Three Republican congressmen introduced a bill Tuesday to repeal the D.C. Home Rule Act, an effort that would remove the Washington, D.C., mayor and council, granting all governing authority in the District to Congress. The bill, which is not likely to pass, was introduced by Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) and cosponsored by Reps. Matt Rosendale...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is reportedly investigating the handing over of transgender patients’ records by Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) to the Tennessee attorney general's office. VUMC confirmed in late June to The Hill that it handed over the records because it received requests about “transgender care” from the state...
The FBI agent tasked with leading investigations into Russian oligarchs pleaded guilty to laundering money on behalf of an oligarch in exchange for investigations on rivals, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. Charles McGonigal, now a former special agent, was in charge of the New York FBI Counterintelligence Division and led investigations into Russian oligarchs to...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Tuesday it will send mortuary response teams to Maui to help identify the victims of the wildfires as the death toll approaches 100. Jonathan Greene, the deputy assistant secretary and director of the Office of Response within HHS’s Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, told reporters...
A special prosecutor will be appointed to examine Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones’s (R) actions following the 2020 election in the wake of former President Trump’s new indictment, according to a state official. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) on Monday charged Trump and 18 other individuals in connection with her election investigation, but...