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4 House Republicans Vie to Replace Green as Homeland Security Panel Chairman

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Rep. Mark Green’s sudden retirement from Congress has left a major job opening for his fellow Republicans—replacing the Tennessean as chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security. Now, with President Donald Trump in office, chairing the committee that deals with immigration issues on a daily basis is an attractive post. On Monday night, the House Republican Steering Committee will elect the next chairman, to replace Green, whose resignation became official Sunday. The following are the four Republicans vying for the job. Clay Higgins of Louisiana Higgins, who currently serves…

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Speaker Johnson’s Next Big Test: Who to Choose as Rules Committee Chairman

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After narrowly escaping ouster as speaker of the House on Friday, Rep. Mike Johnson faces a decision that could determine his relationship with the hard-line conservative faction of the GOP that nearly took his job away—namely, who to appoint as chairman of the House Rules Committee. The House Committee on Rules is among the most important committees in any Congress, and it will be no different in the 119th session. As the last stop for a bill before it is considered on the floor, the committee largely determines what bills…

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‘Gender-Affirming’ Surgery Leaves People Lonelier and Depressed, Study by Transgender Surgery Department Chairman Finds

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The head of a facility that carries out so-called “gender-affirming care” has published a study confirming that transgender surgeries do not improve mental health and make people feel lonelier than those who avoided surgical intervention altogether. “In our study, the level of life satisfaction in transgender people was not increased in transgender people who had undergone gender-affirming surgery as compared to those who were unoperated,” says a study published Tuesday in BMC Public Health, a peer-reviewed scientific journal. “[O]ur data indicate that transgender and gender-diverse people, who have undergone gender reassignment surgery…

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Chairman McCaul threatens to hold Secretary of State Blinken in contempt of Congress

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The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee is threatening to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress for not turning over confidential messages from career diplomats. Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Blinken hasn’t complied with a subpoena demanding access to so-called dissent channel cables from State Department personnel during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The dissent channel serves as a forum for diplomats to critique department policy decisions. McCaul said a State Department briefing last month on the content of those cables fell short…

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