Sen. Ted Cruz predicts Republicans will take over the House in the midterm elections later this year and will probably move to impeach President Joe Biden in 2023. “Whether it’s justified or not, the Democrats weaponized impeachment,” the Texas Republican said and maintained that “the more you weaponize it and turn it into a partisan cudgel — you know what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.” He added he expects “enormous pressure” on the GOP to begin impeachment proceedings and maintained there were “multiple grounds” to consider, with Biden’s “utter lawlessness” at the southern border topping the list. Read Full Story

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Former President Donald Trump’s legal team on Wednesday accused the House committee investigating the Capitol riot of seeking to uncover evidence that would support a criminal referral against him.

Why it matters: The brief asked the Supreme Court to consider committee Chair Bennie Thompson’s, D-Miss., interview with The Washington Post as part of its effort to block the release of records to the committee.

Catch up quick: Last week, Trump’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court to block the release of documents and records from his administration, arguing that their release would undermine certain presidential special privileges. Read Full Story

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Republicans see an opportunity to set a governing agenda to contrast with what they say is an increasingly rudderless Democratic-run Washington, but the effort has not yet coalesced.

They are still hammering out the details of what is intended to be a broad-based platform, lawmakers leading the effort told The Washington Times.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy created seven policy task forces back in June to craft that legislative agenda for Republicans to run on in the 2022 midterm elections and to govern on in 2023.

The outlines of the platform so far include opposing vaccine mandates, shearing the power of tech oligarchs, strengthening the U.S. defense systems to compete with China and reviving get-tough immigration policies. Read Full Story

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