An old saying advises, “With friends like these, who needs enemies?” It’s an expression somewhat applicable to the political machinations of the retiring Republican congressman from Colorado, Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO). Buck was among the few Republicans who voted against impeaching Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Buck previously provided relatively uninspiring reasons for […]
Trump White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said he was “absolutely stunned” as to why Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) published a cryptic message urging President Biden to declassify information on a “serious national security threat” on Wednesday. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and other members of Congress have reassured the public that the classified information...
New York Mayor Eric Adams (D) announced Wednesday a lawsuit targeting five major social media platforms, alleging the companies that host the platforms are responsible for “fueling the nationwide youth mental health crisis.” The lawsuit, filed in California by the City of New York, seeks accountability from the companies behind five major platforms: Meta’s Facebook...
A dozen victims of Jeffrey Epstein sued the U.S. government Wednesday, accusing the FBI of allowing and enabling his sex trafficking for two decades. The anonymous victims alleged that the FBI had received credible tips about Epstein’s sex trafficking operation as early as 1996 but did not investigate them. A probe finally began in 2006,...
The House Judiciary Committee asked the ghostwriter of President Biden’s memoir to turn over any recordings and notes from his conversations with the president. The letter to Mark Zwonitzer, who helped Biden write “Promise Me, Dad” and “Promises to Keep,” asks the ghostwriter to turn over audio recordings and transcripts he has of their conversations....
President Biden joked that he is giving up the press for Lent to mark Ash Wednesday. Biden and first lady Jill Biden viewed the Valentine’s Day decorations on the north lawn of the White House on Wednesday afternoon, and on his way back into the White House, he was asked by reporters what he was...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Wyden warns of location data at reproductive clinics being misused Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) called on federal regulators to intervene in a controversial data broker’s bankruptcy proceeding, warning the location data of people visiting abortion clinics could be...
The impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is likely to die a quick death in the Senate after the House succeeded in its second attempt to rebuke the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief Tuesday night. Faced with a potential third impeachment trial in five years, the Senate is likely to avoid the matter...
Democrats are calling on House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) to produce evidence from a closed-door deposition Tuesday, after he accused them of “witness intimidation.” In an interview with Newsmax Tuesday, Comer accused Democrats by name of intimidating witness Tony Bobulinski, whose credibility Democrats brought into question, ahead of the Tuesday deposition....