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Senate Democrats walk away from negotiations with Senate Republicans over supplemental spending; will Schumer call McConnell’s bluff? … House Republicans move toward a formal authorization vote to approve a Biden impeachment inquiry … will Hunter Biden testify behind closed doors or open? … Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s long hold on military promotions may be coming to an end … all this and more.

House and Senate pass a CR to keep the government funded through the holiday, and it won’t cost Speaker Johnson his job … Senate Dems say they support Israel, but vote against funding .. House Ethics Committee issues damning report on its investigation of Rep. George Santos — is he about to become the sixth Member ever to be expelled? … Iran is still enriching uranium … all this and more.

House and Senate have five days to pass a bill funding the government; will they get it done? … GOP-led House Oversight Committee subpoenas Hunter and James Biden, son and brother to the president of hte United States … minor, but only minor, movement on Biden’s request for $106 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and the southern border … all this and more.

House and Senate are back, government funding expires 11/17, and no one has yet discussed publicly whether or not Congress will pass another short-term Continuing Resolution to keep the government open — House Republicans will discuss this in Conference on Tuesday … House passes an Israel-only, IRS-rescission-funded emergency supplemental spending bill, but it’s DOA in the Senate … House Oversight Committee finds a dirfect payment to Joe Biden … Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is drawing attention to problems at the Pentagon … all this and more.

The House FINALLY elects a new Speaker! … then the House gets back to work and passes another appropriations bill … up this week, another three approps bills in the House and a three-bill “minibus” in the Senate … will Biden’s request for $106 billion in emergency spending on Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and the border make it through Congress in one piece? … More guilty pleas in the GA election interference case, but to what end? … Chuck Grassley says there have been 40 different FBI/DOJ sources with criminal information about Joe Biden, but what’s been done to vet the information? … All this and more.

Biden gives a rotten speech and asks Congress for $105 billion in supplemental funds for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, and the border, but Republicans aren’t convinced … two plea deals in GA Trump case, but neither one is found guilty of the RICO conspiracy charge … illegal immigration is worse than ever, and CBP now warns of Islamic terrorists crossing our border … how’s that contest to select a new Speaker of the House going, anyway? … all this and more.

The Senate is back in town, and so is the House — or is it? We’ll find out Tuesday … the US needs a new ambassador to Israel, but is Jack Lew the guy? Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton says no … what’s the latest on the contest for Speaker of the House? Will Jim Jordan earn the 217 votes he needs to get the House a new Speaker? … all this and more

Congress avoids a temporary, partial government shutdown by a healthy margin in both houses; what was the hubbub about, anyway? … continued aid to Ukraine is on the line … liberal lioness Dianne Feinstein dies at 90, and CA Gov. Gavin Newsom fills the seat with a black female, as he promised … updates on Biden crime family saga and the Biden impeachment inquiry … all this and more.

The clock is ticking on a government shutdown — less than one week left. What’s the latest? … Special Counsel Jack Smith tries to muzzle former President Trump … what’s the truth about US aid to Ukraine? … fact-checkers are rewriting their Biden-Ukraine narrative in light of new facts brought to light by Just the News … New Mexico’s Governor thinks the Constitution doesn’t apply … Hunter Biden is (finally!) charged with three felonies … all this and more.

House and Senate return from August recess a third of the way through September, to find a spending crisis staring them in the face … Dem mayors and governors learn the hard way that chickens have a tendency to come home to roost, at least when it comes to illegal immigration … Joe BIden used three different alias emails when he was VP! Who knew? … Can the 14th Amendment bar President Trump from a second term in the WH? No! … all this and more.

Whatever happened to Biden’s Iran nuclear arms deal negotiator, the one who lost his security clearance? … Illegal immigration is rising again, no matter what the Biden Administration says … Can the Constitution really prevent Donald Trump from serving again as president? A Florida lawyer thinks so, and sues to get an answer … Bombshell stories in the NYT and Politico reveal Hunter Biden’s lawyers’ intimidation and threats against DOJ attorneys … Viktor Shokin, at the center of the Ukraine controversy that goes back to Trump’s first impeachment, says he thinks that the BIdens were bribed … Trump indicted AGAIN for gibberish … all this and more.

