6 Takeaways From Hunter Biden House Hearing

Plus: 4 Reasons Why Republicans Call for Impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas February 9 2023 Good morning from Washington, where a key House committee digs into Twitter’s decision to bury the Hunter Biden laptop and the fallout from its contents. Fred Lucas reports. The panel also is looking at the president and China, Samantha Aschieris writes. GOP lawmakers hold a mock impeachment of Biden’s homeland security chief, and Virginia Allen has details. On the podcast, a former defense secretary explains why it’s doubtful China sent a spy balloon over the U.S. on Trump’s watch. Plus: a California-based think tank decamps to Florida, and “Problematic Women” interviews a Sunset State congresswoman on Biden’s “stupidity” on abortion. On this date in 1971, pitcher Leroy “Satchel” Paige becomes the first Negro League veteran to be nominated to the Baseball Hall of Fame, where he is inducted six months later. 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