Rep. Patrick McHenry, a North Carolina Republican who has served as a loyal lieutenant in the House leadership and temporarily served as House speaker after the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy, announced his retirement Tuesday.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday dropped his nearly yearlong blockade against all military nominees below four-star promotions, greenlighting Senate confirmation of more than 400 promotions at the Pentagon.
The FBI has not fired anyone involved in drafting the memo that labeled "traditional Catholics" as potential domestic terrorists because their overstep was not "intentional," FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress.
Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) recently revealed his favorite Taylor Swift song is "I Knew You Were Trouble," and sang a snippet of the song in an apparent Cameo video. In the purported Cameo video, posted to X, formerly Twitter, Santos said, "My favorite TS song is definitely going to be 'Trouble,'" an apparent reference...
An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to turn off the engines during a flight in October was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury in Oregon on 84 charges. Multnomah County, Ore., District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced Tuesday the grand jury chose to indict Joseph David Emerson, 44, on 83 counts of recklessly endangering another...
The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said he fears a lapse in the nation’s warrantless surveillance powers as Congress struggles to settle on a proposal or a pathway to reauthorize them ahead of an end-of-the-year expiration. Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which allows the...
Presented by the Working Forests Initiative — It's not clear whether the measure will make it into the annual defense bill and ultimately across the finish line. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Advocates urge Congress to act on radiation compensation A measure that expands compensation for victims of radiation...
Lawmakers say Congress could be closing in on a top-line deal on overall government funding for most of next year, as the House and Senate race to reach a compromise in time to avert a shutdown next month. Spending cardinals in both chambers Tuesday said they could receive a top-line spending level from leadership for Congress's 12...
Tempers boiled over during a classified Senate briefing on Ukraine on Tuesday afternoon, when Republican senators insisted on talking about security along the U.S.-Mexico border while Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and military officials tried to keep the discussion focused on the war. Schumer accused Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) of attempting to hijack the...
House Judiciary Republicans are accusing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) of “colluding” with the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, saying she asked the panel to share evidence with her — evidently making a similar request to one long ago made by the Justice Department. The accusation comes after Chair...