The Congressional Budget Office has a new projection out for the FY 2023 deficit, and it’s a doozy — up $200 billion in just two months! … a win for Donald Trump in his court fight against special counsel Jack Smith … House Oversight issues another Biden Crime Family memo, revealing $20 million FROM FOREIGN SOURCES WHILE JOE BIDEN WAS VICE PRESIDENT … AG Merrick Garland throws a curve ball, and appoints a special counsel to take over the investigatiopn of Hunter Biden — and it’s the same guy as was running the investigation before! … All this and more

What’s up with the Biden Administration’s claims on lower illegal immigration numbers? … Three House committee chairmen want to know more from the DOJ about that sketchy Hunter Biden plea deal … Hunter’s forme business partner Devon Archer gave a transcribed interview to House Oversight and Accountability that blows Joe Biden’s lies out of the water … Special Counsel Jack Smith indicts Trump AGAIN … all this and more.

House and Senate are gone until September — what awaits them when they return? … Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su has now waited longer for a confirmation vote than any cabinet nominee ever — will she ever get a vote? … State Dept gives House an update on the Biden envoy to Iran who lost his security clearance, but doesn’t say much … Hunter’s sweetheart plea deal blows up in the courtroomo; what’s next? … all this and more.

House and Senate begin consideration of the annual defense policy bill … Dems attack the Supreme Court, another Democrat (a Kennedy, no less!), and the First Amendment … Texas becomes largest GOP-led state to leave ERIC … IRS whistleblowers blow the doors off testimony before House Oversight … Grassley releases the FBI document with allegations of a $5 million bribe paid to Joe Biden, and you can read it for yourself! … All this and more.

House passes massive defense policy bill with lots of conservative amendments, now the Senate takes up its own version … Judge Doughty denies DOJ request to stay his order blocking comms between fed govt agencies and social media companies, so DOJ immediately appeals to 5th Circuit — will this go to SCOTUS? … new Hunter laptop email from 2015 reveals “ultimate purpose” of his million-dollar-a-year contract … IRS whistleblowers will testify in public in front of House Oversight Committee … FBI Director Wray was in the hot seat in front of House Judiciary last week … all this and more.

House and Senate return for three weeks of work before heading out for the August recess, and it’s all about the spending, spending, spending … SCOTUS issues major rulings on affirmative action, free speech, congressional redistricting, and the unconstitutionality of President Biden’s student loan debt payoff scam … a federal judge blocks the federal government from talking to social media companies to censored speech it doesn’t like … Biden’s Iran envoy loses his security clearance and faces an FBI investigation over his mishandling of classified info … cocaine at the White House?! … more developments on the Hunter/Joe Biden investigation front … all this and more.

The House and Senate Appropriations Committees are on a collision course over FY 24 spending levels — government shutdown to come? … China has been using Cuba as a spy base for years, and now they’re talking about a joint military training facility with thousands of Chinese troops less than 100 miles from U.S. shores? … Special Counsel John Durham testifies before Congress … Hunter Biden agrees to a sweetheart plea deal, but two IRS whistleblowers may become a big problem for him … All this and more, plus your questions.

House Oversight Chair Comer threatens FBI Director Wray with contempt of Congress charge and finally gets his hands on a tip from a confidential informant that says that as vice president, Joe Biden took a $5 million bribe from a foreigner in exchange for policy action … 11 House conservatives take down a rule unexpectedly to demonstrate their influence over the course of House proceedings, in case Speaker McCarthy forgot … has China been spying on us from a base in Cuba for years? … former President Trump becomes the first former president, and the first leading opposition party presidential candidate, ever to be indicted by the federal government … All this and more.

New documents reveal DHS Secretary Mayorkas has been using taxpayer dollars to target conservatives, Christians, Republicans, and Tea Party supporters, and equates them with Nazis … House and Senate pass a bill to suspend the debt ceiling and do other things, but not much of what conservatives wanted … an IRS whistleblower outs himself and sits for an interview with CBS News, charges political influence in Hunter Biden investigation … House Oversight Committee Chairman gets his hands on an FBI document that alleges that as VP, Biden took a bribe from a foreign actor … all this and more.