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Santos lists new treasurer — who says he doesn’t work for the congressman
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With a disclosure filing deadline approaching as questions swirl around his use of campaign funds, embattled Rep. George Santos’ campaign appears to be left without a [Read More…]
Apprehensions of migrants from 4 Latin American countries fall sharply: DHS
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security is taking a victory lap as preliminary data released Wednesday shows a sharp decline in certain migrants crossing the border. Border Patrol apprehensions of Cubans, [Read More…]
Donald Trump allowed back on Facebook and Instagram, Meta announces
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Meta announced it is allowing former President Donald Trump back on Facebook and Instagram “in the coming weeks,” ending a two-year suspension. Trump was locked out of his accounts [Read More…]
Harris to visit Monterey Park to meet with victims’ families
Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Monterey Park, California, on Wednesday to meet with victims’ families days after a mass shooter there killed 11 and [Read More…]
Woman pleads guilty to mailing ricin to then-President Donald Trump
ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Canadian-French dual national has pleaded guilty to charges that she mailed threatening letters containing the poison ricin to then-President Donald Trump, as well as eight Texas law enforcement officers, in [Read More…]
McConnell says it’s up to McCarthy and Biden to negotiate a deal on the debt ceiling
J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The debt ceiling debate continues to loom large on Capitol Hill as both sides prepare for a showdown that the Treasury Department has said could throw the U.S. economy into a [Read More…]
McCarthy rejects Democrats Schiff and Swalwell from House Intelligence Committee
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday night rejected the reappointments of Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell, both D-Calif., to the powerful House Intelligence Committee — fulfilling [Read More…]
Mike Pompeo’s memoir stirs controversy with passages on Nikki Haley, Jamal Khashoggi
Kyle Mazza/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s new memoir, released on Tuesday, is drawing fire over sections about his Trump administration colleague Nikki Haley and the slain [Read More…]
Judge delays ruling on release of Georgia election interference probe report
Creativeye99/Getty Images (FULTON COUNTY, Ga.) — The judge hearing arguments over whether or not to publicly release the report by the Georgia grand jury investigating efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to [Read More…]
Classified documents found at Mike Pence’s home and turned over to DOJ: Lawyer
Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Classified documents have been found in the home of former Vice President Mike Pence and turned over to the FBI for review, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell ABC [Read More…]
Judge delays decision on release of report by grand jury probing efforts to overturn 2020 election in Georgia
Creativeye99/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The judge hearing arguments over whether or not to publicly release the report by the Georgia grand jury investigating efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the [Read More…]
Florida Rep. Greg Steube will be ‘sidelined’ from DC as he recovers after 25-foot fall
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., announced Monday that he will be “sidelined in Sarasota for several weeks” while recovering from a fractured pelvis, a punctured lung and torn [Read More…]
Indiana Republicans face blessing and curse in jockeying for 2024 Senate seat
Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A game of political musical chairs is unfolding in Indiana ahead of the 2024 campaign cycle as some of the state’s most high-profile Republicans begin to lay the [Read More…]
Classified documents found at Mike Pence’s home and turned over to DOJ: Sources
Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Classified documents have been found in the home of former Vice President Mike Pence and turned over to the FBI for review, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell ABC [Read More…]
Judge mulls release of report by grand jury probing efforts to overturn 2020 election in Georgia
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Fulton County, Georgia, judge is hearing arguments Tuesday regarding whether or not to publicly release the long-anticipated report submitted recently by the special grand jury investigating efforts by former President [Read More…]
Indiana Republicans face blessing and curse in jockeying for 2024 Senate seat
Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A game of political musical chairs is unfolding in Indiana ahead of the 2024 campaign cycle as some of the state’s most high-profile Republicans begin to lay the [Read More…]
Garland pushes back on suggestion Biden has been treated better than Trump in documents probes
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday fielded his first questions on the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation into classified documents found at President Joe Biden’s Delaware home and a [Read More…]
Jeffries taps Schiff, Swalwell for House intel after McCarthy promised to block them
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries has selected Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., to sit on the powerful House Intelligence Committee, setting up a fight with Speaker Kevin [Read More…]
4 more Oath Keepers militia members found guilty of seditious conspiracy for Jan. 6 riot
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Washington, D.C., jury on Monday convicted four more members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group for engaging in a seditious conspiracy to stop the certification of President Joe [Read More…]
Rep. Ruben Gallego announces 2024 bid for Kyrsten Sinema’s Senate seat
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Arizona Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego announced Monday he is launching a bid for U.S. Senate to unseat independent Kyrsten Sinema. “I have been deeply humbled by the encouragement I have [Read More…]