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The House Ethics Committee named members to the investigative subcommittee that will probe allegations against embattled Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), who allegedly had an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide. The panel will be chaired by Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.) and include Reps. Deborah Ross (D-N.C.), Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) and Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.). Gonzales recently announced he would not seek reelection, after House GOP leadership urged him to abandon his bid. Read the full article here

A gunman has been found dead after ramming Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, and opening fire on a security guard. The attack prompted a massive local and federal response.Local law enforcement and federal agents descended on the synagogue on Thursday, responding to what FBI Director Kash Patel called an “apparent vehicle ramming and active shooter situation.”The gunman approached a security guard and shots were fired, Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said, adding that nobody was hurt except the attacker. The suspect plowed through the front doors of the synagogue before “something ignited” inside his vehicle, filling the…

The U.S. 5th Fleet revealed two sailors suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a fire broke out on nuclear supercarrier the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), command apparently moving fast to explain the blaze amid a flurry of Iranian claims of strikes against America’s navy. A fire broke out in the ship’s laundry of USS Gerald R. Ford today, the world’s largest commissioned warship, leading to two sailors “receiving medical treatment for non-life-threatening injuries”, the Central Command of the U.S. Navy said. Those sailors are in stable condition. Given the Ford is deployed in the battle against Iran as part of Operation Epic…

US stocks fell and oil climbed on Thursday as investors braced for a longer energy shock after Iran’s new supreme leader signaled the Strait of Hormuz would remain shut and President Donald Trump indicated war aims outweighed concern about higher crude prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 500 points in midday trading, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite each lost more than 1 percent. Brent crude briefly topped $100 a barrel before paring some gains, and West Texas Intermediate traded in the mid-$90s, extending a rally driven by fears that a prolonged disruption in Gulf shipping…

Sen. Ron Johnson said Thursday he wants the Senate to vote on nixing the legislative filibuster, as an effort to convince fellow Republicans to bypass it altogether is running into a brick wall. The Wisconsin Republican’s suggestion comes as the Senate will next week begin consideration of a partisan election bill known as the SAVE America Act. Some GOP senators on the conference’s right flank have been lobbying leadership and their colleagues to agree to invoke a “talking filibuster” as a way to get around the 60-vote requirement to advance the legislation. It would force Democrats to hold the floor…

No trace of “deliberate Russian state activity” has been found in repeated incidents involving undersea power and communications lines, Finland’s spy chief says Russia was not behind a series of ruptures in underwater cables in the Baltic Sea, Finland’s spy chief has admitted, adding that the assessment is “very broadly” shared within the European intelligence community.  Seabed infrastructure in the waterway has been repeatedly damaged in a series of incidents over the past two years. Several merchant vessels have been found dragging their anchors across the seabed, damaging power and communication cables in the process.While some NATO and EU officials have…

Republican state attorneys general are blasting the Justice Department’s abrupt settlement with Live Nation and Ticketmaster, warning the deal leaves the entertainment giant’s dominance largely intact and vowing to continue the antitrust fight. “Our resolve has not wavered,” said Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti (R). “We are proud to stand with a powerful core of conservative AGs and bipartisan partners from across the country committed to continuing the fight against Ticketmaster/Live Nation.” Skrmetti was not alone. The settlement stunned many of the coalition of states that had joined the federal government in pursuing the case. 25 of those states, including…

Officials in South Texas border school kicked out a news crew from Telemundo who had gone to the Edinburg CISD administration building to inquire about death threats to students. The incident took place this week, when a news crew from the local Telemundo station went to a school bullying hearing involving multiple female students who had been receiving death threats from another student at Flores Zapata School. Breitbart Texas first reported the issue, revealing that school officials had tried to cover up the case, going as far as having the students delete a series of video threats where one student…

During an interview with ABC News on Tuesday, Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) said that Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) “is a respected person in the Senate, and I’ve worked with him for a good, long time,” but he won’t support Mullin’s nomination to run DHS because “I’m not going to be able to support anybody, including him, for Homeland Security, unless there’s an absolute reset on what our immigration policy is.” Welch said, “There’s an opportunity here for a new person — and this is going to be the real test for Mullin — to have a pause. Let’s not do…

Pope Leo XIV welcomed the highest-ranked Catholic authority in Iran, Archbishop of Tehran-Isfahan Cardinal Dominique Mathieu, for an in-person meeting at the Vatican on Thursday. Cardinal Mathieu was forced to evacuate Tehran and arrived in Italy on March 8 after the Italian government shut its embassy in the country. While Vatican City is a sovereign state, given its size, it relies on allies such as Italy in some cases for diplomatic support and protection. In Tehran, the cardinal’s residence was located on Italian embassy grounds. The cardinal is a native of Belgium and had served as the Archbishop of Tehran-Isfahan since…