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Kellyanne Conway, who worked as counselor to the president in the administration of former President Donald Trump and became infamous for coining the phrase “alternative facts” wrote a memoir that is set to be released in May. The book, Here’s the Deal, will be published on May 24 by Threshold Editions. “In this open and vulnerable…
CNN’s Brianna Keilar called out Fox Corporation chair Rupert Murdoch for pushing COVID-19 disinformation on Fox News. Keilar stressed that life has not gone “back to normal” because so many people still refuse to get vaccinated, which public health experts have repeatedly expressed is their best line of defense against COVID-19. She also called out…
Several House Republicans complained about the “troubling expansion” of the authority of the United States Capitol Police after the Capitol Police Board requested intelligence about members of Congress, visitors to the Capitol, and other groups that had previously been unmonitored. While the statutory authority granted to the USCP is broad, we are unaware of any…
Chasten Buttigieg criticized a Florida bill that would ban discussions about sexual orientation and gender in classrooms, telling CNN’s John Berman that the measure is “essentially pushing kids back into the closet.” Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill was passed in the House Education and Employment Committee late last week. The bill, colloquially known as the…
Former Alaska Governor dined at popular New York restaurant Elio’s on Saturday despite not being vaccinated, what the restaurant’s management says was a “mistake.” “We just made a mistake,†Luca Guaitolini, the restaurant’s manager, told The New York Times, saying that Palin “probably just walked in and strolled over.” “We are trying to get to…
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R) has tested positive for COVID-19 again, this time ahead of her defamation trial against The New York Times, in which she will state that the newspaper and its editor, James Bennett, defamed her in an opinion piece. Palin tested positive after a rapid antigen test on Monday and “is…
A group of House lawmakers led by Representative Jared Golden (D-Maine) has urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to make a bill banning stock trading among members of Congress a priority. The Ban Conflicted Trading Act would prohibit members of Congress and their immediate family members from trading stocks. Meanwhile, the TRUST in Congress Act…
Kyle Rittenhouse, who last year was acquitted on all charges related to the fatal shootings of two men and the injuring of another during the Kenosha unrest, asked a court to return the rifle he used in the killings. Rittenhouse’s attorney said Rittenhouse would like the rifle back so he can destroy it. His attorney…
The White has officially launched a new phone line that Americans can use to order at-home COVID-19 tests. The move is part of an effort to reach people who do not have reliable internet access. Starting today, Americans who cannot put in an order for COVID-19 tests via the website the White House launched earlier…
Vice President Kamala Harris issued a stark warning to Russia amid fears that it will take military action against Ukraine and usher in a violent new chapter in the ongoing separatist conflict in Donbas. “If Putin takes aggressive action, we are prepared to levy serious and severe costs, period,” Harris said during an interview with…
Representative Matt Gaetz (R-Fl.) branded House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (R-S.C.) an “insurrectionist” after Clyburn expressed concern that the lack of comprehensive voting rights legislation will ultimately place the results of next election in doubt. Insurrectionist! https://t.co/gfSnc8M7gv — Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) January 20, 2022 Clyburn’s remarks came after the Senate failed to approve two voting…
In a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Klain, Senators  Ed Markey (Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) demanded an investigation into reports that COVID-19 home tests have been subject to price gouging. “As media reports continue to reveal price gouging and scams related to at-home test kits, we strongly urge the FTC to…
A proposal nearly identical to the Mississippi law currently under review by the United States Supreme Court to ban abortion at 15 weeks has been introduced in the West Virginia legislature. The bill has cleared the state’s House health committee and will go to the judiciary committee. It will go to the full House if…
Three dozen former Trump administration officials are strategizing against former President Donald Trump’s efforts in 2022 and 2024, regarding him as a threat to the continuation of the democratic process. The group, which includes some of Trump’s most prominent critics, including former Trump White House communications directors Alyssa Farah Griffin and Anthony Scaramucci, former counterterrorism…
Beto O’Rourke, the former Texas Representative who ran one of the closest Senate races in Texas history against (but ultimately losing to) the incumbent Ted Cruz, announced that his campaign has raised more than $7.2 million since he announced his run for governor. All of that money was raised in the month-and-a-half since he decided…
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was harshly criticized for attempting to block Washington, D.C.’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students. Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat who is D.C.’s delegate in Congress, said Cruz’s effort “crosses the line.” “He crosses the line, and I must tell you does so often, when he meddles in the business of another…
President Joe Biden has announced the purchase of 500 million additional COVID-19 tests as part of an effort to boost testing as the nation contends with a surge of cases due to the highly contagious Omicron variant. The announcement adds to the 500 million additional at-home COVID-19 tests that the Biden administration purchased in December,…
