The Government Accountability Office, an independent agency in the legislative branch, agreed on Tuesday to open an investigation into the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) announced the news over a month after he signed a bipartisan letter asking the GAO to open such an investigation to ensure the DOJ […]

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) is pushing back on a Republican proposal to spend up to $400 million in federal funds on President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom, citing the nation’s mounting debt and deficit spending. “I don’t know why you would do it” with taxpayer money, Scott told NBC News, “if it’s all funded […]

A foreign ship’s arrival at an Israeli port has sparked a frenzy as Europe and Ukraine accuse Tel Aviv of illicitly buying Russian grains. A vessel known as the Panormitis, operating under a Panamanian flag, arrived in Haifa this week with 19,000 tons of barley and 6,200 tons of wheat. Ukraine is claiming that those […]

Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico is narrowly leading both potential Republican opponents in a new survey of the Texas U.S. Senate race, offering Democrats fresh optimism in a state that has long eluded the party. A poll conducted by nonpartisan Texas Public Opinion Research from April 17 to 20 found Talarico ahead of Sen. […]