(The Center Square) – Republican U.S. senators are sounding the alarm over a purported plan by Senate Democrats to dismiss House impeachment charges against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The House was expected to deliver impeachment charges this week after voting to impeach Mayorkas in February. They rescheduled for next week after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, changed scheduling on the Senate calendar. Schumer has called...
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Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) called for retaliatory strikes against Iran after Tehran launched drone and cruise missile attacks against Israel on Saturday. “Iran has begun launching drone strikes on Israel,” Blackburn said Saturday on social media platform X. “@POTUS — we must move quickly and launch aggressive retaliatory strikes on Iran.” Blackburn's post gives
Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R-VA) has an even bigger future in state politics. The first statewide-elected black woman when she won her election to the commonwealth’s No. 2 post beside Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) in 2021, she leads the Republican attorney general in a hypothetical 2025 gubernatorial matchup. “Yeah, of course” it’s good news for […]
House Republicans really wanted an impeachment of someone. President Joe Biden, preferably, or his son Hunter, or maybe Hunter’s laptop, or perhaps Hunter’s dog walker. They decided on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who didn’t commit any high crimes or misdemeanors but did attempt to execute the policies of the administration in which he serves. On Wednesday, the Senate took one look at the articles of impeachment oh-so-solemnly delivered by a hard-right House faction just...
Six Republican senators decided against signing a stern letter that was sent to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, demanding an impeachment trial for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.House Republicans impeached Mayorkas on their second attempt in February, accusing the secretary of ignoring immigration laws and making "false statements" about the U.S.-Mexico border. The articles of impeachment are expected to be delivered to the Senate by House Speaker Mike Johnson...
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WASHINGTON — Conservative Republicans in the Senate were cagey Tuesday as they were asked to delve into the chaos going on among the Republican House colleagues.Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is threatening to throw out Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) if he moves forward with a Ukraine and Israel funding package. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) was once known as being the no-filter official, being among the first to embrace social media and say whatever he wanted — typos be damned, Politico showcased...
More than a month after House Republicans impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, despite the GOP’s inability to find any evidence of him committing high crimes, the articles were finally delivered to the Senate on Tuesday. Republicans in the upper chamber responded by demanding a full impeachment trial. They didn’t get one. As NBC News reported, the Senate Democratic majority dismissed both of the articles against the DHS chief just hours after the proceedings began. There...
Rep. David Trone (D., Md.) made history Tuesday, becoming the largest self-funder in Senate primary history. Trone, the co-owner of the multibillion-dollar liquor chain Total Wine & More, has loaned $41.7 million to his campaign for Maryland’s open Senate seat since launching his run in March 2023, Federal Election Commission filings show. The Maryland Democrat’s personal investment into his campaign far exceeds all prior Senate primary candidates, including the previous record holder, Illinois...
The House finally delivered articles impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, kicking off what’s expected to be an abbreviated process Democrats have vowed will end in acquittal.
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday said the articles of impeachment against Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will not be delivered to the Senate until next week, a move meant to build pressure on Democrats to hold a full trial.