WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – The already narrow Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives continues to shrink, adding pressure to GOP ambitions ahead of an election year. The numbers have tightened after a series of unexpected developments, including the resignation of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). A former Trump ally, the three-term congresswoman left […]
A Republican lawmaker is vowing to begin contempt-of-Congress proceedings against former President Bill Clinton after he failed to show up on Tuesday to testify before a committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer told reporters he would start proceedings against Clinton next week, and could do the same against former Secretary of […]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — For House Republicans, the political year started with a pep rally of sorts as President Donald Trump gathered them at Washington’s Kennedy Center for a stemwinder of a speech. But by the time lawmakers had completed their first week of work this midterm election year, fractures in the party were already showing. […]
WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House on Thursday failed to override President Donald Trump’s veto of two GOP-sponsored bills — a sign of the president’s continued grip on the party even amid some cracks in the façade. The House voted to sustain Trump’s veto of a bill to make it easier for rural communities in southeast […]
Republicans have spent days casting the stunning arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as the ultimate display of strength and power. But Democrats see something far different looming: a new set of political vulnerabilities for the opposing party. Democrats believe unexpected military action in Venezuela, on top of President Donald Trump and his top aides […]
Donald Trump announced that a vague “fraud investigation of California” has started in a rage post attacking Gov. Gavin Newsom. The 79-year-old president offered no details about the apparent probe against the Democrat, who has spent months trolling Trump online amid suggestions of a 2028 White House run. “California, under Governor Gavin Newscum, is more […]
How will Republicans and Democrats respond to the delayed release of the Epstein files? – CBS News Watch CBS News Lawmakers may take action against the Department of Justice for the delayed release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson weighs in. Source link
How do you just “uncover” over a million Epstein documents out of nowhere like they were misplaced in a desk drawer? Source link
Zoë Schiffer: Yeah, that was another executive order that came out. I think it was literally titled something around eliminating data silos. Another thing that on its surface sounds good: data silos, inefficient, sounds bad, but there’s a really good reason to keep a lot of this information separate. You don’t necessarily want the federal […]