The Memo: Trump vs. Haley battle enters nastier phase
The race between former President Trump and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley is getting nastier, even as the odds seem overwhelmingly in Trump’s favor. Trump has recently targeted Haley’s...
View ArticleBiden turns to TikTok as concerns over young voters mount
President Biden’s reelection bid is now on TikTok as the 81-year-old incumbent looks to reach younger voters amid rising anxiety about his age. A 30-second video from “Biden-Harris HQ” showed Biden...
View ArticleDemocrats eye long-shot discharge petition for Ukraine aid
Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) rejection of a Senate-passed foreign aid package has fueled fresh talk among House Democrats that their last best chance of getting military funding to Ukraine might be...
View ArticleBlockbuster hearings set up Thursday split screen for Trump criminal cases
Dueling hearings in former President Trump’s criminal cases Thursday are set to create a blockbuster, split-screen moment in his quest to fight a cascade of legal battles. In New York, a judge will...
View ArticleSpeaker Johnson: New York special election result ‘in no way a bellwether'...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is brushing off the GOP loss in the special election to replace former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), arguing that the race is “in no way a bellwether” for the November...
View ArticleHouse Intel chair calls on Biden to declassify details on 'serious national...
House Intelligence Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) made a cryptic call for President Biden to declassify information about a “serious national security threat” to allow for public discussions about how the...
View ArticleDrop in border encounters, though likely temporary, signals new pattern
Encounters between migrants and U.S. border authorities took a plunge last month, though few analysts expect a permanent reduction in regional migration. According to border encounter numbers released...
View ArticleDemocrats cautious, but buoyed by decisive New York win
A decisive win in a special election for a House seat in New York has invigorated the Democratic Party and provided a potential playbook heading into November, when they’re hoping to seize control of...
View ArticleSpeaker Johnson nixes plans to take up warrantless surveillance bill this week
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) abandoned plans to bring a bill to the House floor this week that would reauthorize the nation’s warrantless spy program, a second failure to consider legislation that has...
View ArticleClyburn to step out of Democratic leadership
Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) announced Wednesday that he will step out of Democratic leadership, ending more than two decades in the top tiers of the party and opening the assistant leader spot to...
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Top prosecutors in Trump Georgia case under the microscope at high-stakes...
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s (D) relationship with a top prosecutor in the 2020 election interference case involving former President Trump will be put under a microscope Thursday as...
View ArticleHouse Homeland Security Chair Mark Green to retire
House Homeland Security Committee Chair Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) announced Wednesday he is retiring from Congress, saying he wants to “go out with a win” after impeaching Homeland Security Secretary...
View ArticleMayorkas impeachment headed toward Senate graveyard
The impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is likely to die a quick death in the Senate after the House succeeded in its second attempt to rebuke the Department of Homeland...
View ArticleConservatives tank vote to advance SALT bill, dealing blow to NY moderates
A band of House conservatives tanked a procedural vote on Wednesday to advance a bill pertaining to the state and local tax (SALT) deduction, dealing a blow to moderate New York Republicans who have...
View ArticleHouse Judiciary requests information from Biden ghostwriter
The House Judiciary Committee asked the ghostwriter of President Biden’s memoir to turn over any recordings and notes from his conversations with the president. The letter to Mark Zwonitzer, who...
View ArticleBiden's abortion rhetoric riles progressives for not going far enough
President Biden's rhetoric on abortion is angering some progressive activists, who say his comments about "abortion on demand" show a reluctance to push for much more sweeping access than just...
View ArticleAbbott seizes national spotlight amid border tensions
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) handling of the migrant crisis at his state’s southern border is catapulting him into the spotlight outside of Texas as the crisis plays out on the national stage....
View ArticleTrump’s NY hush money case faces critical moment: What to expect
Former President Trump’s hush money prosecution faces a critical moment Thursday as a judge mulls whether the case will move forward and if Trump’s first criminal trial will take place next month....
View ArticleLawmakers scramble for Plan B on Ukraine
The refusal by GOP leaders to stage a vote on Ukraine aid is fueling new efforts by lawmakers in both parties to locate a viable Plan B to help the embattled U.S. ally repel Russia’s invasion amid...
View ArticleDemocrats get jolt of political momentum from Suozzi win
Democrats received a crucial jolt of momentum following former Rep. Tom Suozzi's (D-N.Y.) victory in the race for the disgraced ex-Rep. George Santos’s (R) seat in New York. The win narrows the margin...
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