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House Veterans' Affairs subcommittee chair Kiggans led a hearing on improper VA incentive payments, with recruitment payments rising 237% between 2020 and 2023.
The House will leave for its August recess a day earlier than planned as Republican leaders hope to sap the momentum behind a GOP push by Rep. Thomas Massie to force the chamber to vote on a Jeffrey Epstein-related measure.
The House is heading into the August recess early after the committee that dictates what legislation reaches the floor has been in a two-week stalemate over Democratic efforts to force politically
Speaker Mike Johnson said he would shut the House down early for the summer on Wednesday to head off Democrats’ calls for votes for greater transparency into the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, the sex offender who died in federal custody in 2019.
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White House faces backlash after booting The Wall Street Journal from Scotland media coverage plans
The move comes after The Journal reported that the president sent Jeffrey Epstein a birthday card in 2003 with a drawing of a naked woman.
President Trump said Tuesday that the administration is exploring removing capital-gains taxes on home sales to spur the housing market amid high mortgage rates. That move would require an act of Congress and would benefit long-term homeowners and those in areas with rapidly growing property values.
Four candidates have filed paperwork to run for the Minnesota House seat left by murdered Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party leader Melissa Hortman. Gov. Tim Walz earlier this month ordered a special election for Sept.
Representative Ted Lieu said “Trump is all over the Epstein files.” He called the Republican lawmakers’ move “a coverup of epic proportions.”