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Lina Khan, the nominee for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing, April 21, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Republicans who say the Federal Trade Commission has been overzealous and politicized under President Joe Biden are set to interrogate agency head Lina Khan on Thursday, July 13, 2023. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP, File)

House Republicans interrogate FTC’s Khan over ethics, antitrust issues

By Mary Clare Jalonick and Matt O'Brien - Associated Press

FBI Director Christopher Wray departs after testifying before a House Committee on the Judiciary oversight hearing, Wednesday, July 12, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

FBI Director Wray dodges questions about dirty tricks in probes of Hunter Biden, Trump

By Kerry Picket and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Appropriations subcommittee Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies budget hearing for Fiscal Year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 27, 2023. Wray is set to face some of his harshest critics in Congress as he testifies before a House committee that is leading several investigations into claims that the law enforcement agency unfairly targets conservatives. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

FBI director faces GOP critics at hearing focused on Trump, Hunter Biden and more

By Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) ** FILE **

Russian spies in Ukraine suspected of duping FBI to censor Americans on social media

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump storm the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three other members of the far-right extremist group have been convicted of a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol in a desperate bid to keep Donald Trump in power after Trump lost the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Wray won’t say if FBI informants in Capitol riot mob: ‘I really need to be careful’

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 31, 2019, photo, jailed men identified by authorities as gang members from the Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, sit in handcuffs as they are transferred to the Zacatras high-security prison in Zacatecoluca, El Salvador. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) **FILE**

DHS missed MS-13 warnings to admit man accused of murdering Kayla Hamilton

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney speaks about drug abuse issues in Concord, N.H., Feb. 22, 2013. The White House is expected to soon withdraw the nomination of Michael Delaney for the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, according to a person familiar with his confirmation process. Delaney’s nomination lacks the needed votes in the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the person, who requested anonymity because the decision had not yet been made public. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

Michael Delaney, federal appeals court nominee, withdraws in rare judicial defeat for Biden

By Seung Min Kim and Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) building headquarters is seen in Washington on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

FBI whistleblowers describe retaliation by bureau brass against rank and file who speak out

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Analilia Mejia of the Center for Popular Democracy, center, joins other activists calling for ethics reform in the U.S. Supreme Court, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Associate Justice Clarence Thomas has been criticized for accepting luxury trips nearly every year for more than two decades from Republican megadonor Harlan Crow without reporting them on financial disclosure forms. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers clash over move for new ethics rules for Supreme Court justices

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, boards Air Force One with the president, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, N.Y. An IRS special agent is seeking whistleblower protection to disclose information regarding what the agent contends is mishandling of an investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. That is according to a letter to Congress obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Democrats greet IRS whistleblower complaint about Hunter Biden probe with skepticism, indifference

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Ranking members Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Russia's actions during the war with Ukraine, Wednesday, April 19, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Lindsey Graham says he’ll support replacing Feinstein on Judiciary only if she resigns from Senate

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks at a press conference after the arraignment of former president Donald Trump in New York, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Federal Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil, weighing whether House Republicans can question a former prosecutor about the Manhattan criminal case against former President Donald Trump, posed dozens of questions, in New York, Wednesday, April 19, 2023, to lawyers on both sides, asking them to parse thorny issues of sovereignty, separation of powers and Congressional oversight arising from Trump's historic indictment. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

House Republicans, Manhattan DA end fight over Trump inquiry

By Michael R. Sisak and Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during a House Select Subcommittee hearing, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Federal Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil, weighing whether House Republicans can question a former prosecutor about the Manhattan criminal case against former President Donald Trump, posed dozens of questions, in New York, Wednesday, April 19, 2023, to lawyers on both sides, asking them to parse thorny issues of sovereignty, separation of powers and Congressional oversight arising from Trump's historic indictment. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Appeals court halts House interview with ex-Trump prosecutor

By Michael R. Sisak and Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the National Rifle Association Convention in Indianapolis, Friday, April 14, 2023. Ron DeSantis has yet to enter the 2024 presidential race, but Trump is aiming to drum up support in the Florida governor's backyard, securing endorsements already from about one-third of the Republicans in the state's congressional delegation. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Judge says House GOP can force testimony on New York DA’s case against Trump

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks at a press conference after the arraignment of former president Donald Trump in New York, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Federal Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil, weighing whether House Republicans can question a former prosecutor about the Manhattan criminal case against former President Donald Trump, posed dozens of questions, in New York, Wednesday, April 19, 2023, to lawyers on both sides, asking them to parse thorny issues of sovereignty, separation of powers and Congressional oversight arising from Trump's historic indictment. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Judge to rule in U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan’s probe of N.Y. prosecutor

By Michael R. Sisak and Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., listens during a hearing on the fiscal year 2023 budget for the FBI in Washington, on May 25, 2022. (Ting Shen/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Republicans object to replacing Feinstein on Judiciary panel

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

From left, witnesses Jose Alba, a former Manhattan bodega clerk, Jennifer Harrison, founder of Victims Rights NY, and Madeline Brame, Chairwoman of the Victims Rights Reform Council and mother of a homicide victim, are sworn in during a House Judiciary Committee Field Hearing, Monday, April 17, 2023, in New York. Republicans upset with former President Donald Trump's indictment are escalating their war on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg who charged him, trying to embarrass him on his home turf. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

NYC crime victim accuses Democrats of choosing politics over public safety

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

An audience member is removed by police for interrupting a House Judiciary Committee Field Hearing, Monday, April 17, 2023, in New York. Republicans upset with former President Donald Trump's indictment are escalating their war on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg who charged him, trying to embarrass him on his home turf. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Victims air anger over DA Alvin Bragg’s policies on crime

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., listens as the Senate Judiciary Committee begins debate on Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination for the Supreme Court, in Washington, April 4, 2022. Democrats’ efforts to temporarily replace Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee met quick opposition Monday, April 17, 2023, from some Republicans, potentially complicating the plan even as some of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees remain on hold during her extended medical absence. Feinstein last week asked to be temporarily replaced on the Senate Judiciary Committee while she recuperates in her home state from a case of shingles. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP senators say they’ll reject Democrats’ plan to replace Feinstein on judiciary committee

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., listens as the Senate Judiciary Committee begins debate on Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination for the Supreme Court, in Washington, April 4, 2022. Democrats’ efforts to temporarily replace Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee met quick opposition Monday, April 17, 2023, from some Republicans, potentially complicating the plan even as some of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees remain on hold during her extended medical absence. Feinstein last week asked to be temporarily replaced on the Senate Judiciary Committee while she recuperates in her home state from a case of shingles. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Republicans balk at plan to replace Feinstein on Judiciary

By Mary Clare Jalonick nd Kevin Freking - Associated Press