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Days into controlling the U.S. House, Republicans quickly tackled the creation of one of their top agenda items: a special congressional panel focused on alleged “weaponization of the federal government.”

The committee that all Republicans voted to establish on Tuesday—as part of the House Judiciary Committee—has broad powers to investigate current and past investigations conducted by the FBI and Department of Justice, as...

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