Author: Reese Gorman, Washington Examiner

The House Oversight Committee will begin moving forward with holding Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress after he defied a subpoena to sit for a deposition last month as part of the House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into his father. On Dec. 13, 2023, Hunter Biden was scheduled to sit for a deposition before the committee,…

The House voted Wednesday to authorize the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, a move that Republicans hope will assist them in enforcing their subpoenas and requests for documents. The authorization of the inquiry passed along party lines, 221-212. HUNTER BIDEN DODGES HOUSE DEPOSITION BUT SHOWS UP IN DC AS GOP THREATENS CONTEMPT VOTE Back…

Reps. James Comer (R-KY) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) announced on Wednesday they would initiate contempt proceedings for Hunter Biden after he did not sit for a scheduled deposition and instead held a press conference rebuffing the chairmen’s claims. The president’s son was subpoenaed by Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, and Jordan, chairman of…

Hunter Biden showed up in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, but not for his scheduled deposition with the House Oversight Committee probing his father. Instead, he delivered a rare public statement outside the Capitol, calling the House Republicans investigating his business dealings guilty of lies and distortions meant to undermine his father’s presidency. SHADOW OF DOUBT:…

After meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) reiterated his stance that the House would not send any aid to Ukraine without seeing a border security and immigration package, which is unlikely to happen this year. As has been the case since he became speaker, Johnson is refusing to…

Neither of the two bills to reauthorize and reform a powerful spy tool used by American intelligence agencies will be voted on this week after the Rules Committee pulled the legislation amid intense backlash. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who sits on the Rules Committee, confirmed to the Washington Examiner that neither the House Judiciary nor…

EXCLUSIVE — Ahead of the House voting to authorize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, which is expected to happen on Wednesday, the White House is pointing at past statements from Republican members and ramping up pressure ahead of the vote. The White House is focusing on statements from House Republicans that say there…

EXCLUSIVE — In a new polling memo, the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC closely aligned with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), views Michigan’s 8th Congressional District seat, which recently became open after Rep. Dan Kildee‘s (D-MI) retirement announcement, as a pickup opportunity for House Republicans. A Kildee has represented the seat since 1977. First,…

EXCLUSIVE — The National Archives and Records Administration said Monday it would make more than 62,000 pages of records available for the House GOP impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. In August, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) asked for unrestricted special access to unredacted emails and documents from Biden’s time as vice president…

Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) outlook for next week got grimmer Friday when the members of the House Freedom Caucus announced their opposition to attaching a short-term extension of a powerful government surveillance tool on the annual defense bill, spelling trouble for passage. After changing his stance and reversing course multiple times in the past week…