The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Thursday released the transcript from its closed-door meeting with former Attorney General Pam Bondi, which shows her declining to answer a number of questions and pointing the finger at acting Attorney General Todd Blanche over the handling of the Epstein files. The roughly four-hour meeting produced just...
Business mogul Kevin O’Leary said late Wednesday he is willing to scale back his controversial 40,000-acre artificial intelligence data center campus in Utah after mounting backlash over the development’s size and environmental impact. The “Shark Tank” business mogul told NBC News that he is “going to have to” slim down the development amid political pushback...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Thursday said he would vote against the confirmation of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, adding to the list of lawmakers who have criticized President Trump's potential nomination. “I would not vote for him,” Fetterman told lawmakers outside of the Capitol. The Pennsylvania senator pointed to Blanche's efforts to create an...
E. Jean Carroll, a writer who accused President Trump of sexual assault, responded to a reported Department of Justice (DOJ) probe on her Substack on Thursday, shooting down the idea she lied while under oath. “I will just tell you that I did not commit perjury. I did, however, vacuum the Hovel and scrub the...
Former first lady Jill Biden said Wednesday that her husband and former Vice President Kamala Harris remain “friends,” nearly a year-and-a-half after they left office. While promoting her new book at the Sixth & I synagogue in Washington, D.C., she said Harris recently called former President Biden. “They’re still friends. … They talk, she calls...
The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to defeat an amendment sponsored by Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) to redirect the $1.8 billion proposed for the Justice Department’s “anti-weaponization” fund to bolster the budget for cracking down on fraud against U.S. taxpayers. “This amendment prohibits federal funds from being used to establish, administer, defend or pay claims...
The House Armed Services Committee adopted a provision for the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would demand the Pentagon inform Congress why senior military officers were fired or dismissed within five days. The requirement was introduced by Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) and was adopted on Thursday without objections in a bipartisan voice vote. ...
Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Jay Bhattacharya defended the Trump administration’s response to the Ebola outbreak Thursday, writing in The Wall Street Journal that the measures being taken are scientifically stronger than those implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bhattacharya said the COVID-19 public health response measures such as “lockdowns,” school closures, and mask...
Three Republicans in tough Senate races this fall joined Democrats in voting for an amendment to prevent the Justice Department from ever creating an “anti-weaponization" fund like the one President Trump proposed. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Jon Husted (R-Ohio) voted in favor of the amendment, which ultimately failed 49-50. If successful,...
The House Democrats’ campaign arm on Thursday announced four new names for its program dedicated to supporting challengers who could flip key GOP-held districts in the midterms. Three of the new candidates on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s (DCCC) “Red to Blue” list are coming off contested primary wins in recent weeks. Former Navy helicopter...
