President Donald Trump’s nominees are not only being held up by Democrats. A pair of Republican senators has also put up roadblocks for a trio of Treasury Department candidates. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and John Curtis (R-UT) have so-called “holds,” an informal objection that prevents nominees from receiving swift confirmation, on Brian Morrissey to be […]

Second lady Usha Vance and NASA astronaut Suni Williams championed the Summer Reading Challenge Vance launched earlier this year, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. “This is really exciting for me, because I love space, and I love NASA, and I can’t believe that I get to hang out with a real astronaut,” said […]

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson made a private trip to settlements in the West Bank as Israeli leaders push for a full annexation of the Palestinian territory. John spoke on Monday at the Ariel Municipality, one of the largest illegal settlements in the region — becoming the highest-ranking U.S. official to do so. The […]

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) mocked New York Attorney General Letitia James‘s mortgage fraud allegations with his new bill, titled the LETITIA Act, which aims to enforce stricter rules against public officials for financial misconduct. The FBI is investigating James for alleged mortgage fraud after she wrote that a property in Virginia was her primary residence, […]