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Howard Lutnick volunteers to testify to House committee

Howard Lutnick volunteers to testify to House committee

Published by Sam Flores

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sits to testify before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing to examine a review of broadband deployment funding at the Department of Commerce, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 10, 2026. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has voluntarily agreed to testify before the House Oversight Committee about his ties to infamous sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky said Tuesday. “I commend his demonstrated commitment to transparency and appreciate his willingness to engage with the Committee,” Comer, the chairman of the oversight panel, said in an X post that confirmed an earlier Axios report. “I look forward to his testimony.” Lutnick has not been accused of wrongdoing but has nevertheless faced mounting bipartisan pressure to explain connections that have recently emerged between him and Epstein, his former next-door neighbor. In Senate testimony last month, Lutnick admitted visiting Epstein’s notorious private island with his family in 2012 — years after he previously claimed he had cut off …

Wyoming Senate pushes gaming oversight committee forward with broad support

Wyoming Senate pushes gaming oversight committee forward with broad support

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The Wyoming Senate delivered one of the most decisive votes of the session this week, approving Senate File 0111 on third reading Tuesday by a 30-1 margin. With that vote, the bill now heads to the House of Representatives. Formally titled “An Act relating to the legislature; creating the select committee on gaming; providing for the appointment of members; specifying duties; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date,” the measure would establish a permanent select committee on gaming within the Wyoming Legislature. Supporters say the panel would give lawmakers a dedicated forum to monitor gambling activity, study regulatory trends and recommend policy updates as the industry continues to expand. Also, #Wyoming Legislature passes SF0111 30-1. Creates a Select Committee on Gaming, outlines appointments, duties & funding as the bill moves forward. @RWW pic.twitter.com/V1sAFdqAWY — Suswati Basu (@suswatibasu) February 24, 2026 The bill outlines how members would be appointed and directs the committee to take on continuing oversight responsibilities. Lawmakers expect the details of its workload to take shape once appointments are made and …

‘Keep Europe strong from the inside’: Kata Tütto, president of the Committee of the Regions – Talking Europe

‘Keep Europe strong from the inside’: Kata Tütto, president of the Committee of the Regions – Talking Europe

Published by Sam Flores

Europe’s regions are in danger of being squeezed as the EU considers sweeping changes to the way its 27 member states spend their money, warns the European official tasked with reducing inequalities among the bloc’s hundreds of towns and regions. Kata Tütto, a Hungarian socialist, and president of the European Committee of the Regions, tells Talking Europe’s Douglas Herbert that the EU’s next long-term budget, which runs from 2028 to 2034, risks quietly shrinking the money that underpins local investment under the EU’s region-focused Cohesion Policy. At the centre of the controversy is a proposed “mega-fund” worth roughly €865 billion, which would pool money for farmers and poorer regions in a single pot. That may sound vast. But spread across seven years and 260 regions, the reality is far less impressive, Tütto says. Under the current proposals, funding for regions would fall to roughly half of today’s level. It’s a shift that could hollow out the EU’s cohesion policy, the main tool designed to reduce economic gaps between Europe’s cities and regions. The timing, Tüttő …

Politics Home | Starmer Agrees To Give All Mandelson Material To Key Committee After Labour MPs Threaten Rebellion

Politics Home | Starmer Agrees To Give All Mandelson Material To Key Committee After Labour MPs Threaten Rebellion

Published by Sam Flores

3 min read4 hr Keir Starmer has avoided a major backbench rebellion after agreeing to give all documents relating to Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador to a cross-party parliamentary committee.  The government had originally planned to withhold documents that it said would undermine national security and international relations. Starmer set out this position in PMQs on Wednesday lunchtime. However, a significant number of Labour MPs threatened to support a motion tabled by the Conservatives calling for the release of all material related to Mandelson’s appointment, forcing the government to agree a compromise before a planned vote in the evening. Angela Rayner, the former deputy prime minister, who is widely seen as a leading candidate to succeed Starmer in Downing Street, played a leading role from the Labour backbenches in forcing the government to change its position. In frantic scenes in the House of Commons this afternoon, the government tabled a further amendment, saying that documents relating to Mandelson’s appointment that are redacted on security grounds will be referred to the intelligence and security committee. While the government avoided a Labour rebellion, the …

