House Republican leaders have requested documents and communications from the White House regarding Hunter Biden's decision not to comply with a congressional subpoena for a deposition, as part of the House's impeachment inquiry into President Biden. The letter to White House counsel Edward Siskel asks for documents and communications between White House staff and Hunter Biden or his lawyers, as well as any records sent or received by any other person or entity. The White House is expected to respond to the request in the coming days.
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Nassau County Republicans have selected Mazi Melesa Pilip, an Ethiopian immigrant and former paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces, as their nominee for the upcoming special election to replace ousted GOP Rep. George Santos. Pilip will face former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.), the Democratic nominee, in the Feb. 13 special election. Pilip has been endorsed by the Nassau County Republican Party and is seen as a competitive candidate in the race for the vacant seat in the House of Representatives.
The House of Representatives is set to vote on Wednesday to formally launch an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, which will put Republicans in districts he won in 2020 on the record. The inquiry, which is being led by Republicans on the House Oversight, Judiciary and Ways and Means Committees, has so far uncovered no wrongdoing by the president. The vote is expected to pass, with Republican leaders only able to afford to lose a handful of members, and the outcome of the inquiry remains to be seen.
Over 500 Harvard faculty members have come together to show their support for the university's president, Claudine Gay, who is facing potential ouster after her comments during a congressional hearing on antisemitism. The letter urges the Harvard Corporation to resist calls to remove Gay from her title and to defend the university's independence and commitment to academic freedom. The petition has since gained over 700 signatures from Harvard faculty members and alumni, and has been met with both praise and criticism from the Harvard community.
House Republicans have introduced a resolution to formalize their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, which would give the GOP-led committees more legal power to investigate his family's business dealings. The resolution would help the committees enforce subpoenas and allow the panels' chairmen to designate open hearings in their probe. If passed, it would give the GOP-led committees more legal power to investigate the Biden family's business dealings, with the outcome of the inquiry being closely watched by both sides of the aisle.
Key takeaways: The House of Representatives expelled GOP Rep. George Santos, setting off a competitive special election in New York’s 3rd District. The special election…
On Friday, the House of Representatives will decide the fate of Representative George Santos of New York, who has been accused of repeatedly breaking the law. The House Ethics Committee released a report finding "substantial evidence" of his wrongdoing, and Santos held a press conference outside the Capitol, declaring that he will continue to fight to keep himself from being expelled. If the House votes to expel Santos, he would be just the sixth House member in U.S. history to be expelled and the first in more than 20 years.
The House of Representatives will vote on a resolution to expel embattled New York Republican Rep. George Santos this week, after a damning report from the House Ethics Committee found substantial evidence of criminal activity. The resolution, introduced by California Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia, requires a two-thirds majority vote to pass and would be the first time in more than two decades that a member of Congress has been expelled. If passed, it would be the first time in history that a member of Congress has been expelled due to criminal charges.