In choosing Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) to chair the House Intelligence Committee, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has tapped a veteran conservative with “America First” leanings to steer one of the

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday selected Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) to chair the House Intelligence Committee, elevating the veteran panel member to the role after he removed Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) from the top job.

The speaker replaced a Republican who had criticized the president-elect and broken with him on key issues, and who had drawn the ire and suspicion of those close to the president-elect.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has appointed Rep. Rick Crawford of Arkansas as the new chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.

Arkansas is now the most important state in the U.S. Congress – by far – when it comes to overseeing intelligence-gathering agencies like the CIA

Speaker Mike Johnson said the panel would counter “false narratives” about the Jan. 6, 2021, riot and what led up to it, a sign that the G.O.P. would continue to try shift blame for the attack.

The Laken Riley Act, as the bill is known, directs the authorities to deport immigrants who are accused — not yet convicted — of specific crimes, if they are in the country illegally.

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Four years ago, the six members of Arkansas' congressional delegation decried the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Today, those lawmakers still say the violence was unacceptable, but they are not lingering on President Donald Trump's decision to pardon or commute the sentences of approximately 1,

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex reportedly did not sign a prenup. Apparently, the UK views them differently than the US, and they're not automatically legally enforced. Additionally, it's simply not something the Royals do.

And Donald Trump is due to address Davos at 11 a.m.

In his first oval office interview of his new term, President Trump continued to defend his pardons for all of the January 6 rioters.