Texas Sen. John Cornyn maintained a financial edge over challenger Ken Paxton last quarter, helping him grow his cash advantage ahead of a tough primary fight. Cornyn’s political operation raised $3.9 million compared with Paxton’s $2.9 million, according to campaign finance reports filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission. The matchup between Cornyn and Paxton, […]
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Democrats are set to duke it out in expensive open-seat primaries in Michigan and Illinois. In the race to succeed retiring Sen. Gary Peters in Michigan, State Sen. Mallory McMorrow raked in about $2.1 million in contributions and spent roughly $1.3 million, leaving her with about $827,000 cash on hand. Rep. Haley Stevens raised a […]
Rep. Thomas Massie announced Tuesday he’d kickstart a long-shot procedural maneuver to force a vote on releasing Jeffrey Epstein-related files. The Kentucky Republican, alongside Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), is launching a so-called discharge petition to bypass leadership and allow a floor vote on the release of the materials — provided the petition gets the 218 […]
Speaker Mike Johnson said he hopes to try again Wednesday on a procedural vote that would allow the House to take up a slate of cryptocurrency bills after GOP hard-liners tanked the measure Tuesday afternoon. Republicans are “still having conversations, answering questions for people,” Johnson told reporters leaving the Capitol. Asked how he might win […]
Speaker Mike Johnson is calling for the Department of Justice to release all of its information on Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in jail after being charged with sex trafficking, and wants Attorney General Pam Bondi to explain previous statements on the matter. The Trump administration this month declined to release additional information […]
Former national security adviser Mike Waltz pledged Tuesday to push for reform at the United Nations, portraying the body as bloated, ineffectual and overly politicized during his confirmation hearing to serve as President Donald Trump’s ambassador to international organization. Echoing the administration’s approach to slashing the federal government, Waltz said that the administration was conducting […]
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Anthony Tata to serve as the Pentagon’s undersecretary for personnel and readiness, approving a nominee whose incendiary political commentary made him unconfirmable during President Donald Trump’s first term. The vote was 52-46 with all Republicans voting in favor and all Democrats opposed, underscoring the deep partisan divide over the retired […]
House Oversight Chair James Comer issued another subpoena to a former Joe Biden aide in an effort to compel testimony as part of his investigation into the former president’s use of the autopen and mental fitness while in office. The Kentucky Republican sent the letter to Annie Tomasini, Biden’s former White House deputy chief of […]
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are calling on Republicans to compel Justice Department leaders to testify about their handling of matters related to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Their demand, which House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is unlikely to entertain, follows the DOJ’s announcement that there was no credible […]
Congressional Democrats want to shine a spotlight on the Jeffrey Epstein controversy and drive a wedge into a Republican Party now tearing itself apart over the issue. But relegated to the minority in both chambers, they’re dealing with a limited toolbox to put GOP members on the spot. Democrats’ attempts to weaponize the swirling questions […]