A top pollster for President Donald Trump advised a group of House Republicans on how to defend against Democrats’ attacks over expiring Obamacare tax credits: focus on reducing drug prices instead. Tony Fabrizio showed new polling to members of the Republican Study Committee in a closed-door meeting held a few blocks from the Capitol Wednesday. […]
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Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar filed for reelection Wednesday as a Democrat and told reporters he had no intention to retire or switch parties hours after President Donald Trump announced pardons for him and his wife. “It came as a surprise,” Cuellar told a small group of reporters about the pardon. “I want to thank President […]
Rep. Elise Stefanik said Speaker Mike Johnson would lose an election to lead the House if a vote were suddenly called. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal Tuesday night, the New York lawmaker said Johnson is an “ineffective leader” who is losing control of the Republican party. “He certainly wouldn’t have the votes […]
A bipartisan group of senators and House members led by Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and Jen Kiggans (R-Va.) will be meeting Wednesday afternoon with Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) to see if there’s a path forward on bipartisan health care legislation, according to a person granted anonymity to share plans for the closed-door session. The meeting […]
The House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena to former special counsel Jack Smith, who led investigations into President Donald Trump, ordering him to appear at a closed-door session later this month. Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) demanded in a letter to Smith that the former DOJ official who oversaw cases around Trump’s retention of classified […]
The House Oversight Committee has received new materials from major financial institutions as part of its investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as well as photos and videos of Epstein’s private compound from authorities in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The files from JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank have not yet been publicly […]
President Donald Trump pardoned Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), the president announced in a Truth Social post on Wednesday, blaming former President Joe Biden for weaponizing the Justice Department against his opponents. “Sleepy Joe went after the Congressman, and even the Congressman’s wonderful wife, Imelda, simply for speaking the TRUTH,” Trump wrote. “It is unAmerican and, […]
Speaker Mike Johnson held onto a much-needed red seat in Tennessee Tuesday night — but fellow Republicans say this isn’t cause for celebration. Johnson’s leadership’s team was bracing for a tighter-than-comfortable race in the special election to succeed former Rep. Mark Green. But the single-digit margin of victory for Matt Van Epps was still a […]
Rep. Elise Stefanik declared victory over Speaker Mike Johnson Wednesday, saying she had secured the inclusion of a key provision she wanted attached to the annual Pentagon policy bill after a remarkable public spat with the speaker a day earlier. Others involved credited President Donald Trump for playing mediator after the New York Republican threatened […]
Republican Matt Van Epps won a Tennessee House special election on Tuesday, but Democrat Aftyn Behn significantly cut into GOP margins in the district, continuing a streak of overperformances this year. National outside groups poured millions into the race, as Republicans grew concerned about a potential upset. President Donald Trump carried the district by 22 […]