GOP leader Kevin McCarthy gets Jan. 6 committee interview invitation

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., who chairs the house-of-representatives” target=”_blank”>House<. “If Leader McCarthy has nothing to hide, he can voluntarily come before the committee,” Thompson added. JAN. 6 COMMITTEE SUBPOENAS FOR SITTING LAWMAKERS COULD ENTER ‘DANGEROUS TERRITORY’ Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., meets with the House select committee on the Jan. 6 attack as it prepares to…

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Emma Watson recalls considering leaving 'Harry Potter' franchise: 'The fame thing had finally hit home'

The “Harry Potter” franchise could have looked very differently if Emma Watson had ducked out about halfway through, as she considered doing. The actress, along with several of her co-stars, skyrocketed to fame at a young age in 2001 when they appeared in “movies” target=”_blank”>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone<‘s upcoming “genres” special, which will…

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Biden mocked for celebrating historic 2021 economic record

Critics panned joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden< U.S. President Joe Biden. Photographer: Ken Cedeno/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Ken Cedeno/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images) But Biden failed to cite which analyst made the claim, leading to some users to mock the president’s claim in response. Biden made a similar claim in a speech last week, again failing to name…

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Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf: Migrant flights only 'passed through' Scranton 'en route to their final destination'

us-regions governor says politicians inquiring about migrant “ghost flights” are getting the facts wrong. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s office told Fox News in a statement Wednesday that the migrant flights that arrived at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport on Dec. 11, 17 and 25 were not ending their journey there, instead passing through on the way…

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Ugandan author who called leader's son 'obese' detained by government: 'Men with guns are breaking my door'

Acclaimed Ugandan author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, a well-known critic of the country’s authoritarian President Yoweri Museveni and his son, Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has been arrested and detained by the government on unknown charges. “I’m under house arrest. Men with guns are breaking my door. They say they’re policemen but are not in uniform,” Rukirabashaija wrote…

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Republican leaders slam communist China for journalist arrests: 'Shows just how fearful they really are'

Several Republican political leaders spoke out against the world-regions police for arresting seven current and former employees of one of the last pro-democracy newspapers in the city and raiding their headquarters. High-profile Republican leaders torched the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the arrests and raid, which was conducted on Wednesday under the communist party’s 2020…

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