House GOP demands Biden reveal China ties to failed bank
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House GOP demands Biden reveal China ties to failed bank

ByNews Polite

House Republicans are pushing President Joe Biden to investigate the Chinese Communist Party’s ties to the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank – and demanding that he reveal any Biden family connections with Chinese companies set to benefit from the federal government’s bailout. Silicon Valley Bank and a Shanghai-based subsidiary “played an…

‘Woke’ DOD official Kelisa Wing reassigned after GOP highlights anti-white tweets
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‘Woke’ DOD official Kelisa Wing reassigned after GOP highlights anti-white tweets

ByNews Polite

WASHINGTON – Self-described “woke” Defense Department schools official Kelisa Wing, whose anti-white social media comments garnered national attention last fall, has been reassigned to an unrelated role, The Post has learned. The Defense Dept. in October launched a 30-day review of Wing – the now-former Education Activity chief diversity equity…

Kevin McCarthy kicks Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell off intel panel
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Kevin McCarthy kicks Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell off intel panel

ByNews Polite

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday that Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell will no longer be members of the House Intelligence Committee, rejecting Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ weekend appeal for their reappointment to the prestigious panel.  The move had been long-anticipated, as McCarthy (R-Calif.) pledged to remove Schiff…

Kellyanne Conway appears ‘voluntarily’ for interview with Jan. 6 committee
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Kellyanne Conway appears ‘voluntarily’ for interview with Jan. 6 committee

ByNews Polite

Former top Trump White House adviser Kellyanne Conway met with the House select committee investigating last year’s Capitol riot Monday as the panel prepares its final report on the events of Jan. 6, 2021. Conway, who served as White House counselor under former President Donald Trump, reportedly was interviewed for…

Kevin McCarthy reveals why he skipped Nancy Pelosi’s retirement speech
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Kevin McCarthy reveals why he skipped Nancy Pelosi’s retirement speech

ByNews Polite

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told reporters Thursday that he skipped House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) leadership retirement speech because he “had meetings.”  McCarthy, who is in line to replace Pelosi as House speaker, wasn’t the only Republican to miss the address. The Republican side of the lower chamber…

Zeldin, Stefanik slam Hochul over gas car ban, denying NYers ‘right to choose’
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Zeldin, Stefanik slam Hochul over gas car ban, denying NYers ‘right to choose’

ByNews Polite

WASHINGTON — Seven of New York’s Republican members of Congress ripped Gov. Kathy Hochul Friday for attempting to take away the “right to choose” by banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. A letter organized by upstate Rep. Elise Stefanik and signed by gubernatorial candidate Rep. Lee Zeldin…

House barber Joe Quattrone retires after more than half a century
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House barber Joe Quattrone retires after more than half a century

ByNews Polite

A celebrated barber who cut hair for members of Congress for more than half a century is officially laying down his scissors. Joe Quattrone, 88, trimmed and shaved on the ground floor of the House Rayburn Building for 51 years for myriad elected officials, including former presidents Gerald R. Ford…