Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas blessed his employees with another three days of taxpayer-funded vacation time, bringing his four-year total to more than six weeks -- the equivalent of $3 billion -- of bonus time off.
Congressional Republicans, sick of the annual push-pull with Democrats over defense and domestic spending priorities, are planning to include a significant defense spending boost in their party-line budget reconciliation bill.
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) signaled during an interview that he could be open to voting “yes” on Pam Bondi, President-elect Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Justice (DOJ). Coons said during his Thursday appearance on CNN that the most important thing he was looking to hear from Bondi during the Wednesday Senate Judiciary Committee...
Attorney General Merrick Garland gave a tearful goodbye while warning of the risks of "grave injustice" for those who abuse the Justice Department's power. Much of Garland's parting remarks were a defense of the agency he's led the last four years while making veiled nods to the anxieties of those with a stake in the...
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Pam Bondi, President-elect Trump’s nominee for attorney general, was “terrified” of contradicting the incoming president in her confirmation hearing before the Judiciary Committee. “She was terrified, I think, of contradicting Donald Trump in any way, saying anything to displease Donald Trump,” Schiff stated during a Thursday interview on MSNBC. “The...