Television Publicity Executives Committee Names 2026 Leadership

Television Publicity Executives Committee Names 2026 Leadership

Published by Daniella Wilson

The trade organization representing high-level television publicity professionals has named a leadership team for 2026 that features many familiar faces. Wendy Zocks will resume her role as chair of the Television Publicity Executives Committee, the organization announced on Monday. The founder of Wendy Zocks Public Relations, a veteran publicist who has worked for major networks and streamers since she founded her company in 1998, has led the organization for five years. Publicity professionals returning as members of the organization’s executive committee include Todd Beck (the CEO of BECK Media & Marketing), executive Irina Bobker, Brian Eley (svp of communications at Crunchyroll), Eileen Quast (global head of PR at MGM+), executive Alice Rao, Joe Schlosser (founder of Schlosser Communications) and Nancy Insua (publicist at Disney Branded Television). Meanwhile, NBCUniversal vp of communications, awards strategy and festivals Natalia Cedres is joining the executive committee as a new member. Cedres worked as the lead publicist on This Is Us for all six seasons and recently ran a campaign for Saturday Night Live’s 50th season. The organization also announced …

House Committee Calls On IRS To Crack Down On NGOs Funding Terrorists

House Committee Calls On IRS To Crack Down On NGOs Funding Terrorists

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The IRS must overhaul its oversight of the nonprofit sector amid the fraud scandal in Minnesota that has led to taxpayer funds being funneled for terror activities, Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee said in a Jan. 20 statement. House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 13, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The lawmakers sent a letter to IRS Acting Commissioner Scott Bessent and CEO Frank Bisignano on Tuesday, raising concerns about “significant fraud, waste, and abuse” of taxpayer dollars. “As you are aware, investigative journalists recently uncovered a network of fraud involving Minnesota’s Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services program and non-profit organizations in the state during the COVID-19 pandemic—a scheme that not only seemingly funneled millions, if not billions, of taxpayer dollars to the Al-Shabaab terrorist group, but has also resulted in the prosecutions of nearly 80 individuals by the Department of Justice (‘DOJ’) to date,” they wrote. …

SGLA responds to Indiana Committee Vote on sweepstakes bill

SGLA responds to Indiana Committee Vote on sweepstakes bill

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The Social Gaming Leadership Alliance (SGLA) has issued a statement, following the Indiana House Public Policy Committee’s vote on HB 1052, which saw the sweepstakes-focused bill advancing. On January 22, HB 1052, which would see sweepstakes gaming banned in Indiana, received a 10-0 vote during a House Public Policy Committee. This came after a more in-depth discussion two weeks ago, but there is still a way to go, and it’s not known whether it’ll have to pass through other committees before heading to the House. Now, Managing Director Sean Ostrow of SGLA has issued further thoughts on the matter: “Social Plus games have been operating lawfully in Indiana since 2012 and are enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers. “Rather than a ban that would criminalize law-abiding businesses while doing nothing to stop illegal operators, we believe sensible regulation is the pragmatic pathway forward.” Indiana sweepstakes bill, HB 1052, continues as SGLA issues new statement He continued to say the alliance has proposed a regulatory framework that would generate over $20 million in annual revenue …

House Ethics Committee investigating allegations against Nancy Mace

House Ethics Committee investigating allegations against Nancy Mace

Published by Sam Flores

The House Ethics Committee announced Friday that it is investigating allegations against conservative firebrand Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.). The Ethics Committee did not go into detail about the probe. However, it noted that the matter regarding Mace was transmitted by the Office of Congressional Conduct (OCC) on Dec. 2, 2025.  “The Committee notes that the… Source link

Democrats Fight To Keep Insurrection Myth Alive In New J6 Committee

Democrats Fight To Keep Insurrection Myth Alive In New J6 Committee

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Jonathan Turley, The new J6 Committee has started its hearings and, unlike the prior Committee, Republicans have allowed Democrats to select members to sit in opposition. That has led to sharp exchanges, but one of the more interesting occurred between Rep. Harriet Hageman (R., Wyo.) and Jamie Raskin (D., Md.). After Hageman got a witness to admit that no one was charged with incitement, Raskin made the clearly false statement that a few defendants charged with seditious conspiracy was the same thing as incitement. It is not. Rep. Raskin triggered the confrontation by making a clearly false claim about one of those charged by the Biden Administration: “I would just commend to everybody the testimony of Pamela Hemphill, who was a convicted insurrectionist that was pardoned. She rejected her pardon.” In reality, Hemphill was charged (like most of the rioters) with relatively minor misdemeanors. She pleaded guilty to one count of demonstrating, picketing, or parading in a Capitol building and received just 60 days in prison, 36 months of probation, and a $500 …