House Republicans signal DHS oversight plans with demand for documents on disinformation initiatives

Likely committee chairs in a Republican-controlled House are warning that Department of Homeland Security work on combatting disinformation will be a central focus of their oversight next year, as they demanded a series of documents from Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a letter signed by 16 GOP lawmakers.

“As we have written to you before, the Biden Administration continues to suppress free speech and discredit legitimate criticism as mis-, dis-, or mal- information,” according to a Wednesday letter led by...