JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Doctor accused of facilitating 'birth tourism' invokes Fifth during testimony before House Oversight
Lorentz had initially refused to appear voluntarily, stating his attorney argued he could not speak with the committee due to a pending criminal probe being conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - House Oversight subpoenas Miami doctor who ran birth tourism business
House Oversight Chairman James Comer has subpoenaed the founder of a South Florida company called "Have My Baby in Miami", a business that openly marketed U.S. citizenship to pregnant foreign nationals. Comer, a Kentucky Republican, sent the subpoena to Dr. Wladimir Lorentz on Tuesday after Lorentz's attorney refused to make him available for voluntary testimony. […] The post House Oversight subpoenas Miami doctor who ran birth tourism business appeared first on American Almanac .
House Oversight Chairman James Comer has subpoenaed the founder of a South Florida company called "Have My Baby in Miami", a business that openly marketed U.S. citizenship to pregnant foreign nationals. Comer, a Kentucky Republican, sent the subpoena to Dr. Wladimir Lorentz on Tuesday after Lorentz's attorney refused to make him available for voluntary testimony. The attorney cited a pending criminal probe by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida as the reason Lorentz could not cooperate with the committee. Comer was unmoved. The subpoena orders Lorentz to appear at a September 1 congressional hearing on birth tourism, and the chairman's letter made clear that a federal investigation does not excuse a witness…Open
REDSTATE (Ward Clark) - House Oversight Now Targeting McKinsey’s Flawed DEI Reports
AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Smithsonian history director called history a 'prime tool of social justice' — then told Congress the museum doesn't take sides
A resurfaced video shows the director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History telling UCLA students that history is a "prime tool of social justice," months before she assured Congress the institution stays nonpartisan. Anthea Hartig, the first woman to lead the National Museum of American History, delivered the remarks during a February 2025 […] The post Smithsonian history director called history a 'prime tool of social justice' — then told Congress the museum doesn't take sides appeared first on American Almanac .
A resurfaced video shows the director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History telling UCLA students that history is a "prime tool of social justice," months before she assured Congress the institution stays nonpartisan. Anthea Hartig, the first woman to lead the National Museum of American History, delivered the remarks during a February 2025 presentation hosted by UCLA's Luskin Center for History and Policy. In the video, reviewed by Fox News Digital , Hartig laid out a sweeping vision for the taxpayer-funded museum, one built around equity, reparations, restorative justice, and the celebration of activist movements including Black Lives Matter. Roughly seventeen months later, seated before the House Oversight and…Open
JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - Appeals court uphold contempt of Congress conviction for Peter Navarro
Navarro declined to comply with a subpoena to testify before the House Jan. 6 panel, leading the lower chamber to hold him in contempt.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - House Oversight to examine Medicare fraud, Smithsonian, DEI policies
Within the first 100 days of his second term, Trump issued multiple executive orders attempting to root out diversity, equity and inclusion policies
ABCNEWS - Pam Bondi tells House Oversight panel that DOJ released all required Epstein files
After a tumultuous year at the DOJ, former Attorney General Pam Bondi participated in a nearly four-hour closed-door interview with the House Oversight panel Friday.
HUFFPOST - House Dem Says Pam Bondi Defended Not Meeting Epstein Survivors During ‘Combative’ Hearing
"She said that it made no sense to meet with the survivors for some reason," said Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.).
"She said that it made no sense to meet with the survivors for some reason," said Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.).Open
NYTIMES (Glenn Thrush and Michael Gold) - Bondi, Pressed Over Epstein Files, Places Responsibility on Blanche and Patel
Her remarks, delivered during a closed-door interview before the House Oversight Committee, were a candid admission of her own powerlessness.