Joe Biden

An IRS agent has been doing the rounds on various media outlets claiming, to be a whistleblower revealing that Hunter Biden was given preferential treatment during a five-year investigation.

As a result, Republican House members have called in key investigators to answer questions.

House Republicans plan to focus the bulk of their agenda on impeaching top Biden administration officials — and maybe even the president himself.

The GOP-led House will hear testimony in the coming months from homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, attorney general Merrick Garland and FBI director Christopher Wray, and they're interested in calling David Weiss, the Donald Trump-appointed U.S. attorney who led the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden, reported CNN.

Senate Republicans introduced legislation earlier this week that would prohibit President Joe Biden from declaring a national climate emergency as millions across the U.S. shelter indoors to escape scorching heat and toxic pollution from Canadian wildfires, which have been fueled by runaway warming.

Led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)—a fossil fuel industry ally and the ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee—the GOP bill would "prohibit the president from using the three primary statutory authorities available (the National Emergencies Act, the Stafford Act, and section 319 of the Public Health Service Act) to declare a national emergency solely on the basis of climate change," according to a summary released by the Republican senator's office.

Rep. James Comer (R-KY) struggled on Thursday to name a policy that President Biden changed after receiving money from foreign sources.

"I heard you yesterday refer to them as a crime family, and this was organized crime," Fox News host Steve Doocy told Comer. "So make it easy for us. What was the crime?"

Former President Donald Trump could be far more terrifying than many people realize in his second term, wrote former Trump administration Homeland Security official Miles Taylor for Vanity Fair from an adaptation of his new book, "Blowback: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump."

That's because the national security apparatus has what's informally known as a "doomsday book" of emergency directives for extreme actions that suspend normal law and rights — and although these orders are generally kept secret from the president, Trump could conjure up a way to have it delivered to him.

The Data for Progress survey found that opposition to McCarthy's (R-Calif.) proposed commission is thoroughly bipartisan, with 72% of all likely voters—including 78% of Democrats, 72% of Independents, and 65% of Republicans—either "somewhat" or "strongly" opposing the move.

In contrast, 93% of survey respondents said that Social Security benefits should remain as they are or be expanded, including 94% of Democrats, 91% of Independents, and 94% of Republicans.

When Ron DeSantis made a campaign visit to Eagle Pass, Texas near the U.S./Mexico border on Monday, June 26, the far-right Florida governor and GOP presidential hopeful was trying to show MAGA voters that he is tougher on illegal immigration than former President Donald Trump. DeSantis even promised to end birthright citizenship if elected president, and his critics were quick to point out that the protection he is campaigning against has been in the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment since 1868.

During the visit, DeSantis' allies photographed him in front of a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter. But promoting that photo, according to the Daily Beast's Roger Sollenberger, could be problematic from a legal standpoint.

A whistleblower from the Internal Revenue Service who claims he was blocked in his investigation of President Joe Biden's son is nothing more than a "complainer" with a "political ax to grind," a legal expert said Wednesday.

Speaking to "The CBS Evening News" Tuesday, Gary Shapley – an IRS supervisory agent who helped oversee a five year investigation into allegations of tax fraud against Hunter Biden – claimed he was stopped from issuing subpoenas and blocked from doing further investigations.

The New York Times reports that former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani recently sat down for a voluntary interview with special counsel Jack Smith under a proffer agreement, which the Times points out "can precede a formal cooperation deal."

According to the Times, attorneys working for Smith pelted Giuliani with multiple questions related to the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, including about former Trump lawyers Sidney Powell and John Eastman, both of whom have been accused of trying to help the president illegally remain in power despite losing that election to President Joe Biden.

US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that "pariah" Vladimir Putin is "losing" the war in Ukraine, but it is too early to tell whether the Russian president has been weakened by the mercenary Wagner group's aborted rebellion.

Asked by reporters at the White House whether Putin is now weaker, Biden said: "It's hard to tell, but he's clearly losing the war" in Ukraine and "he's losing the war at home."

US gymnastics star Simone Biles is set to make her first competitive appearance since the Tokyo Olympics after entering the US Classic, USA Gymnastics announced on Wednesday.

The August 4-5 competition would be her first since the four-time Olympic gold medallist withdrew from most of her events in Tokyo in 2021 with mental health and safety concerns.

President Joe Biden's approval ratings are now as low as former President Donald Trump's were at this point in his presidency.

Despite this, reports NBC News, it would be a mistake to think that disappointed voters who backed Biden in 2020 are thinking about switching allegiances to Trump next year.