Josh Christenson

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Pentagon watchdog doesn’t know how much overseas gain-of-function research is done with US funds — despite $1.4B spent: report

The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General released the inconclusive results Thursday of its congressionally mandated audit into funding that could have resulted in diseases becoming more virulent.

Chinese embassy threatened House lawmakers, urged them to ‘cancel’ Dalai Lama visit

The Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C., sent a threatening letter to US lawmakers who visited the Dalai Lama in Tibet this week, according to a copy of the missive.

Conservative border hawks slam Trump’s college green card vow for foreign students: 'Cockamamie'

"You graduate from a college, I think you should get automatically, as part of your diploma, a green card to be able to stay in this country" Trump said on...

Mike Pence group kicks off $10M campaign to keep Trump tax cuts

Former Vice President Mike Pence’s conservative advocacy group on Thursday kicked off a $10 million educational campaign to urge lawmakers to keep tax cuts passed under former President Donald Trump...

Dr. Anthony Fauci writes COVID-19 lab leak is a 'conspiracy theory' in memoir — but told Congress it wasn't

Fauci, 83, writes in his memoir "On Call" of a now-infamous exchange with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) during a 2021 hearing about SARS-CoV-2 possibly escaping through a lab accident.

Fauci says backlash over painful beagle experiments he signed off was 'lies' in new book: 'Lunacy'

Dr. Anthony Fauci writes in a new book that public backlash he faced over funding painful experiments on beagle puppies was “lies” and “lunacy” from the “far-right” — despite acknowledging...

Congressional aide boasts of receiving Biden student loan bailout — that boss opposed

A staffer for a Democratic congresswoman boasted online Wednesday that President Biden’s student loan bailout — an executive action that his boss publicly opposed in the past — had been...

Ex-NY rep. received nearly $25K in salary from campaigns: 'Not a great look'

Former Rep. Mondaire Jones has received almost $25,000 in salary payments from two of his congressional campaigns, according to financial disclosures.

Conservative group backs AOC primary challenger with Times Square billboards, $100K in media promos

A conservative small business advocacy group is getting behind far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Democratic primary opponent, spending $100,000 in promotional media attacking the far-left “Squad” member — including billboards in...

House ethics panel interviewed half a dozen women in Rep. Matt Gaetz sex, drugs probe: report

The House Ethics Committee has spoken six women in connection with its probe of Rep. Matt Gaetz over allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use.

John Kerry used pseudonymous email while in office just like Biden, Hillary, whistleblower claims to senators

Former Secretary of State John Kerry used a pseudonymous email — just like former Vice President Joe Biden and Kerry's predecessor Hillary Clinton — while working for the Obama administration,...

Fauci finally reverses course, agrees keeping schools closed during COVID was a 'mistake'

Dr. Anthony Fauci, a top adviser to two presidential administrations during the COVID-19 pandemic, reversed course in a Tuesday interview and agreed that shutting down schools for more than a...

Scientific expert declares there is 'zero' evidence for natural COVID-19 origin

Scientists in a Capitol Hill hearing fiercely debated whether COVID-19 sprung from a laboratory accident or naturally spilled over from animals to humans.

NJ Democratic power broker accused of leading criminal enterprise to score waterfront property, tax credits

New Jersey Democratic power broker George Norcross was indicted Monday by his state’s attorney general for allegedly leading a 12-year criminal enterprise to obtain lucrative land rights and millions of...

Biden official reveals unaccompanied migrant juveniles aren't getting proper background checks in bombshell admission

A top Biden administration official told lawmakers last June that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) isn’t inquiring about the criminal histories of migrant teens in its care, according to newly released testimony exclusively...

Most Hispanics now support mass deportation of illegal migrants in US: poll

A majority of US Hispanics now support the mass deportation of migrants living in the country illegally — and are evenly split over whether the feds should create large detention...

Biden campaign launches $50M ad blitz targeting 'convicted criminal' Trump

The ad campaign is the first by the 81-year-old Democratic prez to highlight former President Trump's conviction by a Manhattan jury May 30 — and attacks the 78-year-old GOP presidential...

Senator accuses Biden interior secretary of 'political sympathy' with pro-Hamas vandals who damaged DC monuments

Sen. John Barrasso is accusing Deb Haaland of exercising "political sympathy" with tens of thousands of pro-Hamas protesters who descended on the White House last weekend.

DOJ won’t prosecute AG Garland for refusing to hand over Biden’s classified docs audio

Attorney General Merrick Garland will not be prosecuted for contempt of Congress because his refusal to turn over audio of President Biden’s interview in his classified documents case “did not...