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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Colorado Rep. Ken Buck on Wednesday announced he won’t be seeking reelection and, in a sharply worded statement explaining his decision, he blamed the election denialism that has been embraced by some fellow conservatives in the House. “Too many Republican leaders are lying to America,” Buck said in a video released […]
Cheney Orr/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House has scheduled a Wednesday night vote on a Republican-led resolution to expel embattled Rep. George Santos, who maintains his innocence after being indicted on a slew of federal charges. The push to try and oust Santos is coming from fellow GOP lawmakers in the New York delegation, […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (MIAMI) — The judge overseeing the probe into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents suggested Wednesday that she would move some of the deadlines in the case, acknowledging that the trial could collide with the trial date set in Trump’s federal election interference case in Washington, D.C. U.S. District Judge Aileen […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Wednesday will weigh two censure resolutions, one of which is against Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib for her criticism of Israel over its response to the deadly Hamas terror attack. Tlaib last month drew the ire of colleagues, including some Democrats, after she refused to apologize for blaming Israel […]
Alon Skuy/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — During his latest rally, while criticizing rival Joe Biden for his gaffes as a candidate, Donald Trump had some stumbles of his own. “A very big hello to a place where we’ve done very well: Sioux Falls. Thank you very much, Sioux Falls,” Trump boomed into the microphone as he […]
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is facing increasingly vocal opposition from a small group inside his own party on what they suggest is his bias toward Israel and against Palestinians following the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel. Biden has offered full-throated support for Israel, an ally, as its […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (MIAMI) — The judge overseeing the probe into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents is set to hear arguments Wednesday as she considers a request from Trump to extend deadlines in the case. At issue is how the classified materials at the center of the probe are to be handled […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday gave the most specific number to date on how many Americans are trapped in Gaza following Hamas’ surprise terrorist attack on Israel. “We’re working on this every single day. We have about 400 American citizens and their family members, so it’s roughly 1,000 people […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New House Speaker Mike Johnson, as one of his first moves, is forcing a showdown over emergency aid to Israel. He’s pushing a vote Thursday on a bill that would provide more than $14 billion to the American ally — but not include $61 billion in aid to Ukraine as President […]
Harun Ozalp/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with where to draw the line when it comes to the personal social media accounts of government workers and steps to censor comments or block access for certain individual users. In a pair of cases, citizens who were restricted online by local […]