Republicans who’ve backed former President Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” that the 2020 general election was stolen are raking in massive amounts of money for Secretary of State races across the nation, a further indication of their efforts to wield partisan control over elections. “Secretary of state candidates in three battleground states — Georgia, Michigan and…
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, one of the Senate’s two moderate Democrats, expressed his support for the filibuster, doubling down even as President Joe Biden heads to Georgia to publicly push for a change to Senate rules. “We need some good rules changes to make the place work better. But getting rid of the filibuster…
Former President Donald Trump referred to Senator Mike Rounds as a “RINO†— Republican in name only — after Rounds, who represents South Dakota, rejected Trump’s lies about the integrity of the 2020 general election. “Is he crazy or just stupid?†Trump said in the statement. “The numbers are conclusive, and the fraudulent and irregular…
The office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in a memo that Democrats are pushing “the left’s Big Lie,” accusing them of orchestrating “fake hysteria” over voting rights. The memo says Democrats will “try to use fake hysteria to break the Senate and silence millions of Americans’ voices so they can take over…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) expressed skepticism to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s openness to discussing changes to election law as Democrats work to advance significant voting rights legislation in the Senate. “I think this is a fake. I think it’s a way to try and get the two senators that we have who…
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky says she believes the United States has not yet reached the peak of the Omicron surge as more Americans have continued to test positive for the highly contagious variant of the coronavirus. “The way it has peaked in other countries — in South Africa, it has come down rapidly as well, 
Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) warned that “democracy is fragile” one year after the attack on the United States Capitol and called on Republicans to heed the lessons of that day, saying democracy cannot survive without “leaders of integrity” who can rise above the fold. “We ignore the lessons of January 6 at our own peril….
During an appearance on The TODAY Show, Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) stressed that “the threat” to American democracy continues one year after the attack on the United States Capitol continues and rebuked members of her own party for backing former President Donald Trump’s lies that the 2020 general election was stolen.
Former President Donald Trump lashed out after President Joe Biden’s speech on the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, calling it “political theater” and “a distraction from the fact that Biden has completely and totally failed.” “Biden used my name today to try to further divide America,” the former President said, adding that Biden “is destroying our…
Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) insisted that Democrats are “using” the January 6 insurrection, whose 1-year anniversary is tomorrow, to “consolidate power.” “The politics of fear that the Democratic Party has been pushing on this country for a whole year, it’s the only thing they have to offer the country,” Hawley said during an appearance on…
Conservative pundit Sebastian Gorka, who previously served as a Deputy Assistant to the President in the administration of Donald Trump, has sued the House Select Committee tasked with investigating the January 6 insurrection in an effort to block lawmakers from obtaining his phone records from Verizon. “The Select Committee’s aimless rifling through the communications records of an…
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) claimed that the Republican Party will have “multiple grounds to consider” impeaching President Joe Biden if the GOP takes back the House during the 2022 midterm elections. “If we take the House, which I said is overwhelmingly likely, then I think we will see serious investigations of the Biden administration,” he…
President Joe Biden will address the nation on Tuesday afternoon about the Omicron surge, the new highly contagious variant of the coronavirus that has caused hospitals across the country to overflow. “In the briefing, the President will hear about the latest resources and personnel being sent to states and local communities to help with staffing…
Speaking on CNN, Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber criticized Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) for his administration’s COVID-19 response. “Listen, frankly, at the beginning of this pandemic, he [DeSantis] was pretty good,” Gelber said. “He promoted local control, he complimented us, we complimented him, he used me in some of his promotional videos saying he…
Former Vice President Mike Pence announced that his advocacy group Advancing American Freedom has filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to reject the Biden administration’s proposed vaccine mandate for large businesses. The brief argues that the mandate is unconstitutional and exceeds previous examples of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) use of emergency…
According to a new poll from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, nearly three-quarters of Republicans doubt the legitimacy of President Joe Biden’s election win. 71 percent of GOP respondents said they don’t believe Biden’s election win was a fair one, underscoring the impact of former President Donald Trump’s falsehoods that the election was stolen from him….
