Voter panel reacts to Vance clash with debate moderators, mic cutoff: ‘You’re fact checking me’
A focus group of Republicans, Democrats and independents reacted to former President Trump's running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance's microphone being cut off during Tuesday night's CBS News Vice Presidential Debate. Independents and Republicans opposed the intervention, but support among independents dropped significantly after Mr. Vance began explaining his position. Even though CBS announced it would […]
JD Vance Correctly Says China Controls Solar Panel Supply Chain
CLAIM: Former President Donald Trump's running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), argued during Tuesday night's vice presidential debate that China controls most of the world's solar panel supply chain. He suggested that Verdict: True. China controls more than 80 percent Becoming the center of the global solar panel supply chain. “The real problem is, first […]
HHS chief subpoenaed over tens of thousands of missing migrant kids by House panel probing border crisis
House committee investigating ongoing border crisis subpoenas Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra for information on tens of thousands of unaccompanied migrant children who have gone missing in the United States did. In a cover letter Thursday accompanying the subpoena and obtained exclusively by the Post, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Greene (R-Tenn.) […]
Appeals panel signals skepticism over NY civil fraud case against Trump
On Thursday, New York's appellate board appeared alarmed by the state's civil fraud lawsuit against former President Trump, which ended in a $464 million judgment against him and his businesses. In arguments that lasted more than an hour, a five-judge panel of the Appellate Division, New York's intermediate appellate court, ruled that the law that […]
House panel probes Labor Department’s leak of revised jobs data to Wall Street firms
A Republican-led House committee is seeking an explanation from the Labor Department over how the federal agency leaked revised employment data to several Wall Street firms last month before it was released to the public, The Washington Post has learned. The House Education and Labor Committee, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), sent a letter […]
House Foreign Affairs panel votes to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt
The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted along partisan lines to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt for refusing to testify on Tuesday about the botched August 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal. After hours of deliberation, the Republican-led committee voted 26-25, with all Republicans in favor of holding Blinken in contempt of Congress and all Democrats […]
Scott Jennings takes on CNN panel over antisemitism in the US: Problem is ‘not on the right’
CNN commentator Scott Jennings said Democrats have not done enough to condemn the rising anti-Semitism on college campuses and in protests across the country following the Israel-Hamas war. “Everybody at this table knows where the source of anti-Semitism in this country comes from,” Jennings said on “CNN This Morning” Friday during a discussion of former […]
Black Undecided Swing-State Voter Panel Overwhelmingly Says ‘Economy Was Better Under Trump’
A panel of Black undecided voters at polling places in Georgia on Thursday overwhelmingly agreed that former President Donald Trump's economy outperformed the market economy under the Biden-Harris administration. After the Sept. 10 debate between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, the former president led Trump 55% to 35% when viewers were asked which option […]
DA who oversaw abandoned prosecution of Colorado man in wife’s death should be disbarred, panel says
Colorado regulators have ruled that a district attorney who brought but ultimately dismissed criminal charges against a man accused of killing his missing wife cannot continue practicing law, finding his work in high-profile cases had “stuck” him in a prosecutorial role. The panel ruled 2-1 on Tuesday to disqualify 11th District Attorney Linda Stanley from […]
Fox News voter panel says Harris won debate
Voters who participated in a Fox News Digital panel reacting to the debate said Vice President Kamala Harris won the debate. Asked who they thought would have won the debate, 12 of the panel's voters raised their hands for Harris, while only five said they thought former President Donald Trump would have won. When asked […]