The House voted 273 to 147 Friday in favor of reauthorizing the surveillance bill that has been exploited by the FBI hundreds of thousands of times to spy on American citizens. Only 59 Republicans reportedly voted against renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The bill is now headed to the Senate, where it will likely be passed before the April 19 deadline, to the great satisfaction of its champions in the Biden administration, members of the the House...
Donald Trump is backing the Republican vying to replace Rep. Dan Newhouse, one of two remaining GOP lawmakers who voted to impeach the ex-president.
Republicans’ frustration with House Speaker Mike Johnson over aid to Ukraine is giving steam to Democrats’ efforts to force the Senate aid bill to a vote. What was previously a procedural long shot is looking more probable by the day, as Johnson muddies the waters with a likely doomed and convoluted process. House Republicans are now talking openly about signing on to Democrats’ discharge petition, a procedural move that would allow Ukraine backers to bypass House leadership and force a vote on...
A group of House Republicans opened a probe into threats against the country’s energy infrastructure after an uptick in calls for violence by climate change activists on college campuses.
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...
Eighty-six House Republicans on Friday voted against an amendment to require a warrant for surveillance of Americans' communications.
For the first time in recent memory, many traditional Democrats are considering leaving the party over weakening Israel support.
The Republican leader of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday announced a weekend vote on massive new military aid including some $61 billion in long-delayed support for Ukraine, as well as billions for Israel and Taiwan. The vote -- set for Saturday -- could finally get much-needed help to
Some states have made it easier to remove registered voters from the rolls. Trump-aligned groups have launched data analysis tools to aid in large-scale challenges to voter registrations.
Some states have made it easier to remove registered voters from the rolls. Trump-aligned groups have launched data analysis tools to aid in large-scale challenges to voter registrations.
CAMP HILL— U.S. Rep. Scott Perry (R-10th District) made his expected annual visit to the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference on Friday, but challenged his fellow conservatives to embrace a method of voting that is popular with Democrats: vote-by-mail. “I didn’t pick the battlefield that I was going to have to fight on and neither did you,” Perry said. “It is what it is. We have what we have.” Perry said that if he had it his way, there wouldn’t be “Election Month or Election Week,” but...
GOP’s impeachment was labelled a ‘sham’ by Democrats, who voted to kill it without trial