‘Failure of security’: Trump shooting sparks ‘solemn’ talks on House GOP safety
House Republicans gathered for a solemn security discussion less than 12 hours after the assassination attempt on former President Trump. House Republicans spoke with their chair via conference call Sunday afternoon, with questions about security for the Republican National Convention dominating the discussion. “I think most people are angry about the security failures yesterday,” one […]
House Dem Staffer Fired After Posting ‘Don’t Miss Next Time’ Following Trump Assassination Attempt
A staff member of Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson has been fired after suggesting “target practice” following Saturday’s assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Thompson’s field director, Jacqueline Marshaw, reportedly made the post shortly after Trump was attacked at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “I do not condone violence but please take shooting lessons […]
RFK, Jr.: The White House has been hiding this
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. discusses calls for President Biden to step down and his campaign’s … source
House Oversight Committee asks Secret Service chief to testify on Trump assassination attempt
The House Oversight Committee is summoning the director of the U.S. Secret Service to testify about the shooting at former President Trump’s rally on Saturday night. “President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt today when a gunman opened fire on him at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania,” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said […]
Biden cuts short beach weekend, returning to White House after Trump assassination attempt
WASHINGTON — President Biden is cutting short a weekend stay at his seaside resort and returning to the White House on Saturday evening in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. According to the latest schedule released to reporters, the 81-year-old president is scheduled to leave the Delaware coast at about […]
White House refers to Trump assassination attempt as an ‘incident’
The White House on Saturday initially did not call the shooting at a rally of former President Trump that left the former president covered in blood an “incident” rather than an assassination attempt. “The President was first briefed on the incident at a rally held by former President Trump,” the White House said in a […]
House GOP’s tanked vote signals tough path ahead on funding
House Republicans’ rejection this week exposed intraparty divisions over spending and highlighted the challenges GOP leadership faces in its ambitious plan to pass all 12 annual budget bills by the end of the month. Republicans were caught off guard Thursday when 10 of their own party members voted with most Democrats to reject a GOP-drafted […]
Biden to speak to two House Dem groups while hunkered down in dreary Delaware ahead of high-stakes interviews
Ahead of a key interview and the Republican National Convention next week, President Biden has left the White House and is spending the weekend at his Delaware beach house, better known as the presidential retreat. The president’s weekend in Rehoboth Beach, following a Friday night campaign stint in Michigan, was largely quiet as he acknowledged […]
House Oversight Committee Investigating Possible ‘Shadow Government’
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is investigating who actually holds the “real power” under President Joe Biden’s leadership, and has issued subpoenas to three little-known White House staffers as he tries to determine whether a “shadow government” has existed all this time. “I want to find out who is actually running the show […]
White House Report Card: Biden urged to take valedictory wave and fade away
This week’s White House Report Card finds President Joe Biden fighting for his political life and under continued pressure to quit his reelection. Letters, calls, press conferences, and rallies did little this week to stop the demands from Democrats and donors to drop out, the result of the party’s realization that his mental issues are […]