The Biden administration has thrown its support behind a controversial land swap that would allow a road to be built through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska. In a draft environmental review document released this week, the administration stated that it supported pursuing the road’s construction. The road would connect the small King Cove community...
Democrats approach elections — and communicating with voters — through a lens of how they think the world should be, rather than meeting them in the world as it actually is.
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin (D) urged the House Ethics Committee to "preserve and share" its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) after President-elect Trump tapped the Florida congressman to serve as attorney general. After receiving the attorney general nod from Trump on Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that Gaetz will resign "effective immediately," making the investigation, which...
Former White House attorney Ty Cobb, who served under President-elect Trump’s first term, said the decision to nominate former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as attorney general is a “f‑‑‑ you to America.” Cobb joined CNN’s "OutFront" with Erin Burnett Wednesday after Trump made the announcement, where she asked him why he described it that way....
The House Oversight Committee's COVID-19 panel is holding its final hearing Thursday, focusing on ways to prepare for a future pandemic. Subcommittee Chair Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) said in a press release that lawmakers will use the hearing to evaluate "the most effective strategies for improving America’s public health response during a future crisis, identify...
Vivek Ramaswamy, who landed a role alongside tech billionaire Elon Musk in President-elect Trump’s incoming administration as heads of the new "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE), discussed plans for the agency Wednesday. “We want to go in and slash and burn that bureaucracy to help Americans, stimulate the economy and to restore self-governance again,” Ramaswamy,...
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), a staunch ally of President-elect Trump, warned his Republican colleagues Wednesday that “we’re gonna try to get you out of the Senate” if they vote against Trump's nominees and legislative agenda. Tuberville argued Trump won a huge mandate in last week’s election and that Republican colleagues such as Sens. Lisa...
The FBI is offering up to $25,000 to anyone who can provide information for identifying the suspect involved in setting fire to ballot boxes in Vancouver, Wash., and Portland, Ore., according to an information poster the FBI National Press Office released Wednesday. The poster includes photos of the car the suspect is believed to have...