Timeline slipping for House GOP funding plans
The House Republican leadership’s ambitious fundraising timeline has been delayed as they juggle intraparty spending disputes and a tight schedule before the August recess. Republicans had been considering voting on the four funding bills this week as part of a larger effort to pass all 12 of the year’s spending bills by the end of […]
Biden returns to the White House Tuesday for first time since abandoning reelection campaign
President Biden will return to the White House on Tuesday for the first time since announcing he was abandoning his reelection campaign and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden is scheduled to leave his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where he has been recovering from COVID-19, in the afternoon and arrive at the Executive Office […]
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Demands House Oversight Committee Look into Perjury Charges Against Kimberly Cheatle
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) has called on House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) to investigate perjury allegations against President Joe Biden’s Secret Service director, Kimberly Cheatle. “You asked me earlier whether the Secret Service was aware of the threat,” Luna said. Said Cheatle made the remarks Monday during a House Oversight Committee hearing […]
Kamala Harris Will Meet Netanyahu at White House; Mixed Record on Israel
Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House during a visit to the United States that began on Monday. President Joe Biden, who tested positive for COVID-19, is not expected to attend the meeting. Harris is seen as a leading candidate to succeed Biden in […]
House Dems insist primary is ‘open’ despite rushing to coronate Kamala Harris
House Democrats have maintained that anyone is free to run in the 2024 presidential primary, but have suggested that challenging Vice President Kamala Harris would be a futile effort. “Convention delegates can vote for anyone they want once they’re released, which means anyone who wants can and should run. VP Harris has run. So far, […]
House Republicans call on CrowdStrike CEO to testify about global outage
House Republicans are calling on CrowdStrike’s CEO to testify at a congressional hearing on the global technology outage that affected flights and businesses around the world on Friday. Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) and Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.) I sent a letter On Monday, it called on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to appear before the committee […]
Democrats push for gun control during House Oversight hearing on Secret Service director
Some House Democrats used their time during Monday’s House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to push for gun control measures in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. The would-be assassin used an AR-type rifle and fired eight shots at Trump, including one bullet that […]
White House, family offer conflicting accounts if Biden’s health influenced drop-out
Days before officially withdrawing from the 2024 presidential race, President Biden declared in a media interview that the doctor’s findings would likely prompt him to reconsider running for a second term. “If I had some kind of medical problem that became apparent,” Biden said in an interview with BET this month when asked if there […]
Bipartisan commission to study Trump assassination attempt teed up for House vote
The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on creating a bipartisan commission to investigate the assassination attempt on former President Trump during a campaign rally earlier this month. House Republican leaders became aware of the bill late Sunday that would create an investigative committee made up of five Democrats and six Republicans. […]
Embattled Secret Service director to face grilling from top House committee over Trump shooting
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is scheduled to testify before the House Oversight Committee on Monday about the circumstances surrounding the assassination attempt on former President Trump, but her leadership has been met with intense criticism and calls for her resignation. The House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena last week to Cheatle as part of […]