EXCLUSIVE — A federal judicial nominee under fire for his prior role at an anti-Israel group was a key figure at a Muslim lawyers conference co-sponsored by a terrorism-linked group that the Biden White House disavowed over its Hamas support, documents show. President Joe Biden has stood behind his pick for the 3rd U.S. Circuit […]
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) slammed Virginia lawmakers on Thursday for making a “colossal mistake” in leaving funding for a sports arena out of the state budget. Lawmakers in the state Senate stripped language from the budget that would allow the project to move forward, citing a fear of the high cost the state would have […]
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Thursday he would not be backing former President Donald Trump as the Republican nominee in 2024. Hogan, a Republican running for U.S. Senate in Maryland, said at an Axios event Thursday that he would not vote for Trump, backpedaling on his statement that he would endorse the GOP presidential […]
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) celebrated the passage of the Laken Riley Act while blasting her Democratic counterparts for voting against it. Stefanik appeared on Fox News’s America’s Newsroom on Thursday immediately after the House voted to pass the legislation named after the University of Georgia student Laken Riley, whose body was discovered on campus on Feb. 22. […]
President Joe Biden will deliver the annual State of the Union address on Thursday, and the crowd in the House chamber will be full of members of Congress and several special guests. Each member of Congress is typically allowed one or two guests for the State of the Union, with Republicans and Democrats usually selecting […]
A House panel approved a bipartisan bill meant to force the divestment of TikTok by its China-based parent company, making it the furthest advanced effort yet to crack down on the social media platform over its massive influence over young people and possible ties to the Chinese Communist Party. The House Energy and Commerce Committee […]
Former President Donald Trump excoriated President Joe Biden‘s handling of the growing migrant crisis at the southern border and worsening inflation ahead of Biden’s third State of the Union address on Thursday night. “Joe Biden is on the run from his record and lying like crazy to try to escape accountability for the horrific devastation he and his party have created — all the while they continue the very policies […]
Democratic senators are highlighting the dilemmas women are facing over reproductive rights, preemptively attacking Republicans over the matter ahead of President Joe Biden‘s third State of the Union address on Thursday night. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), along with Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Brian Schatz (D-HI), held a press conference Thursday afternoon with their State of […]
House Republicans ramped up pressure on the Department of Justice on Thursday to allow four witnesses to testify about the DOJ’s yearslong investigation into Hunter Biden, arguing that the department is prohibiting employees involved in the case from complying with congressional subpoenas. The House Judiciary Committee indicated in a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner […]
The Minneapolis City Council passed an ordinance Thursday that guarantees a minimum pay floor for rideshare drivers in the city working for companies such as Uber and Lyft, despite threats from the companies that they will leave the city. The ordinance would guarantee drivers earn $1.40 per mile, $0.51 per minute, and no less than $5 […]
