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Hunter Biden skewered Republican efforts to impeach his father Wednesday ahead of his closed door testimony before Congress, calling the inquiry a “destructive political charade” and the supposed evidence a “house of cards of lies.” During opening remarks before the House Judiciary and Oversight & Accountability Committees, the junior Biden denied any malfeasance during his work as a businessman, practicing lawyer, investor and artist. “For more than a year, your Committees have hunted me in your partisan…

Paramore have declined a Tennessee resolution honoring the band for their recent Grammy win after the state’s House of Representatives rejected a similar resolution celebrating Allison Russell. Earlier this week, Democratic Rep. Justin Jones introduced the two resolutions to honor the Volunteer State’s Grammy winners. While Paramore’s resolution passed through the House unencumbered, the one honoring Russell was blocked by House Republican Caucus Chair Jeremy Faison, who sent the resolution back to the committee.…

McDaniel faced criticism after the RNC reported that it had its worst fundraising year in almost a decade last year Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel plans to resign from her role, the New York Times reported on Tuesday night. Two sources familiar with the plans said that the chairwoman has told former President Trump that she intends to step down soon after the Feb. 24 South Carolina primary. Trump has plans to replace her with Michael Whatley, the chairman of the North…

The House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis for documents related to alleged whistleblower complaints of misuse of federal grant funds by her office. The subpoena is the latest in a firestorm of scrutiny into Willis’ handling of the state’s investigation and indictment of former President Donald Trump.   House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) cited Willis’ failure to comply with two previous voluntary requests for the materials as his justification for leveling a subpoena…

Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup production at Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan (Source: Ford) Ford has been looking to build the first LFP battery facility in the US, boosting domestic production. But it has been leaning on Chinese tech from CATL to make that happen, and Republican lawmakers have criticized the project. Now they’ve asked the Biden administration to investigate four Chinese companies involved in the plant. The chairs of two US House committees…

Photo: NextEra Energy Republicans have vowed to tear apart the Inflation Reduction Act, but the chief executive of NextEra Energy, the US’s largest renewable developer, says that’s “unlikely” if they win the election. The US’s largest renewable developer on the IRA The Biden administration’s landmark climate change law, the Inflation Reduction Act, has created a US clean energy manufacturing boom, thanks to the generous tax credits and other incentives. The Republican Party says…

When superstar musicians, Hollywood titans, and television power brokers make dumb decisions, the results are pretty negligible. We wind up with a free U2 album on our iPhone, an unfulfilling conclusion to the Godfather saga, or The Brady Bunch Variety Hour.  But when politicians make dumb decisions, the results are quite a bit more serious. If the political ruling class had just a little more sense, we might live in a world where Al Gore was president, Sarah Palin never became a national…

The allegations sparked an outcry within the state's conservative community, with critics accusing Ziegler and his wife, a Moms for Liberty co-founder, of hypocrisy Ousted Florida Chairman Christian Ziegler will not be charged with sexual battery, according to a statement released by the Sarasota Police Department. After reviewing a video of a sexual encounter between Ziegler and an unnamed woman who later accused him of rape, authorities determined that the encounter was “ likely consensual.“…

The allegations sparked an outcry within the state's conservative community, with critics accusing Ziegler and his wife, a Moms for Liberty co-founder, of hypocrisy Ousted Florida Chairman Christian Ziegler will not be charged with sexual battery, according to a statement released by the Sarasota Police Department. After reviewing a video of a sexual encounter between Ziegler and an unnamed woman who later accused him of rape, authorities determined that the encounter was “ likely consensual.“…

For weeks now, Hunter Biden has been sparring with House Oversight Committee Republicans over their demands that he give closed-door testimony in response to a congressional subpoena. Biden has insisted on answering questions in a public setting, instead, which would prevent the GOP from cherry-picking and warping his testimony in their favor. Committee Chairman James Comer threatened to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress, and on Thursday the president’s son finally agreed to sit for a closed-door…