House honoring 13 US service members killed in 2021 Abbey Gate bombing during Afghanistan withdrawal
House Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York, will host a gold medal ceremony to honor the 13 U.S. soldiers killed at Abbey Gate during the withdrawal from Afghanistan. President Johnson will posthumously award Congress' highest honor, the Gold Medal, to the 13 Americans killed in […]
House launches poll watcher program amid GOP-wide push for election security
First appeared on FOX: A program aimed at increasing transparency in the high-profile battle for control of Congress was introduced this week and is being overseen by the House of Representatives. “We're excited to be able to ramp up and roll out this program as we head into the final eight weeks before the election,” […]
House GOP government funding plan gets chilly reception from Senate Republicans
Senate Republicans on Monday gave a lukewarm reception to House Republicans' government funding plan, questioning whether it would slow progress in finding a solution to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month. They acknowledge that the inclusion of a Trump-backed measure requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote could complicate the […]
If Harris Gets to the White House, She’ll Go ‘Hard, Hard Left’
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Fox News Channel's “America's Newsroom” on Monday said that if Vice President Kamala Harris wins the White House, she will govern from the “far left.” Cruz said, “I'm with Bernie Sanders. By the way, Kamala is right. She says her values haven't changed. They haven't. She's been far left all […]
House lawmakers demand Harris-Biden admin officials explain the ‘lapses in vetting’ that allowed a Cuban official to migrate to the US
Several House Republicans on Monday called on the Harris-Biden administration to explain why a former Cuban Communist Party official was issued an immigrant visa, allowing him to move to the United States legally. Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Immigration Integrity, Security […]
White House pushes back against scathing report on Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan
The White House dismissed a report released Sunday by Republican lawmakers criticizing President Biden's chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 as partisan and containing “little to nothing new.” The committee's Republican chairman, Rep. Mike McCaul of Texas, released a Republican-led report that disputed claims that President Biden is bound by an agreement between former President […]
White House rebukes Republicans over partisan plan to avert shutdown
As both sides remain adamant in a pre-election financing showdown, the White House on Monday strongly criticized a partisan proposal recently released by Republican leaders to avert a government shutdown scheduled for later this month. The White House argued that the budget proposal released Friday falls short of providing “necessary resources” for defense programs and […]
Biden would veto GOP government funding proposal, White House says
The White House announced Monday that President Biden would reject the Republican stopgap budget proposal, accusing House Republican leaders of choosing “brinksmanship” rather than finding a bipartisan solution to avert a government shutdown. in Statement of administrative policyThe White House said a proposal put forward by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, to fund the government […]
House Dems issue response to GOP report on Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan
Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee released their own memorandum on President Biden's chaotic 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan after Republicans on the committee released a report criticizing the president for what happened at the time. The committee's Republican chairman, Rep. Mike McCaul of Texas, released a Republican-led report that disputed claims that President Biden […]
Biden was hellbent on leaving Afghanistan – ignoring military advice, NATO objections and Afghan pleas: House report
WASHINGTON — President Biden has stuck to his guns and rejected any advice to the contrary, ignoring the pleas of the Afghan government and ignoring objections from U.S. allies. That was one of the main conclusions from a more than two-year House Foreign Affairs Committee investigation into the chaotic and deadly Afghanistan withdrawal, according to […]