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House Republicans peppered Attorney General Merrick Garland with questions during a hearing Wednesday about the probe into Hunter Biden, the president’s son.

The American neurotechnology company Neurolink announced Wednesday it is calling for people suffering with mobility diseases to test brain implants designed to allow the mind to control computers and potentially treat neurological disorders, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports.

In a widely anticipated move, the U.S. Federal Reserve (FED) decided on Wednesday to keep the interest rate steady within the range of 5.25% to 5.5%. The decision is of considerable significance to both traditional and cryptocurrency markets.

The latest California population estimates show heavy shifts in House seats in the Democratic state, which is on pace to lose as many as five congressional districts in the 2030 reapportionment cycle if current trends persist.

A federal jury convicted three more pro-life activists involved in the October 2020 blockade of a Washington, D.C., abortion facility. The group faces the possibility of over 11 years in prison.

Hunter Biden on Monday sued the Internal Revenue Service for the alleged “unlawful disclosure” of his private tax information in a lawsuit that targets IRS whistleblowers who said the Justice Department interfered with their tax probe of the first son.

American households’ income fell last year as their cost of living jumped higher than it has in over four decades amid soaring inflation and marking the third straight annual decline since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The House voted against beginning debate on its annual defense appropriations bill, failing to overcome a key procedural hurdle to advance the must-pass legislation through the lower chamber by the end of this week.

The national debt – which measures what the U.S. owes its creditors — hit $33.04 trillion as of Monday afternoon, according to new data published by the Treasury Department. By comparison, just four decades ago, the national debt hovered around $907 billion.

The Biden administration proposed to block of thousands of acres from future oil drilling or mining in northern New Mexico in an effort to protect Native American lands.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has offered a plan to congressional Republicans to avoid a government shutdown that would cut overall spending by 1% of current levels for 31 days.

Former President Trump’s comments on abortion laws are drawing fire from pro-lifers.

Millions of uncommitted Christians are causing a “catastrophic decline in biblical worldview in America” because they have been poorly discipled in their faith and often don’t know how to pass on biblical values to their children, research in a new book from veteran Christian researcher George Barna shows.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy approved an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, even as GOP senators warn against the measure.

The Texas Senate voted on Saturday to acquit Attorney General Ken Paxton on all 16 articles of impeachment that had been voted against him by the Texas House of Representatives.

A growing number of people on the U.S. Terrorist Watchlist were encountered at U.S. borders in 2023, homeland security officials said on Thursday, noting in an annual report that a record number of migrant arrivals had “complicated border and immigration security” this past year.

Abortion providers are trying to lengthen the narrow window when they can legally terminate a pregnancy under a strict new ban in South Carolina.

In an embarrassment to U.S. President Joe Biden, his son Hunter has been charged with three federal counts of firearm offenses as prosecutors renew their legal challenge against him.

Geologists in the US are working to confirm their belief that a lithium mineral deposit potentially worth $1.48 trillion is located in the McDermitt caldera on the border of Oregon and Nevada, Extreme Tech reports. Experts believe 40 million metric tons of lithium may be hidden in the caldera, a massive cauldron-shaped depression formed by the Yellowstone volcanic hotspot.

The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a trio of bills extending sanctions on Iran’s ballistic missile and drone programs and condemning its human rights abuses amid no votes from members of the so-called “Squad” of left-wing progressives.