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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent faced lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday, amid concerns over rapidly developing artificial intelligence (AI) and surging bond yields. During the nearly three-hour-long hearing, Bessent brushed off concerns about AI and defended his department’s intervention in the bond market. But that did not stop Democrats on the panel from taking him to task on…
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Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) again emphasized that he would not be switching parties Tuesday following his video appearance at the Republican National Committee (RNC) midterm convention. When asked by a reporter at Capitol Hill if there was a chance he would become a Republican, Fetterman appeared to become frustrated. “I’m not going to be a…
FBI Director Kash Patel fielded questions Tuesday on everything from bestiality to whether the FBI might aid in any efforts to interfere in the upcoming midterm elections. Like his former colleague then-Attorney General Pam Bondi, he showed up to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s oversight hearing with opposition to Democratic lawmakers, though Patel largely pushed back…
House Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee are demanding answers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the agency’s refusal to accept Pennsylvania’s reporting of two measles deaths, the first in 35 years. The committee’s ranking member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) sent a letter to new agency director Erica Schwartz, calling for…