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases, explained why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shortened its recommended isolation time to five days for people infected with COVID-19 who are asymptomatic. “The reason is that now that we have such an overwhelming volume of cases coming in, many of which are…
Podcast host Joe Rogan was forced to cancel a sold out Vancouver show, admitting that he likely would be denied entry into Canada because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19. COVID-19 restrictions in British Columbia require proof of vaccination to gain entry into indoor businesses and event spaces. “I should probably say this because I…
Representative Bobby Rush is the latest breakthrough case of COVID-19 in Congress. “Today, after being notified of a recent exposure, I tested positive with a breakthrough case of COVID-19. Fortunately, I am fully vaccinated and recently received my booster shot. I am feeling fine and currently have no symptoms,” Rush wrote on Twitter. Today, after…
The House Select Committee tasked with investigating the January 6 insurrection to release an interim report on its findings some time during the summer, according to sources who spoke to The Washington Post. “We want to tell it from start to finish over a series of weeks, where we can bring out the best witnesses…
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn’t seem to know that Kwanzaa is an actual holiday, belittling it as “a fake religion created by a psychopath.” “You aren’t bringing in new voters, you are turning them away,†Greene tweeted in response to College Republicans, a coalition of young conservatives. “People are tired of pandering and BS.†Stop….
Speaking to CNN, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases, urged Americans to avoid having large New Year’s Eve gatherings, and to not attend any events where they don’t know the vaccination status of guests. Asked on his advice for people who wish to attend “larger settings,” Fauci was firm. “I would…
Vice President Kamala Harris expressed her “frustration” with a recent interview on Comedy Central’s Tha God’s Honest Truth. The show’s host, Charlamagne Tha God, had asked her where the “pushback†was on Senator Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.), who withdrew himself from negotiations and effectively killed the Build Back Better bill. “Injustice,” Harris said to CBS’s Margaret Brennan,…
President Joe Biden announced his support for amending Senate rules and changing the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation. “That means whatever it takes. Change the Senate rules to accommodate major pieces of legislation without requiring 60 votes,†Biden said in an interview with ABC News’ David Muir. “The only thing standing between getting voting…
Republicans are currently courting Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) after he rang the death knell for President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better bill, which would have been the Biden administration’s most substantial public policy victory. GOP senators have told Manchin they would welcome him into their caucus if he switched his political allegiances. Although Manchin has…
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, a South Carolina Democrat, has tested positive for COVID-19, the latest breakthrough case among members of Congress. “Tonight, I received a positive COVID-19 diagnosis. This is a breakthrough case, and I am asymptomatic,†Clyburn tweeted. “America is in a new phase of this pandemic. No one is immune. I urge…
Representative Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) drew criticism after she asked if Democrats will be “checking Santa’s vaccination records before letting him down their chimney this year?” Are Democrat families checking Santa's vaccination records before letting him down their chimney this year? — Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) December 22, 2021 Many mocked the Congresswoman for her statements. The…
The Congressional Black Caucus is urging the Senate to reconvene and pass crucial voting rights legislation. The United States will “lose the most if the Senate does not do their job and pass voting rights legislation,” CBC Chairwoman Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) said in a statement, adding that “every citizen is entitled to an equal opportunity to…
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases, has called for Jesse Watters, the host of the Fox News program “The Five” to be “fired” after Watters suggested that anti-vaxxers should ambush Fauci in public and go for “the kill shot” by attacking his credibility. “That just is such a reflection of the…
Former President Donald Trump, who incited an insurrection against Congress when, motivated by his lies, a mob of his supporters stormed the United States Capitol on the false premise that the election had been stolen, announced he will give a speech at his Mar-a-Lago estate on January 6, 2022, the one-year anniversary of the attack….
The Fox Corporation announced that it would drop its COVID-19 testing option and is requiring all employees who work in its New York City headquarter offices to receive at least one coronavirus vaccination shot by December 27. “Our policy reflects the guidelines of the mandate,†a spokesman for Fox Corp. told the New York Times,…
Senator Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) hit back at Democrats, saying they had miscalculated in their efforts to court his vote on the Build Back Better plan, a landmark social spending bill that appears to have died in the Senate since he withdrew himself from negotiations. “They figured surely to God we can move one person….
