The House has set up a clash with the Senate after it amended a key bipartisan housing bill and plans to vote on it and send it back to the upper chamber next week. The House Financial Services Committee announced that it has revised the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, housing legislation that already […]
The summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded on Friday, with both leaders speaking fondly of one another. Both agreed that the meeting strengthened ties between the two countries before Trump departed Beijing Capital International Airport for the United States. Xi lauded Trump’s visit to the country, saying the two agreed […]
EXCLUSIVE — Congress is weighing bipartisan legislation to curb secret federal subpoenas as former special counsel Jack Smith has become increasingly outspoken in attacking the Trump administration’s Justice Department, renewing scrutiny of the investigative tactics Smith used during his infamous “Arctic Frost” investigation. The push behind the bill, known as the nondisclosure order or “NDO […]
President Donald Trump is holding firm on Iran, according to comments he made during an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Thursday while visiting Beijing, China. The president boasted of the United States’s military success in the war and suggested a bleak outlook for the future of the Middle Eastern country. And when discussing […]
Republican California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton drew gasps from the California governor debate crowd after telling former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to prepare his criminal defense in a corruption case. Trump-endorsed Hilton targeted one of the highest-polling candidates in the race over allegations of corruption during his time in the Biden administration […]
Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) confirmed Thursday evening that she is recovering from eye surgery after a weekslong absence from Capitol Hill. “Following left eye surgery, my priority has been ensuring a full and responsible recovery,” Wilson said. “Although I am currently unable to fly under my doctors’ orders, my work has not stopped for a […]
114 House Democrats voted against legislation on Thursday requiring the Department of Justice to publicly identify jurisdictions with cashless bail policies. Overall, the legislation passed by a vote of 308-to-116 and now heads to the Senate. Ninety-six Democrats joined 211 Republicans to vote in favor. Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA), an independent who caucuses with the […]
A Republican Connecticut gubernatorial candidate suspended her campaign Thursday after being accused of fraud. Erin Stewart, the former mayor of New Britain, was accused by Crumbie Law Group, a law firm hired by her democratic successor to investigate rumors of wrongdoing, of spending $207,076.07 on a government credit card during her tenure without disclosing how […]
The Supreme Court restored access on Thursday to mail-order abortion pills nationwide, lifting an appeals court’s block on a 2023 FDA rule which had removed the in-person requirement for mifepristone. In an unsigned order, the high court ruled 7-2 in favor of issuing a stay, which indefinitely pauses a May 1 ruling by the U.S. […]
The House Ethics Committee said it was reviewing sexual harassment allegations against Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) on Thursday. In a statement, House Ethics Chairman Michael Guest (R-MS) said the panel “is reviewing allegations that Representative Chuck Edwards may have created or fostered a hostile work environment and engaged in sexual harassment in violation of the Code […]
