A House Democrat suggested Tuesday that any Republican lawmakers who favor a Senate-passed foreign aid bill could remove Speaker Mike Johnson, even temporarily, so the House can vote on the $95 billion measure. Rep. Wiley Nickel, North Carolina Democrat, said during a House floor speech on Tuesday that there were likely enough House Republicans who […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled Monday that the House would not consider voting on a foreign aid package that the Senate eventually passed on Tuesday. Johnson ripped the bill for ignoring the crisis at the southern border and said Americans “deserve better” than to see their tax dollars sent overseas while their communities are besieged […]
The White House on Tuesday defended President Biden’s hastily called press conference last week to rebut claims in special counsel Robert Hur’s report that the president’s memory is so poor he likely couldn’t be convicted of willfully retaining classified documents. The Thursday press conference in which the president attempted to defend his mental acuity was […]
The White House on Tuesday said it’s reviewing whether to release the transcript of President Biden‘s interview with special counsel Robert Hur as part of the probe into whether the commander in chief mishandled classified documents. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the White House Counsel’s Office is looking into sharing the sessions, which […]
House lawmakers are seeking interviews with five top officials from the Federal Trade Commission over allegations of abuse of power and ethics violations under the leadership of Commissioner Lina M. Khan. In a letter to Ms. Khan, House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer requested transcribed interviews with five FTC directors, including Executive Director […]
House Republicans leading the impeachment inquiry against President Biden demanded Monday that Attorney General Merrick Garland turn over the transcript and any recordings of President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur as part of the probe into his handling of classified documents. The letter was penned by the three Republican committee chairmen heading the […]
Republicans and Democrats made a final push Monday to bring their voters to the polls in a closely watched New York special election to replace the expelled former GOP Rep. George Santos. Republican Mazi Pilip, a Nassau County legislator, and Democrat Tom Suozzi, a former three-term House lawmaker who previously represented the district, called on […]
A White House memo on Saturday sought to redirect the onslaught of criticism against President Biden’s purported memory woes by suggesting that the GOP was “afraid” of the president. The memo, released by White House spokesperson Andrew Bates, listed instances where Mr. Biden’s mental acuity was praised, including remarks from former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, […]
The U.S. House this week rejected a stand-alone bill that would have provided $17.6 billion in assistance to Israel but didn’t include any provision to pay it. The Tuesday vote required a two-thirds majority to pass because it had been put under “suspension” but Republican House leaders, which allows for a quicker vote — suspending […]
Authorities suspect that family members who died in a fire outside Philadelphia were killed by a relative who also shot and wounded two police officers, a prosecutor said Friday. Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said at a news conference that six sets of remains have been recovered from the ashes of a fire that […]
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