Francis Collins, the director of the National Institute of Health (NIH), says former President Donald Trump and Republicans pressured him to back unproven COVID-19 remedies. “I have done everything I can to stay out of any kind of political, partisan debates, because it really is not a place where medical research belongs,” he said, adding…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced that talks between President Joe Biden and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) will continue, hurting plans to pass the “Build Back Better” plan before the holiday recess. Schumer did not offer a timeline in his remarks on the Senate floor. “The president requested more time to continue his…
A House panel investigating the United States’ COVID-19 response issued a staff report saying that the Trump administration deliberately undermined the country’s pandemic response. The panel found that in weakening testing guidance and interfering with public health recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), championing “herd immunity,” failure to respond to supply…
The Democratic Party is threatening to use hardball tactics against a blockade by Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that has left several of President Joe Biden’s nominees for positions across the State Department, the Treasury Department, and the U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID) in limbo. More than 50 ambassador nominees are available for a vote…
The United States Army announced today that 98% of its active duty troops have received a COVID-19 vaccine ahead of this week’s deadline to get inoculated. “The United States Army announced today that 468,459 active-component Soldiers have been vaccinated against COVID-19, fewer than 120 days after a vaccination mandate went into effect for all U.S….
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican today announced the “Stop Woke Act,” legislation intended to stop schools from teaching critical race theory, a body of legal and academic scholarship that aims to examine how racism and disparate racial outcomes have shaped public policy via often implicit social and institutional dynamics. “Today, we are taking a…
Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges of violating George Floyd’s civil rights. Chauvin had previously pleaded not guilty to violating Floyd’s constitutional rights when he arrested Floyd and killed him after kneeling on his neck for nearly 10 minutes last spring in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Floyd’s murder sparked international outrage and kicked off the…
Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows claimed that “leaked” texts from Fox News hosts who urged him to tell former President Donald Trump to order his supporters to stand down during the storming of the United States are currently being “weaponized” by the House Select Committee tasked with investigating the attack. “We’ve tried…
Fox analyst Juan Williams criticized the Republican Party, saying that their insistence on backing former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen and for dismissing and attempting to rewrite the narrative around the January 6 insurrection. “Doesn’t it infuriate you to see so many Republicans make lying about the winner of…
Vice President Kamala Harris criticized press coverage about her recent trip to Paris “ridiculous.” “Oh, how about, ‘She’s going to buy a pot on her way to the airport,’” Harris told the The San Francisco Chronicle, “after a very significant and highly successful bilateral meeting in France on issues that are about national security, on…
Democrats say that Senator Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) has made clear he won’t allow a vote on the Biden administration’s spending and climate plan before Christmas. They say that they have the support of 49 senators but lack Manchin and they need a unified caucus in order to pass the legislation. Senate Majority Leader Chuck…
The University of Florida has initiated an investigation into researchers’ claims that they felt pressured to destroy COVID-19 data after a report said they were told “not to criticize the Governor of Florida [Republican Ron DeSantis] or UF policies related to COVID-19 in media interactions.” A report by the Faculty Senate committee determined that staff felt “external…
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) restored climate change considerations to its strategic planning after former President Donald Trump’s administration’s controversial decision not to include it. The agency, which focuses on disaster preparedness, posted a  new strategic plan for the years 2022 through 2026. “We must recognize that we are facing a climate crisis and educate…
Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) claimed that using mouthwash can prevent COVID-19 infection, a claim that has been debunked by public health experts. “Standard gargle, mouthwash, has been proven to kill the coronavirus,” Johnson said, according to The Washington Post. “If you get it, you may reduce viral replication. Why not try all these things?” A recording uploaded by Heartland…
The hosts of “Fox and Friends” have taken things quite personally after a man was brought into custody in connection with the burning of a large Christmas tree outside the Fox building. “This is personal to you too at home now. The Fox Christmas tree, vandalized. Arson. And that’s personal to you. It’s personal to…
Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) is offering a resolution condemning Representative Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) for Islamaphobic rhetoric. “For a Member of Congress to repeatedly use hateful, anti-Muslim rhetoric and Islamophobic tropes towards a Muslim colleague is dangerous. It has no place in our society and it diminishes the honor of the institution we serve in,†Pressley…
Prosecutors overseeing the case against White House chief strategist Steve Bannon on charges of contempt of Congress made clear they can make their case against him in a single day, according to a court filing. “The Government anticipates that its case-in-chief will consist of one day of testimony,” prosecutors said in the report, adding that…
Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is now refusing to sit for a deposition with the House Select Committee tasked with investigating the events of January 6. The move marks a reversal from an announcement last week that he would comply with the committee’s subpoena ordering him to appear. “We agreed to provide…
A coalition of civil rights groups, including the NAACP and National Urban League, has urged Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to pass the Democrats’ social spending and climate bill as is and has spoken out against amendments that would weaken the child tax credit. “Now that the House has passed the Build Back Better…
A Washington Post investigation has found that Trump lawyer Sidney Powell has raised more than $14 million spreading lies about the integrity of the 2020 general election. “Previously unreported records also detail acrimony between Powell and her top lieutenants over how the money — now a focus of inquiries by federal prosecutors and Congress — was…
A North Dakota school district superintendent claimed in an email that calls to address racial injustice are a “political ideology” and called for a “Christ centered Republic.” The email was sent to a North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders-run listserv by Starkweather Public School District Superintendent Larry Volk, who said it is “time to move…
The Biden administration will announce a plan to ship 11 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to Africa and other regions, according to remarks obtained by The Hill that will be delivered by Jeff Zients, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator. “Just today, we are shipping 11 million doses. Eleven million doses in one day….
A federal judge has blocked Texas from enforcing a law that would have blocked social media companies from banning users based on political views. “Social media platforms have a First Amendment right to moderate content disseminated on their platforms,†Judge Robert Pitman wrote, adding that social media platforms are “privately owned platforms†and not “common…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell again took aim at the spending bill being championed by Democrats, writing in a tweet that killing the bill would be a great Christmas “gift” for the average American. “For Christmas, the single biggest gift Washington Democrats could give to the American people is to kill this multi-trillion-dollar reckless taxing…
Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that if efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade are successful, then the ruling would effectively destroy public perception of the Supreme Court. Will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the Constitution and its reading are just political acts?†Sotomayor as oral arguments begin in…
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) criticized House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), saying his “Ku Klux Klan caucus” is not being held accountable for their actions after Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) shared a racist voicemail containing a death threat following an anti-Muslim attack from Representative Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.). “People truly don’t understand the scale, intensity, & volume…
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) was widely criticized after she suggested that conservatives “will never lose again” once the Republican Party respects that the conservatives in the House GOP, like Greene, are not “the fringe.” That remark appears to refer to the highly public battles waged by Greene and her cohort, like Representative Lauren Boebert…
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) took to Twitter to criticize Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and referred to him as a “Democratic operative” and suggested he is not a “public health professional.” “Tony Fauci is nothing more than a Democratic operative,” Cotton wrote on Twitter, adding: “If President…
Prosecutors criticized former White House strategist Steve Bannon, saying that he is trying to make his case on contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas from the House Select Committee tasked with investigating the January 6 insurrection a trial by media “rather than in court.” The prosecution’s comments came after Bannon’s defense requested that the D.C….
