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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D., Md.) said they were cancelling a vote on FISA renewal Thursday, after House Republicans and progressive Democrats signaled they would not support the reauthorization of expired domestic surveillance powers and President Trump said he would veto the bill if it passed. In …

Republican Representative Liz Cheney on Wednesday said President Trump should stop his attacks on MSNBC anchor Joe Scarborough, breaking with other Republicans who appeared reluctant to criticize Trump over his tweets. “I do think the president should stop tweeting about Joe Scarborough. We’re in the middle of a pandemic. He’s the commander in chief of this …

A group of GOP senators has begun to push for a coronavirus relief bill with a focus on infrastructure progress, even as others in Senate Republican leadership remain wary of an additional massive spending package. “I want to do infrastructure,” Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) told CNN on Wednesday. “I told Trump, this is the …

Senator Ted Cruz on Tuesday called for the Justice Department to investigate New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision to have the NYPD shut down an Orthodox Jewish school that opened in violation of the city’s social distancing orders. The Texas Republican accused de Blasio of violating the right to freely exercise religion and …

Leading college Republicans and Democrats have teamed up to establish a non-profit to combat Chinese government influence on American campuses. In its first official act, the Athenai Institute released a letter on Wednesday calling for the closure of Confucius institutes at U.S. colleges and universities, as well as for “full and public disclosure of all …

Republican candidate Mike Garcia is leading Democratic challenger Christy Smith in the special election for California’s 25th congressional district, which was held by former representative Katie Hill until her resignation over an inappropriate relationship with a staffer. With 314 of 411 precincts reporting by Wednesday morning, Garcia held 56 percent of the vote to Smith’s …

Representative Andy Biggs is accusing former President Obama of attempting to orchestrate a “coup” against his successor, saying the previous administration engaged in a conspiracy to undermine then President-elect Trump while investigating national security adviser Michael Flynn. Biggs made the claim during a Fox News appearance with Representative Jim Jordan, who alleged that over several weeks …

A group of 18 Republican state attorneys general on Monday called on congressional leaders to hold hearings on China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to the Senate and House leadership, the attorneys general noted the widespread conclusion that China concealed the coronavirus outbreak during its initial stages. “In what Secretary of State …

Representative Michael McCaul, who has harshly criticized China in his position as the ranking member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, disclosed that his family owns stock in a Chinese tech company he described as a threat to national security. An April 20 periodic transaction report showed that McCaul disclosed a February purchase of between $50,000 …

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) announced the creation of a “China Task Force” to examine  “a wide range of China-related issues,” including the Chinese Communist Party’s role in allowing coronavirus to become a global pandemic. Speaking to reporters in a press conference on Thursday, McCarthy accused Democrats of backing away from “something that …