Attorney General Merrick Garland’s testimony to the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday left Republicans unsatisfied and failed to clarify most of the questions surrounding the Justice Department’s high-profile investigation of Hunter Biden.
Republican leaders in the House are expressing optimism about a possible breakthrough within their conference over government spending after Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) spent two and a half hours in a closed-door meeting with rank-and-file lawmakers to continue negotiations.
Former President Donald Trump stood firm in his belief that the issue of abortion cost Republicans "dearly" in the 2022 elections. The comments came in his first public remarks on abortion since receiving criticism from conservatives.
The United States has a new confirmed leader of the Joint Chiefs after the Senate worked around Sen. Tommy Tuberville's (R-AL) hold on Pentagon nominees on Wednesday.
A coalition of New York Republican lawmakers is contesting legislation signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) on Wednesday that expands early voting by mail.
Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) is asking Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to keep national parks and other public lands open in the event of a government shutdown — and use a method that was deemed illegal by a government watchdog agency during the Trump administration.
Support for Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) plummeted in the battleground state of New Hampshire. On Wednesday, he was in fifth place, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy had taken over the second place spot.
