Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Sunday said Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is following a political playbook “used by demagogues throughout history” by trying to “pit my minority groups against each other” in his bid to remove her from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. McCarthy has accused Omar, one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress,...
The Department of Justice has told Senate Intelligence Committee members that it is working to provide more information on the classified documents found at the homes of President Biden and former President Trump. “We are working with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to support the provision of information that will satisfy the...
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) on Sunday said Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) both “don’t give a darn” about police reform amid renewed calls for legislative action on the issue following the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police officers. Sinema and Manchin has been fierce defenders of the...
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Sunday that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) told him to “go forward” with his campaign for her Senate seat in 2024, even though she has yet to announce whether she will seek reelection. “She's told me — and we've spoken a couple of times, and I've stayed in close touch with her staff as well...
Senate Republicans say they’re happy to sit out the fight over raising the debt ceiling and cede the negotiations to their colleagues in the House — at least for now. After a bruising year-end battle to pass the omnibus government spending package; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) using up a large chunk of political capital...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday kicked off a trip to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank amid high Israeli-Palestinian tensions and renewed violence, including recent attacks on a synagogue and refugee camp. The secretary will meet separately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to stress “the importance of a...
Thousands gathered in cities across the country over the weekend to protest the killing of Tyre Nichols, after the release of video footage on Friday showing Memphis police officers beating the 29-year old Black man, who later died. In Milwaukee, Wisc., protests began at noon Sunday. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that a "large group"...
Congressman Carlos Giménez is urging Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to allow four Border Patrol chiefs to testify about the southern border crisis.
Utah's Republican governor, Spencer Cox, on Saturday, signed a bill banning minors from receiving gender-affirming surgery unless they've been diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., raised eyebrows over the weekend after she declined to endorse Vice President Harris as President Biden's 2024 running mate.