Biden puts on Trump 2024 hat after 9/11 memorial, and White House says he did it to encourage political unity
President Joe Biden surprised and delighted many. Attach On Wednesday, he showed off his Trump 2024 hat in front of onlookers at a fire station in Pennsylvania. Biden was visiting the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department on the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks when someone asked him to put on a Trump campaign hat. […]
House Republicans lament Trump’s ‘terrible’ debate performance: ‘Let her get under his skin’
Exclusive: House Republicans have privately expressed dissatisfaction with former President Trump's performance in Tuesday's debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. Several Republican House members, speaking on condition of anonymity, acknowledged that Trump “missed an opportunity” to effectively attack Harris and tout her record. Several said the prevailing view within the House Republican Conference was that […]
Defense hawks oppose House GOP's six-month CR plan
Republican defense hawks say Plan B in House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-Louisiana) stopgap federal spending bill is not viable as long as the six-month deadline is still included. “I'm not in favor of anything that takes four months. I'm not in favor of anything that goes beyond Dec. 31,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike […]
White House urged to ‘cease and desist’ social media ‘suppression campaigns’ after Zuckerberg letter
First appeared on FOX: The chairman of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Crime is demanding that the Biden administration turn over documents detailing its efforts to suppress information after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg accused the White House of censorship last month. Rep. Nancy Mace (D-Lausanne), chairwoman of the House Oversight Committee's cybersecurity subcommittee, urged the […]
House GOP plan to avert government shutdown on life support as Johnson delays vote
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, was forced to postpone a House vote on a plan to avert a partial government shutdown on Wednesday after the bill was put on life support by defections from Republican lawmakers within days of being introduced. “There will be no vote today,” Johnson told reporters on the bill, known as […]
New Hampshire makes primary picks for Governor and House races
Former Sen. Kelly Ayotte is one step closer to replacing longtime Republican Gov. Chris Sununu in the battleground state of New Hampshire. Ayotte, a former state attorney general who broke with former President Trump after the release of the infamous “Access Hollywood” video and narrowly lost re-election to the Senate in 2016, defeated former New […]
House Republicans bemoan Trump debate performance: ‘Not good’
House Republicans lamented former President Trump's performance in his first and likely only debate with Vice President Harris, acknowledging that the Democratic candidate successfully angered his Republican opponent. During the 90-plus minute debate in Philadelphia, Ms. Harris repeatedly appeared to try to tempt Mr. Trump into a more composed manner by attacking issues close to […]
House Committee Issues Subpoena To Hochul Over Delayed Docs In Nursing Home Deaths Investigation
The chairman of a congressional committee investigating the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday subpoenaed New York's Democratic governor, Kathy Hockle, for withholding key documents about nursing home deaths in the state. Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, said: Summon They have demanded that the New York State Executive Commission […]
Cuomo's COVID-19 House testimony: 3 takeaways
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, testified before the House of Representatives on Tuesday about his early response to the pandemic, with particular focus on how the governor's office managed nursing homes and facing a bipartisan congressional investigation. Cuomo's appearance at the hearing came after subpoenas from subcommittee Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), which […]
House GOP doubts grow as Johnson digs in on funding fight: ‘Playing with a government shutdown’
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, is pushing ahead with a plan to avert a partial government shutdown scheduled for later this month, despite growing anxiety among House Republicans. Johnson's plan would include a six-month extension of current fiscal year government funding levels, known as a continuing resolution (CR), combined with a Republican bill to require […]