Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testified before House investigators that he viewed a disturbing comment made by Jeffrey Epstein during a 2005 visit to Epstein’s town house as “sexual in nature,” according to a House oversight committee transcript released Wednesday. The revelation from the transcript of Lutnick’s May 6 testimony adds new detail to his previously […]
A federal appeals court grilled the Trump administration on Wednesday over its policy of deporting immigrants without permanent legal status to countries other than their country of origin, a policy the Supreme Court has twice allowed while litigation proceeds. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit questioned DOJ lawyer […]
EXCLUSIVE — Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) said the new acting Food and Drug Administration commissioner, Kyle Diamantas, does not have the prerequisite expertise to oversee the agency’s complex medical device and pharmaceutical oversight. President Donald Trump’s first commissioner, Dr. Marty Makary, abruptly resigned from office on Tuesday afternoon […]
House lawmakers passed a measure to allow year-round sale of ethanol blend, known as E15, giving a boost to farmers sought for months by corn-state lawmakers. The House voted 218-203 to pass the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act, which would allow the sale of gasoline blended with 15% ethanol year‑round nationwide. The […]
The White House is optimistic that Republicans can pass a third party-line bill through the reconciliation process this year to secure funding for national security and parts of a GOP election integrity bill that has stalled, according to White House legislative director James Braid. Although Republicans have not yet passed their second reconciliation bill, which […]
After bearing the brunt of Iran’s missile and drone salvos, the United Arab Emirates is sparing no expense in building up its drone defense network ahead of a feared next round of fighting. The damage inflicted on the UAE by Iran’s cheap Shahed drones has served as a wake-up call for the small Arab nation, […]
House Republicans have begun amping up talks of a third reconciliation bill to tackle fraud and affordability, before the second one has even crossed the finish line. House GOP leadership met with committee leaders on Tuesday to discuss priorities for a third party-line reconciliation bill, as skepticism continues on the probability of another large piece […]
Gov. Henry McMaster (R-SC) plans to call South Carolina lawmakers back to Columbia after a Republican effort to redraw the state’s congressional map collapsed in the state Senate earlier this week, according to multiple reports. The move would revive an effort backed by President Donald Trump and state GOP leaders to redraw congressional lines in […]
Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) son reportedly went on a drunken tirade to Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) about “gays and Jews,” blaming the marginalized groups for various events and mistaking Lawler for being Jewish. Lawler recounted the Tuesday evening situation to the Washington Examiner and said the senator’s son gave him the “middle finger and then tripped” […]
The Senate overwhelmingly advanced a resolution on Wednesday that would block senators from receiving pay during government shutdowns, signaling growing bipartisan frustration with repeated funding standoffs in Congress. According to a press release, Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-LA) resolution, which required 60 votes to invoke cloture, would require the Senate to withhold pay from all senators […]
