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Republican House speaker says he promised to release footage of deadly attack as Democrats denounce release to Tucker Carlson

Thousands of hours of surveillance footage from the attack on the U.S. Capitol are being made available to Fox News host Tucker Carlson

Somehow I thought that when the midterm elections were over, when Nov. 8 came and went, the barrage of political fundraising emails would stop.

WASHINGTON — Even though ethics advocacy groups predicted House Republicans’ changes to the Office of Congressional Ethics could sideline the watchdog in the 118th Congress, they now say their worst fears appear unlikely.

President Joe Biden plans to renew calls for Congress to use legislation and funding to address gun violence, policing and criminal justice.

Despite fears voiced by advocates that new term limits would cripple it, new appointees will fill posts at the Office of Congressional Ethics.

The idea that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who has essentially given aid and comfort to those who supported an insurrection against the United States government, would accuse anyone of being un-American is as rich as it is Orwellian.

The change is a shift from the recent past.

WASHINGTON — The House in the coming weeks could formalize a method for stripping members of committee posts, according to a deal Rep. Nancy Mace said she hashed out with Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the hours before Thursday’s vote to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from House Foreign Affairs.