraisers as a recent lobbyist for a U.S. government-sanctioned company linked to China’s military, records show. Steve Elmendorf was listed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in a Federal Election Commission filing covering the month of January as a bundler, which refers to influential […]

Michigan Republican Tom Barrett seeks do-over in critical House race with one edge:  ‘My opponent is not a woman’

EXCLUSIVE — The abortion matter was a political albatross for former Michigan Republican state Sen. Tom Barrett’s first campaign for Michigan‘s 7th Congressional District, one of the country’s most expensive races last election cycle. But with eventual winner Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), a second-term incumbent, running for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat, Barrett is hoping […]

Supreme Court set for arguments in most consequential internet free speech case yet

The Supreme Court will hear arguments over the extent of states’ power to hold social media platforms liable for political censorship in a case with major ramifications for free speech and the broader landscape of the internet. The court will hear oral arguments Monday in NetChoice v. Moody on Monday, a case that addresses whether […]
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