Congress braces for head-to-head clash on warrantless surveillance reform bills
The House GOP’s Judiciary and Intelligence Committee chairs are preparing for a head-to-head debate over whose bill will reform the government’s warrantless surveillance powers as Speaker Mike Johnson...
View ArticleTexas woman fighting for legal abortion flees the state
After a week of legal whiplash, the woman at the center of a legal fight over whether she can receive an emergency abortion in Texas has fled the state. A Texas district court last Thursday granted...
View ArticleWhy gas prices are dropping ahead of the holidays
Gas prices dipped significantly over the weekend, bringing relief for drivers ahead of the holiday. As of Monday, the national average stands at $3.15 per gallon, according to AAA. That’s 5 cents less...
View ArticleGeorge Santos ‘presently engaged in plea negotiations,’ US attorney says
Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is “presently engaged in plea negotiations,” the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York revealed Monday. The announcement came one day before Santos is...
View ArticleDramatic Texas case underscores minefields for courts on abortion
Kate Cox, the woman at the center of a dramatic court battle, has fled Texas amid a case her allies say underscores the impracticality of having courts make determinations about a woman's rights to...
View ArticleGiuliani ‘hijacked’ lives of two Georgia election workers, lawyer argues
Rudy Giuliani’s baseless claims about two Georgia election workers following the 2020 election “hijacked” their lives and shattered their reputations, the duo’s attorneys told a jury Monday in...
View ArticleUkraine money likely to be delayed until January, Senate Republican says
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), a member of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s (Ky.) leadership team, told reporters Monday that additional funding for Ukraine will likely be delayed until 2024...
View ArticleGOP smells blood in the water in elite school antisemitism controversy
Republicans hostile to the way elite universities shape the nation's cultural and political debates are smelling blood in the water after a disastrous hearing in which the presidents of three schools...
View ArticleGOP clash nixes Johnson plan for floor showdown on surveillance reforms
Grumbling over Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) plans for a floor showdown on competing House Intelligence and Judiciary Committee bills has punted the debate over how to reform the nation’s warrantless...
View ArticleBob Good elected Freedom Caucus chair amid internal drama
Members of the House Freedom Caucus elected Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) to serve as the group’s next chairman, elevating the Virginia Republican to chief of the conservative group that has a long tradition...
View ArticleUkraine’s fate hangs in the balance as Zelensky descends on DC
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with congressional leadership and President Biden on Tuesday with the fate of ongoing U.S. support for Ukraine’s war effort against Russia hanging in...
View ArticleTrump approaches uncatchable in Iowa
Former President Trump's growing lead in Iowa is quickly closing the window for candidates such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley to catch up, less than six weeks...
View ArticleHouse GOP impeachment inquiry reaches pivotal week
The impeachment probe into President Biden is notching up in intensity this week, with House Republicans set to take an official vote authorizing the inquiry, plus new charges against Hunter Biden and...
View ArticleGOP doubts rise on Ukraine-border deal despite last-ditch Zelensky trip
Senate Republicans on the eve of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's arrival in Washington are casting increasing doubt they will reach a deal unlocking aid to his country by the end of the year....
View ArticleCheney, Colbert debate whether Trump is 'aberration' in GOP
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert got into a heated discussion on Monday over whether former President Trump was an “aberration” in the Republican Party....
View ArticleSenate Democrats press Thomas to recuse himself from Trump immunity case
Senate Democrats are calling on conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from ruling on former President Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution for alleged crimes...
View ArticleGiuliani’s baseless election claims flipped Georgia election worker’s life...
Shaye Moss said her life was “flipped upside down” when she became an epicenter of baseless accusations of mass election fraud in Georgia, taking the stand Tuesday as a witness in her defamation case...
View ArticleNew York’s top court rules for Democrats in major redistricting case
New York’s highest court ordered the state’s redistricting commission to submit a new congressional map, handing a major victory to Democrats in their fight to regain lost ground in the last election...
View ArticleDemocrats are badly divided on Israel, and GOP isn't making it easier
House Democrats are scrambling to overcome the deep divisions on Israel policy that have splintered the caucus and strained relations between even chummy veteran lawmakers. Republicans aren’t making...
View ArticleHouse GOP advances impeachment inquiry resolution, teeing up vote
House Republicans took a step toward voting to authorize an impeachment inquiry into President Biden on Tuesday, passing the resolution to do so out of the House Rules Committee. A floor vote on the...
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