Donald Trump on Friday endorsed a primary challenger to Rep. Dan Newhouse of Washington, one of two remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach the former president over his role in the Jan. 6 riot. In a Truth Social post, Trump threw his support behind Jerrod Sessler, a former petty-officer in the Navy who has gone after Newhouse for his impeachment vote. "Jerrod Sessler is a fantastic candidate and will be a GREAT Congressman for Washington State’s 4th Congressional District," Trump...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) unveiled a gambit to burst a legislative logjam and unleash a four-vote flood including a standalone vote on tens of billions in American taxpayer aid to Ukraine.
"Nonsensical": Another Federal Judge Rejects All Of Hunter Biden's Claims For Dismissal Authored by Jonathan Turley, While some legal analysts continue to boost Hunter Biden’s legal claims, the reviews in actual courts are far less glowing. Recently, we discussed a federal judge rejecting all eight motions of Hunter Biden to dismiss his tax charges in a stinging opinion citing a conspicuous lack of actual evidence to support their claims. Now, U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika...
The House of Representatives has voted to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act days after some Republicans blocked the legislation from reaching the floor without their demands. NBC News' Ryan Nobles reports on the vote and the amendment that would have limited warrantless surveillance that failed to pass.
House Democrats introduced a bill on Friday to rename a federal prison after Donald Trump, just days after Republicans in the lower chamber proposed renaming a Washington, D.C., airport after the former president. Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), John Garamendi (D-CA), and Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) introduced legislation to designate the Miami Federal Correctional Institution in Florida […]
Judge refuses to dismiss Hunter Biden's gun case, rejecting claim it's politically motivated
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Delaware refused Friday to throw out a federal gun case against Hunter Biden, rejecting the president’s son’s claim that he is being prosecuted for political purposes as well as other arguments. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika’s ruling increases the prospect that Biden could face trial in the case […]
"What have we ever been able to really get accomplished?" one House
Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-NC) is not running for reelection to his North Carolina seat after it was redrawn to favor Republicans, but he is introducing legislation to take the redistricting process out of the hands of state legislatures. Nickel introduced the bill on Tuesday that would create independent commissions of 15 people in each state […]
'Being a Christian, a member of the Roman Catholic Church and pro-life is more important to me than being a registered Democrat,' Mike McDonnell said.
Standing shoulder to shoulder with Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump appeared at a Friday press conference at Mar-a-Lago. The purpose of the event was to announce the details of an upcoming Congressional bill to ensure illegal aliens don't hurt the integrity of U.S. elections in November--especially on the federal level.
WASHINGTON — A federal judge berated the Justice Department on Friday for instructing two of its employees not to appear for depositions as part of a Republican-led impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. “The rules apply to you all too,” U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes told Justice Department lawyers during a hearing to discuss the DOJ tax attorneys who defied congressional subpoenas. The House Judiciary Committee sued the two attorneys last month in an effort to compel their testimony in...