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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 09: Ranking member Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) delivers opening remarks during the first hearing of the Weaponization of the Federal Government subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on February 09, 2023 in Washington, DC. This was the first hearing of the new subcommittee, created by a sharply divided Congress to scrutinize what Republican members have charged is an effort by the federal government to target and silence conservatives. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Democrat Stacey Plaskett threatens Matt Taibbi with prison

Stacey Plaskett, a Democrat, and the delegate from the Virgin Islands to the United States Congress, recently sent a letter to journalist Matt Taibbi accusing him of perjury and suggesting that he could face up to five years in prison.

Newly elected Republican Representative from New York George Santos attends the US House of Representatives voting for new speaker at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 4, 2023. - The new Republican-led House was engulfed in crisis for a second day running Wednesday after a fresh round of voting failed to produce a winner in the race for speaker. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

GOP Rep. George Santos announces NY re-election bid

Despite demands for his resignation and ongoing federal, state, and local investigations, Representative George Santos has declared on Monday that he is running for re-election.

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 28: Congressional leaders attended a closed briefing on classified documents found in the possession of President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

‘Gang of 8’ legislators gain access to Trump, Biden, and Pence’s classified documents

According to insiders, members of Congress known as the “Gang of Eight” have started getting access to sensitive documents that were discovered in the custody of President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, and former Vice President Mike Pence after they left office.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks during a press conference to discuss his indictment of former President Donald Trump, outside the Manhattan Federal Court in New York, April 4, 2023. - Trump was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records stemming from three pre-election hush-money cases, prosecutors said. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Manhattan DA sues Rep. Jim Jordan

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has sued Jim Jordan, the head of the House Judiciary Committee, to prevent the Republicans in Congress from interfering with the continuing criminal investigation of former President Donald Trump.

Palestinian protesters rush away from tear gas amid clashes with Israeli security forces during a protest in the village of Beita, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on April 10, 2023, against a march by settlers to the nearby Israeli outpost of Eviatar. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP) (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)

Byrnes of CVA calls on congress to ‘end the mistake of the Iraq war’

John Byrnes of the Concerned Veterans for America tells One America News that his grass roots based veterans

The U.S. Capitol is shown June 5, 2003 in Washington, DC. Both houses of the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives meet in the Capitol. (Photo by Stefan Zaklin/Getty Images)

Senate votes to repeal Iraq War power authorizations

In order to regain its control over military engagement abroad, the Senate voted on Wednesday to rescind authorizations for the use of military force against Iraq.