Special counsel Jack Smith is fighting to seal a proposed questionnaire that will be used to select the jury in the classified records case against former President Donald Trump and two co-defendants, coinciding with a judge’s decision to block defense attorneys’ access to some confidential records obtained from Mar-a-Lago. Smith’s prosecutors told U.S. District Judge […]
Congressional leaders in the House and Senate have reached a deal on a spate of appropriations bills, clearing the way for a short-term spending patch that would extend funding deadlines further into March. Appropriators finalized the agreement on Wednesday, two sources told the Washington Examiner, just three days before the government is set to enter […]
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s decision to run for Senate this year might have been influenced by a letter he received in early January. Hogan entered the race as a prominent GOP candidate, well-positioned to give Democrats a run for their money in the deep-blue state. He can become the first Republican to win a […]
President Joe Biden did not take a cognitive test during his physical, but the White House said he doesn’t need one. “He passes a cognitive test every day,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, “every day as he moves from one topic to another topic, understanding the granular level of these topics.” Jean-Pierre noted that Biden […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) decision to step down from his leadership role at the end of this term has shifted the spotlight to his possible successors. McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader of all time, announced on Wednesday that this Congress would be his last as head of the GOP conference. The news sparked […]
New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy, a Democrat, decreed gun control the major topic of her campaign, and she slammed the National Rifle Association in her first televised advertisement in the race to replace Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ). In her ad titled Cowards, Murphy stood outside the NRA headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia, addressing the gun […]
Former President Donald Trump remained silent roughly three hours after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell‘s (R-KY) surprise announcement on Wednesday he was stepping down from his position in November. “This will be my last term as Republican leader in the Senate,” McConnell said during a floor speech. “It’s time for the next generation of leadership.” Despite McConnell’s record […]
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) argued that President Joe Biden‘s visit to the southern border is a “middle finger to middle America.” The president’s visit to the southern border is scheduled for Thursday in Brownsville, Texas, which is located in the Rio Grande Valley. The Missouri senator argued that Biden’s visit is being made in “contempt” […]
President Joe Biden gave a short word of remembrance to longtime Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after the Kentucky Republican announced he is stepping down in November. Biden and McConnell are longtime friends who spent more than 20 years together in the Senate. Biden also served as president of the Senate during his eight […]
After Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced he would step down as the GOP leader at the end of his term this fall, he received a standing ovation from his Republican colleagues as he entered a weekly lunch meeting on Wednesday afternoon, according to sources familiar. McConnell, who turned 82 last week, announced his […]
