A Green Party candidate for Senate from North Carolina was ejected from a Senate armed services subcommittee hearing Wednesday after disrupting the testimony in an anti-war protest. Brian McGinnis, a U.S. Marine veteran, protested while dressed in uniform at the testimony of several U.S. generals before the subcommittee on the Current Readiness of the Joint […]
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday to sit for a deposition about the Department of Justice’s handling of its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The panel voted 24-19 after Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced a motion to subpoena Bondi, due to growing […]
The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that federal appeals courts must defer to the findings of immigration courts, rather than do their own fact-finding, when reviewing asylum claims, confirming the federal courts’ limited role in immigration disputes even as courts try to find other ways into immigration cases across the country. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson […]
House Democrats put Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on the spot in a congressional hearing on Wednesday when they asked repeatedly if she was having an extramarital relationship with special government employee Corey Lewandowski. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) asked Noem in a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Wednesday afternoon if the secretary was having […]
The National Capital Planning Commission released more than 9,000 pages of public comments opposing President Donald Trump’s $400 million ballroom project ahead of a Thursday public hearing. The U.S. Commission on Fine Arts and the NCPC are overseeing the controversial ballroom’s construction. In January, the Trump-stacked CFA approved the ballroom. The NCPC’s Thursday meeting will […]
President Donald Trump is taking part in a White House event focused on pressing large technology corporations to sign a pledge ensuring they ward off higher electricity bills tied to data center power demand. The president’s event is set to start at 3 p.m. and is expected to feature leaders of Google, Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, […]
Senate Republicans are renewing pleas for President Donald Trump to endorse Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in his primary runoff following Tuesday’s elections, fearing the nomination of Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-TX) would throw the Texas Senate seat into jeopardy against Democratic nominee James Talarico. Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), who’s long lobbied Trump privately and […]
The House voted on Wednesday to sink an effort from Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) to release all the records pertaining to congressional sexual harassment investigations, which the congresswoman called “bulls****.” The chamber voted 357-65-1 to refer her resolution to the House Ethics Committee, from where her bill would have forced all documents related to sexual […]
President Donald Trump’s administration is defending its evacuation operations in the wake of “Operation Epic Fury,” brushing off accusations that State Department preparations were not sufficient. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the State Department at a press conference on Wednesday, saying the department was “all hands on deck on advising extreme caution and […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins sparred over War Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s comments against press coverage of the Iran conflict and the six U.S. service members who have died since the operation started. The spat occurred during a Wednesday afternoon press briefing when Collins questioned Leavitt about Hegseth’s previous comments […]
