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Biden threatens to withhold arms to Israel if they launch major Rafah invasion

President Biden said Wednesday that he will halt shipments of U.S. weapons to Israel, if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moves forward with a major assault on the city of Rafah in Gaza.

Pete McCloskey, GOP congressman who once challenged Nixon, dies at 96

Pete McCloskey - a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and co-founded Earth Day - has died. He was 96.

Democrats rescue GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson from hardliner move to oust him

In a historic vote, 163 Democrats voted to save Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson from a move to push him out by an ultra-right conservative who believes he capitulated to the left.

Not just colleges: Lawmakers call for heads to roll at K-12 schools beset by antisemitism

Leaders of some of the nation's leading school districts went before Congress to defend their records of combating rising K-12 antisemitism, but lawmakers were skeptical any of them would be making the honor roll.

Citizenship question aims to thwart Biden bid to alter electorate

"This week, the U.S. House will vote on legislation to require a citizenship question on the decennial census and prevent noncitizens from being counted for congressional and Electoral College apportionment," said Jake Schneider, director of rapid response for the Republican National Committee, in a brief analysis shared with Inside the Beltway.

House conservative moves to oust GOP speaker following two days of talks

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a conservative hardliner opposed to bipartisan legislation ushered through the House by Republican Speaker Mike Johnson, moved to oust him Wednesday using an arcane motion that will force a vote on his speakership.

House mulls fixes to taxpayer-funded NPR’s liberal slant

Congress should eliminate or change the rules for taxpayer funding to National Public Radio because it reports news with a significant liberal bias, experts told the House on Wednesday.

Nikki Haley wins 1 in 5 Republican votes in Tuesday’s Indiana presidential primary

The ghost of Nikki Haley's presidential campaign is ringing up significant support in state primaries despite her withdrawal from the race in March shortly before Donald Trump had clinched the Republican nomination.

Another court affirms religious schools can be religious

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reaffirmed the right of a Catholic school to employ only teachers who live according to the moral teachings of the Catholic Church. In a unanimous judgment, the court affirmed that the Diocese of Charlotte was well within its rights to fire Lonnie Billard, a former English and […]

Biden: ‘I promise you’ Trump won’t accept election results if he loses

President Biden on Wednesday expressed deep skepticism that former President Trump would accept November's election results if he loses, calling it "dangerous" behavior from his opponent. "The guy is not a democrat with a small 'd,'" Biden told CNN's Erin Burnett. “This is Trump ... and he may not accept the outcome of the election?...

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