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George Frey/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As former Vice President Mike Pence enters the final weeks of considering whether to make a presidential run, a group of conservatives is launching a super PAC to support his potential candidacy, according to several sources familiar with its planning. The group, Committed to America, will be co-chaired by veteran […]
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (FAIRFAX, Va.) — A person looking for Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly allegedly attacked two of his staffers with a metal baseball bat at his district office Monday, the congressman said in a statement. Connolly, a Democrat, said the individual was taken into police custody and the two staffers who were injured […]
Ron Sachs/Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a long-awaited report, special counsel John Durham is slamming the FBI for actions agents took during the 2016 probe scrutinizing then-presidential candidate Donald Trump’s alleged ties to Russia. Durham’s final report examining the origins of the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and its ties to […]
Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The State Department’s latest survey of religious freedom around the world shows that conditions in some of the most oppressive nations around the world are growing even more dire as well as new, troubling trends, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. “Governments in many parts of […]
Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Biden administration officials said Monday that the numbers of migrants making unauthorized border crossings over the weekend continued to be significantly lower than expected but they were not ready to declare their plan a success just yet. “I think it’s — it’s still too early to draw firm conclusions,” Assistant […]
Angela Rowlings/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Monday he intends to nominate a new director for the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, a surgical oncologist and cancer researcher, was picked by Biden as the successor. “Dr. Bertagnolli has spent her career pioneering scientific discovery and pushing the […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday defended the country’s border policies, insisting the Biden administration was taking a strong enough stance on a surge of migration while batting away claims it was being overly strict. Mayorkas took issue with criticism from progressives who compared President Joe Biden’s policies to those of […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said Sunday the House Committee on Foreign Affairs will continue to pursue contempt charges for Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Congress subpoenaed Blinken to turn over the dissent cable regarding the withdrawal of American personnel in 2021. “I am prepared to move forward to contempt proceedings,” McCaul, the […]
Sean Rayford/Getty Images (RALEIGH, N.C.) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Saturday vetoed a Republican bill that would ban most abortions after 12 weeks, though the politics of the state mean that the possibility of a veto override is imminent. The Democratic governor would likely need just one Republican defector to prevent the GOP-led legislature […]
Mark Wilson/Getty Images (DES MOINES, Iowa) — Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the top two names in the 2024 GOP presidential primary field, are set to be in Iowa this weekend, marking the first time the two will be in the critical state simultaneously this election cycle. The former president will hold […]
