Today, President Biden is hosting a signing ceremony for a bipartisan bill overhauling the U.S. Postal Service as the White House continues an attempted focus ahead of the midterm elections on things Biden and the Democrats have managed to get done. That’s not to say all is going well: an already pared back covid-funding bill has stalled in the Senate. Meanwhile, the Democratic-led House is expected to vote Wednesday to cite two more former Trump officials with contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the probe of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.
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The title of a high-profile hearing Wednesday on Capitol Hill is hardly subtle: “Gouged at the Gas Station: Big Oil and America’s Pain at the Pump.”
Lawmakers fed up with high gas prices will get the chance to vent their frustrations this morning as the chief executives of six major oil companies hit the Hill.The House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing is the latest effort by Democratic lawmakers and the Biden administration to...
Turkish base fake news in Armenia For several days, a video has been circulating on social media claiming that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan allegedly signed a “secret agreement” with EU ...