Top Republicans accuse FTC chair of Hatch Act violations over 'campaign-style events' with Dems
Fox News
Rep. Jim Jordan and Sen. Mike Lee are accusing FTC Chair Lina Khan of Hatch Act violations.
"According to recent reports, you appeared at a series of events in Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin and Arizona with several candidates for elected office. Media accounts described your tour as a ‘campaign gauntlet’ with the timing of your events ‘so near the election… hard to ignore,'" the lawmakers wrote in a letter sent on Monday to the chair. Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
"These campaign-style events create the appearance that you are using your official position to advocate for the election of certain Democrat candidates." Follow Julia's reporting on X at @JuliaaJohnson_ and send tips to Julia.Johnson@fox.com.
Senate Democrats advanced five more Biden judicial nominees on Thursday amid a mad dash to confirm left-leaning judges before President-elect Trump assumes office in January.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz urges the Biden-Harris administration to halt a $1.25 billion broadband program, calling its race-based criteria unconstitutional.
Sen. Josh Hawley is calling on the Senate Homeland Security Committee to subpoena public testimony from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray.
Gs“While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition," Gaetz said.
Mika Brzezinski surprised by backlash to Trump meeting, says it's because 'people are really scared'
MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski said she was surprised by the backlash to her and Joe Scarborough for meeting with President-elect Donald Trump last week.
House lawmakers were briefed Wednesday about the potential outcome of a U.S.-China war over Taiwan within the next two years, as the global superpower increasingly encroaches on U.S. allies.
FBI Director Christopher Wray and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after facing backlash for skipping public national security hearings this week.
FIRST ON FOX: The Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action for America is launching a $1 million public education campaign to advocate for the “prompt confirmation" of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet appointees.
Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr claims transgender women are just as much "'biologically female' as cis women."
Outgoing LA DA George Gascon's office pushes resentencing for gunman on death row in 1980 Bob's Big Boy robbery that killed four and wounded four more.
New Republican Governors Association chair Brian Kemp says 'we need to focus' on helping the Trump administration get 'off to a strong start.' And the Georgia governor shares his gameplan for the 2025 & 2026 elections