House Ethics Committee will keep Matt Gaetz report under wraps

Washington — The House Ethics committee, meeting to consider the release of a report on its investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, did not reach an agreement on Wednesday afternoon, the committee chairman said.  The meeting came one week after the Florida Republican resigned from Congress following President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to select him for

Lawmakers, Advocates Speak Out Against Mass Jailing of Hong Kong Activists

Resistance to the Chinese Communist Party’s suppression in Hong Kong has garnered bipartisan support in the United States. WASHINGTON—U.S. Reps. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) joined a group of pro-democracy Hong Kong activists to decry the sentencing of 45 political prisoners, imposed under the special administrative region’s draconian Article 23 based on China’s

Pentagon UFO Office Director Describes Unexplained Sightings in Senate Testimony

One object, described as a plane-sized metallic cylinder floating in air before disappearing, was sighted near a U.S. facility. Jon T. Kosloski, the new director of the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), which studies unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)—formerly known as UFOs—testified to the U.S. Senate on Nov. 19 and discussed cases the military believes

House panel did not reach agreement on releasing on Gaetz report, chair says

Washington — The House Ethics committee, meeting to consider the release of a report on its investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, did not reach an agreement on Wednesday afternoon, the committee chairman said.  The meeting came one week after the Florida Republican resigned from Congress following President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to select him for