Author: Lauren Green, Washington Examiner

Filmmaker Oliver Stone called on Congress to reopen an investigation into the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy during a novel House hearing Tuesday, which featured witnesses who cast doubt on whether Lee Harvey Oswald was responsible. “I ask the Committee to reopen what the Warren Commission failed miserably to complete. I ask you…

The House Freedom Caucus lost its fifth member Monday over mutual disagreements but stayed quiet as that lawmaker, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), said her piece. Luna announced her departure Monday from the conservative right flank of the House Republican conference over its handling of her bill to allow House members to vote by proxy…

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) announced her departure Monday from the conservative House Freedom Caucus after disagreements within the group over her proxy voting bill. After a contentious few weeks in the Freedom Caucus, the right flank of the House Republican conference, over her proxy voting bill, Luna decided to leave the caucus because of…

House GOP leadership is in for a rollercoaster to get President Donald Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” passed with one of the smallest majorities in history as a Texas GOP firebrand calls for a full repeal of former President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), a notorious budget hawk, whose vote on…

EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) is asking the Trump administration to monitor the selling of genetic data by the recently bankrupted biotechnology company 23andme to ensure that Americans’ information does not fall into the hands of “bad actors.” The Oklahoma Republican is sending two letters, one to the Trump administration and one to the biotechnology…

As Democrats struggle to gain their footing without a party leader, Republicans are elevating Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) as the new leader. The National Republican Congressional Committee labeled Crockett the “Top Dem Spox” in an email earlier this week following her calling Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) “Hot Wheels.” The Texas governor is paralyzed from the…

The House Ethics Committee will investigate Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) after a report from the Office of Congressional Conduct found that alleged weapons contracts held by the Republican with the federal government could violate rules. The committee is picking up reviewing Mills after the longest delay in history to fill out the panel following a…

NPR CEO Katherine Maher expressed regret during a congressional hearing Wednesday over past statements from her calling President Donald Trump a “fascist” and “deranged racist sociopath.” The NPR chief also admitted during her testimony in front of the newly formed House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency that the taxpayer-funded outlet made mistakes in…

EXCLUSIVE — A bill will be introduced Wednesday to establish President Donald Trump’s National Garden of American Heroes to honor American founders and trailblazers. Trump penned an executive order during his first term to establish the garden, but the effort was not funded, and President Joe Biden reversed the order when he took office. The GOP House bill is…

Washington D.C., congressional staffers spent this past week exhaling a collective sigh of relief as, for the first time in 2025, both the House and Senate were on recess. Though much of the spotlight of Congress is on the 535 elected House and Senate members, much of behind-the-scenes legislative and constituent work is handled by thousands of staffers working in…