Representative Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) responded to the news that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will be stepping down from his position as Twitter’s CEO, saying that she hopes that the social media company’s next CEO is someone who values free speech. “He’s been a disaster,” Boebert wrote on Twitter, the same platform she’s criticizing. “Hopefully someone…
During an interview for the upcoming Reuters Next conference, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases, said that changing what qualifies a person as fully vaccinated against Covid-19 to include booster shots is “on the table.” “Right now, officially, fully vaccinated equals two shots of the mRNA and one shot of the…
Ninety-two percent of the federal government is vaccinated against Covid-19 as of yesterday, the deadline for federal workers to comply with the vaccine mandate President Joe Biden announced 75 days prior, the White House said, noting that 4.5 percent of federal employees are considered to be in compliance with the mandate because they have a…
The Biden administration has asked a federal court to reinstate a workplace vaccine mandate that was put on hold earlier this month. “Delaying this standard would endanger many thousands of people and would likely cost many lives per day,†government lawyers argued. “With the reopening of workplaces and the emergence of the highly transmissible Delta…
Henry “Enrique†Tarrio, the leader of the alt-right Proud Boys who is serving a five-month sentence for stealing and burning a Black Lives Matter banner from a D.C. church in December, had his request for early release denied by a judge who ruled that poor living conditions in the jail are not a sufficient reason…
Speaking to NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top expert on infectious diseases, warned about “prematurely” dropping mask mandates after Washington, D.C. lifted requirements on indoor masking, saying the move “adds an extra degree of risk†as the nation contends with rising cases of Covid-19. “When you have a dynamic like that ……
Vice President Kamala Harris announced that the Biden administration will invest $1.5 billion from the American Rescue Plan to address the shortage of doctor, nurse, and behavioral health providers in underserved communities, including in minority communities and rural communities, which have historically lacked resources. Harris will also announce plans to award $330 million from the…
President Joe Biden praised members of the House of Representatives for passing a landmark social spending bill. “Above all, it puts us on the path to build our economy back better than before by rebuilding the backbone of America: working people and the middle class,†Biden said of the bill in a statement. “I thank…
Senator Marco Rubio (R-Flor.) called Saule Omarova, President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a “communist.” Omarova was born in Kazakhstan when it was still part of the Soviet Union and has been a United States citizen since 2005. She teaches law at Cornell University and served in the…
Vice President Kamala Harris hit back at suggestions that she has been “underused” and defended her job performance. “This was a good week, and this week, when we got this Bipartisan Infrastructure Act passed and signed by the president, makes a statement about all of the hard work that has gone into it, month after…
Senator Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) says he’s undecided on whether to start debate on a spending bill he has kept tied up for months. “No, no, I’m still looking at everything,†Manchin told reporters. “When the final bill comes out, when the CBO score comes out then we’ll go from there.” Starting debate does not…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) defended the decision on the part of Democrats to censure Representative Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), saying he may have committed criminal acts when he posted an animated video that showed him killing Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and attacking President Joe Biden. “Because it’s an emergency,” Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol….
Representatives Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) are the only two Republicans to back censuring Representative Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and are expected to vote for a resolution today that would take away his committee seats for posting an animated video that showed him killing Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and attacking President Joe Biden. That…
Senator Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) said he is still worried about inflation and that he is not sure if the budget reconciliation bill championed by Democrats will address those issues, citing concerns he’s heard from his own constituents. “The cost they see every day. And every day they go to fill up is a dollar…
Joe Lockhart, the former White House Press Secretary to former President Bill Clinton, called former President Donald Trump a “coward,” saying he is “hiding behind lawyers” to avoid dealing with the House Select Committee tasked with investigating the events of January 6, the day a mob of Trump’s supporters stormed the United States Capitol to…
U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor, a Trump appointee, has rejected ex-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell’s challenge of the Pentagon’s vaccine mandate. The Pentagon had announced its vaccine mandate in August. Powell had filed a lawsuit challenging the mandate Texas-based group, dubbed Defending the Republic, arguing that 16 active-duty service members had the “right to refuse†the…
Former President Donald Trump lashed out at House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), accusing him of not having treated Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) “properly.” “She’s been a very good supporter of mine, and I’m a supporter of hers. And I don’t think Kevin has treated her properly,†Trump told ABC News’s Jonathan Karl for…
Former President Donald Trump made the absurd claim that former Vice President Mike Pence was “well-protected” during the January 6 insurrection, which took place when a mob of Trump’s supporters stormed the United States Capitol on the false premise that the 2020 election had been stolen. Trump made the claim in an interview with journalist…
Speaking from Paris, where she is meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, Vice President Kamala Harris expressed frustration about paid leave being cut from a landmark spending package. “Yes, it’s frustrating,†she said. “It’s something I’ve been advocating for for years, as has the president, and it was in our initial proposal.†She added: “I’m…
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) criticized former President Donald Trump over his refusal to accept that he lost the 2020 general election.
Speaking to Fox News, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C. said his personal relationship with President Joe Biden hit a “breaking point” following the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal in the wake of the Taliban seizing power. “I’ve known Joe Biden for a long time, I had a good personal relationship with him. He’s a decent man. But what…
Monica De La Cruz, a Republican who is running for a seat in Texas’s 15th Congressional District, was accused by her husband of abusing her stepdaughter. Johnny Hernandez, who does not have any biological children with De La Cruz, said in court filings that De La Cruz would verbally abuse his daughter and pinch her…
