The Republican National Committee will consider a resolution on Friday to censure Representatives Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, the two Republicans who sit on the House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The resolution would censure Cheney and Kinzinger and call …
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South Carolina federal judge Michelle Childs is under consideration to succeed retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court, the White House confirmed late Friday. Childs, 55, is based in Columbia, South Carolina, and was nominated last year by President Biden to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals …
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A candidate seeking the Republican nomination for governor of New York wrote and signed a letter on official letterhead seeking leniency for a state resident who pleaded guilty to entering a restricted building on Capitol grounds during the January 6 attack. In his letter to the judge, Lewis County, New …
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Republicans on Tuesday issued a stark warning to President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats: change the Senate rules at your peril. Mr. Biden on Tuesday endorsed changes to the Senate filibuster, the rule that requires 60 votes to advance legislation, so that just a simple majority of votes would be …
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The White House will be relying on two women in newly created roles to help lead the implementation of President Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan; it announced the appointments of Katie Thomson and Winnie Stachelberg to departments that are central to the measure, which was signed into law in November. …
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President Biden “remains a healthy, vigorous 78-year-old male who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency,” White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor wrote in a memo to White House press secretary Jen Psaki Friday. But O’Connor also took note of a couple of issues evident in the …
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U.S. Capitol Police arrested a California man who had a bayonet and machete in his truck — which was painted with white supremacist symbols, including swastikas — near the Democratic National Committee headquarters early Monday morning. Donald Craighead, 44, was pulled over by a Capitol Police officer and arrested for …
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The Biden administration on Tuesday called on Congress to pass tens of billions of dollars in funding to keep the federal government running as lawmakers work to pass its annual budget legislation. Government funding runs out at the end of the month as the new fiscal year starts in October. …
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The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and Dominion Voting Systems refused Monday to provide additional material requested in subpoenas from Republicans in the Arizona Senate. Arizona Senate President Karen Fann and Republican Senator Warren Petersen issued the subpoenas on July 26, seeking materials to help private contractors finish a controversial …
Read More »Washington — A bipartisan trio of senators have unveiled legislation to bolster Congress’ role in foreign policy, seeking to correct the balance of power between the legislative and executive branches after decades of deferring to the president on national security matters. The bill by Senators Chris Murphy, a Democrat from …
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