Five ways congressional investigations could change in the next Congress and beyond

The future of congressional investigations could be defined by Republican eagerness to probe private industry and less willingness to defer to the Justice Department, experts say.House Republicans promised an avalanche of investigations when they took over the House after the 2022 midterms, which included an impeachment inquiry into President Biden based in large part on his son Hunter Biden’s foreign business activities; an investigation on the COVID-19 pandemic; probes into how Facebook