Arkansas Republicans forced President Donald Trump to abandon an appeals court nominee Tuesday. Now Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) is prepared to use his vote on the Senate Judiciary Committee to keep other nominees from advancing unless their home-state Republicans are on board. Tillis, who has made keeping his check on Trump a feature of his […]

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris (R-MD) is calling on Senate Republicans to take a 10-day recess during the lame-duck period in order to give President Donald Trump time to make recess appointments ahead of Democrats taking control of Congress in January. “If they don’t want to spend all 52 days, that’s fine. Let’s take […]

Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-KY) discharge petition on Wednesday garnered enough support to force a vote on legislation that would force the Justice Department to release more files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. With Rep. John Garamendi’s (D-CA) signature, Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna’s (D-CA) Epstein Files II discharge petition reached the […]

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said President Donald Trump faces a challenge amid an emboldened Democratic majority. “I think Trump’s moves are unpredictable now in this case in which he’s dealing with a new and kind of emboldened majority,” York said Tuesday on The Hugh Hewitt Show. Meanwhile, Democrats and Republicans have begun […]