Speaker Johnson pushes ‘decorum’ after AOC, Marjorie Taylor Greene duel in heated House hearing
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) condemned the fiery House hearing after Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Marjorie Taylor Greene traded barbs, saying that members needed to show decorum. ‘It’s not a good look for Congress,’ Johnson told reporters on Friday. The Republican speaker chided
‘Warning signs flashing’: Biden, Trump struggle to lock up base voters ahead of first debate
As they prepare for their face-off on the debate stage next month, warning signals are flashing for President Biden and former President Donald Trump in their 2024 election rematch – as they both appear to struggle to lock up their
House GOP infighting fuels bitter primary election season
Long-simmering tensions within the House GOP are poised to inflame as members of Congress find themselves in the throes of the election season. Ideological, political and even personal differences that have seen Republicans’ razor-thin House majority wracked with chaos in the
Sen Durbin demands Justice Alito recuse from Trump cases after flying upside-down US flag
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., called on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from any cases related to the 2020 election on Friday following a revelation that an upside-down flag was flown at his home a
Lawyer preparation suggests Trump won’t testify in New York trial
After brashly declaring he wanted to testify in his criminal trial, it appears increasingly unlikely that Donald Trump will do so, as the jury seems poised to hear closing arguments next week. Defendants rarely testify in their own defense, because their
U.S. doctor who refused to leave Gaza says he ‘cannot abandon my team’
An American doctor who refused an evacuation from southern Gaza on Friday said he stayed behind in solidarity with colleagues who were unable to leave, calling on President Biden to help ensure the safety of medical workers treating patients impacted
How Jim Jordan tried to connect the dots on Biden’s $8 million book deal
“Biden not only kept information he was not supposed to keep but he shared it with people who were not allowed to see it. He shared that information with his ghostwriter. Special counsel Hur said President Biden had ‘strong motivations’
Ukraine gamble pays off: Republicans face little backlash in primaries
Three weeks before their GOP primary, Sens. Deb Fischer and Peter Ricketts took a politically risky move. The Nebraska Republicans had reversed their opposition to a massive national security package and voted to approve the funding even though it included $61
Doug Burgum’s primary run was short-lived. Now he’s everywhere with Trump.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum had a rather unremarkable run for president. He made it to the Republican debate stage thanks to a fundraising gimmick that delivered donors gift cards. His biggest headline may have come after he tore his
Blue Origin to fly again as space tourism struggles to get off the ground
After more than a year and a half, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is set to fly another space tourism mission as early as Sunday, the first since the company suffered an engine failure on a flight that ended with the