House GOP seeks briefings on missing scientists

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) have sent letters to four senior officials requesting "staff-level briefing[s]" on the "disappearance[s] and death[s] of individuals with access to sensitive" information. The letters were sent to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, FBI Director Kash Patel, Energy Secretary James Wright, and Veterans Affairs Secretary Pete Hegseth. This congressional action follows FBI Director Kash Patel's confirmation of an active investigation into the mysterious deaths and disappearances of nearly a dozen top-secret scientists tied to the Department of Energy. The requests indicate heightened legislative scrutiny of the ongoing federal probe.