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U.S. President Joe Biden weighed his options Thursday after the Republican-led House of Representatives voted to authorize a corruption-focused impeachment inquiry against him formally.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 221 to 212 Wednesday to formalize the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, who faces allegations that he personally benefited from and lied about his son’s overseas business dealings, which raked in millions of dollars.

Hunter Biden defied a congressional subpoena Wednesday by refusing to appear for a deposition with the House Oversight Committee, the latest development in the impeachment inquiry into his father, President Joe Biden.

The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that interest rates will continue at their peak levels since early 2001. However, it laid the groundwork for several rate cuts coming in 2024. The federal interest rate will remain within the range of 5.25% to 5.5%.

On Wednesday, the Senate passed an $886 billion funding bill for next year’s U.S. defense budget, which includes an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) until April.

The Supreme Court announced on Wednesday its decision to review an appeal that could potentially reverse the most severe charges imposed in the convictions of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot defendants. This case holds significant implications for hundreds of individuals, including former President Donald Trump.

According to a survey conducted by Rasmussen Reports and the Heartland Institute, over 20% of voters who cast their ballots by mail in the 2020 election reported that they did so fraudulently.

On Tuesday, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security released a Public Service Announcement cautioning that the conflict in the Middle East has “likely increased the risk of lone-actor violence at large public gatherings during the winter season.”

A US court of appeals ruled Friday that New York state cannot prevent gun owners from bringing their weapons to houses of worship as to do so would be unconstitutional, Reuters reports.

The Supreme Court decided on Wednesday to hear its first abortion-related case since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, focusing on the medication that accounts for over half of U.S. abortions.

Abortion-providing groups received $1.89 billion in taxpayer money from fiscal years 2019 to 2021, a newly released federal watchdog report shows.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced last week that it has approved Casgevy and Lyfgenia, two groundbreaking, gene-editing treatments for sickle cell disease (SCD) in patients 12 years and older. Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited blood disorders which affects around 100,000 people in the US.

In an effort to protect children from exposure to pornography, a Republican lawmaker in Tennessee has introduced a bill that would require distributors of online pornography to keep minors off their websites by implementing strict age-verification measures, CBN News reports.

House Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Tuesday that following the withdrawal of competing bills to reform and extend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), Congress will opt for a temporary extension to adhere to its December 31 expiration date.

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court directed former President Donald Trump to submit a response to special counsel Jack Smith’s request for an expedited decision regarding the defense’s appeal to claim presidential immunity for the charges Trump faces regarding his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.

House Republican leadership announced Tuesday that they would bring the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden to the House floor, likely Wednesday, for an official vote.

The U.S. government is constructing a ‘virtual wall’ on the southern border by deploying multiple sophisticated surveillance towers, with some employing artificial intelligence, as part of an effort to manage the nation’s border, according to a report in Axios.

On Tuesday, the House is set to vote on two distinct legislative proposals aimed at reforming the principal espionage capabilities of the federal government, as outlined under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a case challenging Washington state’s prohibition of “conversion therapy” for minors, which aims to change their sexual orientation or gender identity thereby allowing the law to remain in effect. The case was brought forth by a Christian therapist who deemed the 2018 measure as a violation of his free speech rights.

Proposed new legislation would revoke the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit organization that is providing material support for terrorist groups.