Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has established himself as the early frontrunner but makes party insiders nervous, particularly House Democrats who are fretting about how the top of the ticket will affect their majority. A clear alternative to Sanders hasn’t emerged and may not for weeks given the late entry into […]
Hoyer also hopes the trip can help pressure GOP leaders, who have rejected a Democratic package of nearly $5 billion in post-earthquake aid — the latest partisan clash involving Trump and Puerto Rico in the wake of a long string of natural disasters, including a deadly hurricane that claimed 3,000 […]
The race itself has drawn national interest because of its connection to Meadows, one of the president’s closest congressional allies. And the insinuation that he is actively working to elect a candidate that may have publicly bashed Trump has added an extra layer of intrigue. “It’s edited to make it […]
The justification, submitted by the Trump administration to Congress, invokes President Donald Trump’s authority to defend the U.S. under Article 2 of the Constitution, though it makes no reference to specific threats. The administration also highlighted the 2002 authorization passed ahead of the invasion of Iraq that toppled Saddam Hussein’s […]
But some GOP lawmakers aren’t on board yet: In fact, several were concerned about the effort being branded as a GOP-wide initiative, with lawmakers cautioning that they hadn’t read the new bills and weren’t even aware that they were being released on Wednesday. “There are some that want to go […]
The move shows an attempt to return to normalcy in the region after the impeachment inquiry upended U.S. relations with a key ally. Johnson and Murphy traveled together to Ukraine last year to visit Zelensky, and despite their sharp differences over Trump’s impeachment have been leading advocates for a bipartisan […]
“The Justice Department’s decision to overrule its career prosecutors, immediately after President Trump’s tweet, calls into question the independence and integrity of our legal system,” Harris wrote in a letter to Graham. “Failure to meet basic oversight responsibilities in the face of such alarming news would send a signal to […]
“Nobody has listened to the president in the 23 years that I’ve been here,” the Wyoming Republican said of previous presidential budget proposals. “Congress doesn’t pay attention to the president’s budget exercise. I don’t know why we put him through that.” In explaining his decision not to hold a hearing […]
Graham’s appearance on “Face the Nation” was preceded by a somewhat cryptic tweet from President Donald Trump. “DeFace the Nation will tell @LindseyGrahamSC that he must start up Judiciary and not stop until the job is done. Clean up D.C. now, last chance!” Trump tweeted Sunday morning as the show […]
Last year’s public hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee saw the chiefs from NSA, CIA and other agencies present findings that split from many of the president’s public statements on North Korea, Iran and Russia. Trump later lashed out at them on Twitter, suggesting the leaders “go back to school.” […]
