Robert F. Kennedy Jr. responded to attacks from Democrats during a July 20 hearing on federal government censorship of certain stories and viewpoints. Mr. Kennedy—an advocate for enhanced vaccine safety screening and research into the effects of pharmaceutical drugs—was the star witness of the hearing, which was held by the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
The grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump and the events of Jan. 6, 2020 was scheduled to hear witness testimony from William Russell, a former White House aide who now works for Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign.
A confidential source provided information to the FBI in 2020 alleging that then-presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden were bribed to pressure Ukraine to remove a prosecutor investigating Burisma, the Ukrainian company that employed the younger Biden, according to a document made public by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.).
The Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee narrowly approved a Democrat-backed Supreme Court ethics reform bill on a party-line 11–10 vote. Republicans oppose the legislation, which they say is unconstitutional.
Angry protesters in Iraq set fire to the Swedish embassy in Baghdad after an Iraqi immigrant in Sweden publicly desecrated the Koran during a protest.
