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Kevin McCarthy's fast start: Big Tech is a top target for GOP majority

He plans a quick spate of red-meat actions and announcements to reward hardliners who backed him

Axios

Rep. Comer "not convinced" there won't be a motion to oust McCarthy as speaker

Concessions McCarthy made to become speaker allow one lawmaker to force a vote to remove the speaker.

Axios

White House tells top House Republicans to hold their horses on oversight requests

Letters obtained by The Independent show the White House is not honouring requests made while Republicans don’t have majority control of the House

The Independent UK

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Republican tries to defend Trump’s ‘sense of humour’ after ‘major announcement’ flop

Kentucky Republican James Comer says Trump is ‘one of the world’s greatest marketers’

The Independent UK

Club Q shooting survivors tell Congress that anti-LGBTQ rhetoric encourages violence

James Slaugh barely lifted his right arm when he swore to tell the truth Wednesday morning. He’d been shot in the Club Q attack in Colorado, and his left hand helped prop up his right as he prepared to testify about the anti-LGBTQ rhetoric that had proliferated before the shooting.

The Denver Post

Club Q shooting survivors press Congress to act on guns

Survivors of last month’s deadly mass shooting at a Colorado gay nightclub have testified to Congress about the onslaught of threats and violence against members of the LGBTQ community as they urged lawmakers to pass a law banning some semiautomatic weapons

The Independent UK

GOP congressman promises to call Twitter employees to testify over ‘election suppression’

Republicans vow to bring ‘every employee at Twitter’ before Congress as they pursue the Hunter Biden laptop story

The Independent UK

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Rep. James Comer wants Twitter employees to talk to Congress about Hunter Biden laptop story

On Friday, Elon Musk criticized Twitter's former management for its decision to limit access to a New York Post story on Hunter Biden's laptop.

Axios

GOP's new committee leaders prepare blitz of investigations

House Republicans are promising aggressive oversight of the Biden administration once they assume the majority next year

The Independent UK

McCarthy's pursuit of speaker's gavel comes at a high cost

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is in the fight of his political life as he seeks enough GOP backing to become the next speaker of the House

The Independent UK

Incoming Republican Oversight chairman vows dozens of investigations into Biden and his administration

Hunter Biden expected to be top target of Republican probes

The Independent UK

Some Republicans criticize Trump for meeting with white supremacist

Some Republicans on Sunday criticized Donald Trump for dining with white supremacist Nick Fuentes at the former president's Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida, even as Trump said the encounter was inadvertent.

Reuters

House GOP pushes Hunter Biden probe despite thin majority

Even with their threadbare House majority, Republicans doubled down this week on using their new power to investigate the Biden administration and in particular the president’s son

The Independent UK

Impeachment, investigations, infighting: GOP’s thin margin in the House stirs intraparty conflict

WASHINGTON — The relatively weak red ripple from last week’s midterm elections may leave Republicans’ hopes for impeachment revenge against Joe Biden high and dry, but that probably won’t stop them from seeking dirt against the Democratic president, despite concerns from party moderates.

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Salon

Meet Kevin McCarthy's puppetmaster

Kevin McCarthy supposedly persuaded Marjorie Taylor Greene to back him. We know which of them has real power

Roll Call

Investigations, impeachment, infighting: House Republicans curb their ambitions

GOP hopes for impeachment revenge against Joe Biden are fading, but that probably won’t stop them from seeking dirt on the president.

Chicago Sun-Times

District of Columbia files second lawsuit against NFL’s Commanders

In the latest complaint, the District says the Commanders as of March still held nearly $200,000 in unreturned security deposits paid by season-ticket holders who qualify as D.C. consumers under the Consumer Protection Procedures Act.

The Independent UK

GOP eyes new priorities for House, starting with Biden probe

The Republican Party’s capture of the House majority is upending the agenda in Washington, empowering GOP lawmakers to pursue conservative goals and vigorously challenge the policies of President Joe Biden and his administration

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Republicans have won the House. Now, they're promising to investigate the Bidens

GOP Rep. Comer says pending investigations will show Hunter Biden engaged in influence peddling. Comer alleges then-Vice President Biden may have financially benefitted from his son's businesses.

The Guardian - US

Pelosi to depart as top House Democrat to make way for ‘new generation’

Outgoing speaker, 82, who has led House Democrats for two decades, makes announcement after Republicans win control of chamber

The Independent UK

House Republicans waste no time announcing investigations into Biden family after winning slim majority

‘Was Joe Biden directly involved with Hunter Biden’s business deals, and is he compromised?’

Tribune News Service

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Rocky road ahead for McCarthy

For the past two years, Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi has conducted a political science class in how to manage the House of Representatives with a bare four-seat majority.

Sports Illustrated

Report: Congress’ Dan Snyder Probe Could End in January

With Republicans projected to win majority in the House, the probe into the embattled owner reportedly could come to an end.

USA Today Sports Media Group

House Oversight Committee ranking member on Snyder investigation: ‘It’s over’

One investigation into the Washington Commanders and owner Daniel Snyder appears to be over.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

‘Breaking our way.’ Kentucky's Comer, Massie eye GOP House gains, weigh priorities after midterms

WASHINGTON — Rep. James Comer of Kentucky said he expects Republicans to gain 30 House seats in Tuesday’s midterm elections, easily clearing the six necessary for the GOP to capture control of the chamber.

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