A GAO report reveals that over the last 25 years, the federal student loan program has cost $311 billion more than anticipated … Speaker Pelosi heads to Asia, but will she visit Taiwan? … Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley says FBI whistleblowers claim top executives downplayed Hunter Biden intelligence as “disinformation, and former AG Barr calls on current AG Garland to appoint a special counsel in the matter of investigating Hunter Biden … Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer announce an agreement on a reckless $740 billion tax-and-spend bill, and Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy introduces America to a Louisiana word, says “We got rinky-dooed,” which he explains is "a Louisiana word that means we got screwed.” … all this and more.