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Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has relaxed the chamber’s informal dress code, allowing lawmakers to wear whatever they want on the floor of what is sometimes called the “greatest deliberative body in the world.” Until recently, male senators were required to wear suit jackets and dress shoes on the floor. Female […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With only a few days until the start of early voting in Virginia’s high-stakes election, Republicans and Democrats are making one last push to encourage early and absentee voting in the commonwealth. Every seat in both the House of Delegates and state Senate are up for grabs this fall — […]
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden will on Tuesday issue a defense of American leadership abroad and reiterate U.S. support for Ukraine, during a high-profile speech at the United Nations, according to senior Biden administration officials — as the 2024 presidential election ramps up at home. In particular, […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — One of former President Donald Trump’s long-time assistants told federal investigators that Trump repeatedly wrote to-do lists for her on documents from the White House that were marked classified, according to sources familiar with her statements. As described to ABC News, the aide, Molly Michael, told investigators that — more […]
Daniel Knighton/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A debris field has been found in South Carolina during the search for a F-35 fighter jet that had gone missing after a “mishap” on Sunday, military officials confirmed in a statement on Monday night. Officials said the debris was found in Williamsburg County some two hours northeast of Joint […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump, not for the first time, sparked criticism on Monday after he posted on his Truth Social platform knocking “liberal Jews who voted against America & Israel.” Elsewhere, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed back on criticism out of Capitol Hill — and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott weighed in […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is expected to skip the second Republican primary debate, in California on Sept. 27, and will instead visit Detroit to deliver a speech in front of union workers, according to a senior adviser. The news was first reported by The New York Times. This is a […]
Julia Nikhinson/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democrats on Sunday sought to play down the ramifications in Washington from last week’s indictment of Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son, while Republicans seized on the development. In appearances on the Sunday public affairs show circuit, top Democrats noted the lack of firm evidence to back up […]
Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Va., announced Monday she will not seek reelection in 2024 after receiving a new diagnosis of progressive supranuclear palsy. Wexton, 55, was initially diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease earlier this year. At the time, she said she was “feeling good” and hoped to continue […]
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans from both sides of the conference came to a deal on a short-term government funding bill this weekend. The effort was led by GOP Reps. Dusty Johnson, House Freedom Caucus chair Scott Perry, Stephanie Bice, Chip Roy and Kelly Armstrong. The deal includes a one-month continuing resolution, funding […]
