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Trump says he’s ‘more committed’ than ever as he holds first 2024 campaign events
Sam Wolfe/Bloomberg via Getty Images (COLUMBIA, S.C.) — Former President Donald Trump made his campaign debut for his 2024 run on Saturday in two key early-voting states. Trump’s first stop was in New Hampshire, where [Read More…]
Congress could ‘force’ DOJ to show them Biden and Trump classified documents, Rep. Turner says
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner on Sunday indicated both chambers and both parties in Congress will seek to “force” the Department of Justice to let lawmakers review the classified documents [Read More…]
Durbin calls on senators to push again for police reform after Tyre Nichols’ death
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In the wake of Tyre Nichols’ “horrible” death following his beating by police in a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin on Sunday called on his colleagues [Read More…]
Investigations and complaints facing George Santos could bring serious penalties
(NEW YORK) — Embattled New York Rep. George Santos insists he will serve out his term and has indicated it’s up to his constituents to reelect him or vote him out of office, despite mounting [Read More…]
Trump kicks off presidential campaign in New Hampshire, South Carolina
(SOUTH CAROLINA) — Former President Donald Trump is embarking on his first campaign swing of the 2024 presidential cycle on Saturday where he is expected to announce his leadership team from South Carolina as he seeks [Read More…]
Pence takes ‘full responsibility’ for classified documents found at his home
Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday he takes “full responsibility” for the classified documents found at his Indiana home. “While I was not [Read More…]
Ronna McDaniel reelected RNC chair after contentious 3-way contest over party’s future
Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images (DANA POINT, Calif.) — Republican National Committee members reelected Ronna McDaniel as chair inside a ritzy hotel in Dana Point on Friday, closing out an unusually contentious race that could [Read More…]
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff tours Auschwitz on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland Friday, marking Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 78th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation. In an [Read More…]
Paul Pelosi hammer attack video released
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Audio and video recordings from the night Paul Pelosi, the husband of Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi, was violently assaulted were released on Friday. The public release [Read More…]
National Archives asks former presidents and vice presidents to check for outstanding classified material
Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The National Archives has asked the offices of recent former presidents and vice presidents to review personal documents for any outstanding classified material or presidential records that have not been [Read More…]
Biden holds White House’s first-ever Lunar New Year reception, in mass shootings’ shadow
uschools/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday held the White House’s first-ever Lunar New Year reception only days after a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, during a Lunar New Year celebration. “It’s [Read More…]
California Bar seeks to disbar ex-Trump attorney over quest to overturn 2020 election
Creativeye99/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — The State Bar of California on Thursday filed a notice of disciplinary charges against former Donald Trump attorney John Eastman over what bar officials said were Eastman’s alleged efforts to [Read More…]
House GOP opens up amendment process for first time in seven years, allowing debate and delay
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For the first time in nearly seven years, the House on Thursday brought legislation to the floor under a “modified-open rule” — a change that leads to [Read More…]
Democrats launch dads caucus to focus on family issues, push for paid leave
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Four House Democrats launched the Congressional Dads Caucus on Thursday, joining together around a legislative agenda that includes expanding parental leave, the child tax credit and [Read More…]
Sleepy RNC chair race turns into contentious 3-way contest over party’s future
Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images (DANA POINT, Calif.) — Republican National Committee members will elect a new chair at a ritzy hotel in Dana Point on Friday, closing out an unusually contentious race that could [Read More…]
Doug Emhoff departs for European trip focused on Holocaust remembrance, combating antisemitism
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff departed Thursday for Poland and Germany on a six-day trip that is aimed at Holocaust education and remembrance as well as combating [Read More…]
DOJ seizes notorious ransomware group’s website
Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice, FBI and international law enforcement partners mounted a major cyber crackdown against the notorious Russia-linked ransomware gang the Hive on Thursday, seizing its website and dismantling much [Read More…]
Adam Schiff is running for California Senate seat
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — California Rep. Adam Schiff on Thursday announced he will run for Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s seat in 2024 — though the longtime congresswoman has not yet announced whether she will retire [Read More…]
Senators on intel committee demand to see Biden and Trump docs, in rare bipartisan outrage
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee emerged outraged from a two-hour secure briefing with Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines, threatening to grind the chamber’s business to a halt [Read More…]
Texas, 19 other states sue Biden admin over migrant parole program
Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading 20 states who are suing the Biden administration over a federal migrant parole program announced earlier this month. The program established a pathway [Read More…]