Outgoing Rep. David Trone Slapped With Ethics Complaint on Way Out the Door

Maryland Rep. David Trone (D.) burned $62 million of his own money on his failed Senate primary bid in May. Now, he may spend his last remaining months in Congress fending off allegations that he misrepresented the true extent of his wealth in his public financial disclosure reports.

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Ilhan Omar Failed To Report Assets Stemming From Husband's Shady Wine and Weed Ventures, Ethics Complaint Charges

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) failed to report tens of thousands of dollars in assets that stemmed from her husband's shady wine and marijuana business ventures, a federal ethics complaint obtained by the Washington Free Beacon charges.

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Sheldon Whitehouse Says These Companies 'Prey on Consumers' by Shrinking Product Quantities. He Also Invests in Them.

Democratic senator Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.) is sponsoring legislation to tackle so-called shrinkflation, saying that corporations "prey on consumers" by stealthily shrinking the quantity of snacks, toilet paper, and other consumer products to pad their bottom line. Whitehouse also holds hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stock in those same corporations, according to a review of his portfolio.

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Pressure Ramps Up in Congress To Revoke Al Jazeera's Press Credentials

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) is facing calls to revoke Al Jazeera's congressional press credentials, as the Qatari state-controlled news outlet is accused of inflaming tensions in the Middle East with its anti-Israel coverage.

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Is AOC Married? Her Office Says No. Her Legal Filings in Congress Say Otherwise.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D., N.Y.) office says she isn’t married. But she has described her fiancé, Riley Roberts, as her "spouse" in forms filed with the House Ethics Committee in 2023, which has a strict definition of that term—"someone to whom you are legally married."

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'It Was Extraordinary': Government Officials Were Stunned by 'Startling' Spike in Chinese Donations to UPenn After Biden Think Tank Opened

The former chief investigator for the Department of Education said the agency noticed a "startling" spike in Chinese donations to the University of Pennsylvania after President Joe Biden opened his think tank at the school in 2017.

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Biden's FTC Adviser Discloses Work for China's ByteDance

A high-paid adviser to the Biden administration's Federal Trade Commission disclosed in April that she has also in recent years worked for the Chinese tech giant ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok.

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In Latest Attempt To Undermine SCOTUS, Politico Launches Baseless Attack On Justices’ Working Spouses

As SCOTUS overturns more leftist judicial precedents, we can expect more unfair attacks attempting to undermine the high court's authority.

Tom Malinowski Sidesteps His Self-Imposed Corporate PAC Ban

In a September 2020 TV ad, Rep. Tom Malinowski said he doesn't "take corporate PAC money, so they don't own" him. In the following months, the New Jersey Democrat quietly accepted tens of thousands of dollars from business interest groups and corporate lobbying giants.

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Report: Biden Labor Secretary Delayed Investigation Into Abusive Cop Amid Confirmation

Labor secretary and former Boston mayor Marty Walsh's mayoral administration delayed an investigation into an abusive cop in the middle of Walsh's confirmation process, according to a report released by the Boston city government.

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