Congressional Republicans are asking FBI Director Christopher Wray to “correct” his testimony that there was “some question” about whether Donald Trump’s ear was struck by a bullet or shrapnel. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Wray on Friday that accused him of “creating confusion” in […]
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Rep. Don Davis, a centrist Democrat who often breaks with his party, endorsed Kamala Harris’ presidential bid on Friday, one day after he joined five other Democrats in condemning her handling of the southern border. “The stakes of this presidential election are incredibly high, with far-reaching implications,” he said in a statement, adding “at the […]
Three years ago, Vice President Kamala Harris gave a pitch for the Biden administration’s Build Back Better agenda by highlighting ambitions to use federal dollars to make life easier for caregivers. “For far too long, investments in care have dropped to the bottom of the priority list,” she said in a virtual town hall in […]
Leaders on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are making a sweeping request for records as part of the panel’s investigation into the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) — the committee chair and ranking member, respectively — and Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and […]
House Republicans used their slim majority on Thursday to target Vice President Kamala Harris — and some Democrats backed the effort. The House passed a resolution criticizing Harris for her work on the border in a 220-196 vote, an issue the GOP has identified as a key line of attack as the party pivots its […]
The House voted unanimously on Wednesday night to create a bipartisan task force to investigate the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. The 416-0 vote comes less than two weeks after a July 13 shooting that sent shock waves through Congress and the world, as a gunman was able to get on a roof […]
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Republicans seized immediately on images of burning U.S. flags and vandalism at Washington, D.C.’s Union Station following Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech as evidence of widespread antisemitism and a harbinger of what can happen under Democratic control of government. “Pro-terror, anti-Israel agitators are vandalizing federal property, removing American flags, and replacing them with Palestinian flags steps away […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to Capitol Hill on Wednesday with a rallying cry meant to appeal to Democrats and Republicans alike, but he showed little inclination toward a rethink of his much-criticized approach to the months-long conflict in Gaza. Speaking to a joint meeting of Congress, the lightning rod prime minister offered words […]
FBI Director Christopher Wray provided sweeping new details about the gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump — but said law enforcement is still largely in the dark about his motives. Testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday — his first public appearance before Congress since the July 13 shooting — Wray […]