#Congressional Oversight
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🇺🇸 US strikes on Iran lead to renewed demands for war powers legislation
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Democratic lawmakers have largely condemned the strikes on Iran, emphasising the lack of congressional approval.
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🇺🇸 Lawler rips Massie, Democrats over war powers push after US strikes in Iran
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Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Saturday ripped into Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Democratic lawmakers pushing for a war powers resolution to rein in President Trump after the U.S. and Israel carried o...
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🇺🇸 War powers debate intensifies after Trump orders attack on Iran without approval by Congress
[USA]
Key members of Congress are demanding a swift vote on a war powers resolution that would restrain President Donald Trump's military attack on Iran unless the administration wins their approval for wha...
Related: #War Powers, #Middle East Conflict, #Constitutional Authority -
🇺🇸 Democrats warn Trump could pull US into long Middle East war
[USA]
Democrats reacting to the U.S. air strikes on Iran are calling on President Trump to provide further information to Congress while warning the White House it could be dragging the U.S. into a wider wa...
Related: #U.S. Foreign Policy, #Middle East Conflict, #Escalation of Conflict, #Democratic Party Response -
🇺🇸 Bill Clinton says he 'did nothing wrong' with Epstein as he faced grilling over their relationship
[USA]
Former President Bill Clinton told members of Congress on Friday that he "did nothing wrong" in his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and saw no signs of Epstein's sexual abuse as he faced hours ...
Related: #Political Accountability, #Epstein Investigation, #Presidential Testimony -
🇺🇸 Clinton testifies he had no knowledge of Epstein's crimes: 'I would have turned him in'
[USA]
Bill Clinton became the first former president compelled to testify to members of Congress. At a closed-door session, the House Oversight Committee heard from Clinton about his connections to Jeffrey ...
Related: #Political Accountability, #Jeffrey Epstein Scandal, #Former President Testimony -
🇺🇸 Bill Clinton to testify today in House committee's Epstein investigation
[USA]
Bill Clinton's testimony is the first time a former president has been compelled to appear before Congress.
Related: #Legal Precedent, #Political Investigations -
🇺🇸 Hillary Clinton says she had no relationship with sex traffickers Epstein, Maxwell
[USA]
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she told a House panel Thursday that she knows nothing about Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking crimes, and was only a casual acquaintance of his accompli...
Related: #Political Investigations, #Sex Trafficking Scandal -
🇺🇸 Wyden presses DEA for answers on secret Epstein investigation
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Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on Wednesday pressed Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Administrator Terry Cole for answers on an investigation into possible drug trafficking and suspicious financial transactions...
Related: #Government Transparency, #Criminal Investigations -
🇺🇸 Top Democrats demand Trump justify motivations for potential Iran attack
[USA]
Lawmakers briefed by Marco Rubio suggest new offensive on Islamic republic could be imminent
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🇺🇸 Democrats in Congress press National Park Service on Trump ballroom donors
[USA]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Robert Garcia's previous attempts to extract information about the White House ballroom's finances have so far yielded few answers.
Related: #Government Transparency, #Campaign Finance, #Political Accountability, #Public Space Usage -
🇺🇸 No clear path to ending the partial government shutdown as lawmakers dig in over DHS oversight
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Lawmakers and the White House offered no signs of compromise Sunday in their battle over oversight of federal immigration officers that has led to a pause in funding for the Department of Homeland Sec...
Related: #Government Shutdown, #Immigration Policy, #Partisan Politics -
🇺🇸 Immigration Officials Set to Testify Before Senate Panel
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The hearing comes two days after the officials declined to answer questions from House members about the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Related: #Government Accountability, #Law Enforcement -
🇺🇸 Bill and Hillary Clinton in a standoff with House Republicans over Epstein testimony
[USA]
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are in a standoff with House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., over testimony the panel is seeking ...
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🇺🇸 Key legislators seek DOJ records on Alex Pretti and Renee Good killings by next week
[USA]
Congress is ratcheting up its scrutiny of the killing of Alex Pretti by a federal agent in Minneapolis on Saturday, with some House Democrats pressing the Justice Department for records on its investi...
Related: #Federal Law Enforcement, #Accountability