Bill and Hillary Clinton have officially refused to testify in the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — defying subpoenas and risking being held in contempt of Congress. The former president and Secretary of State were scheduled to appear on Capitol Hill for closed-door depositions Tuesday and Wednesday. […]
The Justice Department’s move to investigate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is shaping up to be one of the Trump administration’s most unpopular actions yet among Capitol Hill Republicans. — Republicans recoil: The DOJ probe into Powell’s June hearing testimony is causing heartburn in the Senate, which controls the fate of his successor. After Sen. […]
Former special counsel Jack Smith will testify in a public hearing next week, setting up a potentially dramatic retelling of his investigations into President Donald Trump. House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan said Monday that Smith will appear Jan. 22 as part of the congressional probe of the investigation into Trump’s efforts to subvert the […]
As Washington erupted over the Justice Department’s subpoena of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a Republican lawmaker at the center of the dispute is keeping silent. That would be Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, who presided over a June hearing of the Senate Banking Committee where he and other Republicans quizzed Powell about the […]
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is introducing legislation to prevent President Donald Trump from taking action to invade a NATO country or territory, like Greenland. “This is about our fundamental shared goals and our fundamental security, not just not just in Europe, but in the United States itself,” said Rep. Bill Keating (D-Mass.), who’s leading […]
Senate Agriculture Chair John Boozman is delaying a markup on major cryptocurrency legislation in order to allow bipartisan talks to continue, punting a committee vote until the last week of January. The Arkansas Republican, who was initially preparing to hold a markup on Thursday, said in a statement that he remains “committed to advancing bipartisan […]
Inaction by Republican lawmakers has stymied the Trump administration’s efforts to wrest control of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, allowing the panel to slip back into Democratic hands for the time being. That could have significant implications for the commission’s ongoing investigation into antisemitism on college campuses — making it more likely that the […]
President Donald Trump on Monday called Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) after she slammed him in a speech criticizing his efforts to address rising costs. “After my speech, the President called me, and I delivered this same message on affordability to him directly,” Warren said in a statement. “I told him that Congress can pass legislation […]
Sen. Mark Kelly is suing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other senior military leaders over the Pentagon’s attempt to punish him for telling troops not to follow illegal orders. The Arizona Democrat, in filings made public Monday, asked a federal court to block a review that could demote the former Navy captain’s rank and reduce […]
A growing number of Republicans on Capitol Hill are expressing unease with the Justice Department’s move to investigate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a sign that the probe could become a major inflection point over GOP lawmakers’ concerns about central bank independence. Powell announced Sunday that the DOJ is investigating him over statements to Congress […]