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GOP House Oversight chairman moves to hold FBI director Wray in contempt of Congress

By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

Republicans in Congress are locked in an escalating fight with the director of the FBI.

WATCH: During House hearing, watchdog warns U.S. money could be flowing to Taliban

By Zeke Miller, Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

The watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan warned lawmakers Wednesday that American aid to the country could be diverted to the Taliban as he accused the Biden administration of stonewalling his efforts to investigate.

WATCH: HHS Inspector General testifies before House committee on unaccompanied migrant children

By News Desk

The Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General Christi Grimm testified Tuesday before a House committee on unaccompanied migrant children.

House Republicans pass bill to overturn DC police reform

By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press

In a party-line vote Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee advanced a bill to overturn a police reform package passed by the D.C. Council amid nationwide protests about police brutality.

WATCH: House Oversight hearing on closures of schools during COVID-19 pandemic

By News Desk

"The decision to close schools, in response to COVID-19, proved harmful for students’ academic, mental, physical, and social success," Select Subcommittee Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) said.

WATCH: House Oversight holds hearing on origins of COVID-19

By Associated Press

The House Oversight Committee held a hearing on Wednesday on the origins of COVID-19 following a new report from the Energy Department that it had determined, with low confidence, that the novel coronavirus had escaped from a lab in China.

GOP officially requests records from Biden's family on foreign business deals

By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

House Republicans have made the first official requests for documents from Hunter and James Biden regarding foreign business dealings.

WATCH: Club Q shooting survivors urge Congress to act on guns

By News Desk

Survivors of last month’s deadly mass shooting 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.

House panel calls Donald Trump's bills to Secret Service 'exorbitant'

By Bernard Condon, Associated Press

Donald Trump's private company arranged for the Secret Service to pay for rooms at his properties in excess of government-approved rates at least 40 times during his presidency — including two charges for more than $1,100 per night.

WATCH: House committee holds hearing on harm done to patients from abortion restrictions

By Associated Press

An analysis released be the committee prior to the hearing says a Republican national abortion ban would take away reproductive freedom from nearly 64 million women across the country—roughly twice the number impacted by current state restrictions.