Blinken may be held in contempt after House GOP advances measure
Secretary of State Antony Blinken could be held in contempt of Congress after a key House committee advanced the penal measure on Tuesday. The House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced a contempt resolution against the top Biden administration Cabinet secretary, setting it
British PM makes unfortunate ‘return of the sausages’ gaffe during serious speech
United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer made an unfortunate gaffe during a speech at his party’s conference Tuesday when he mistakenly called for the return of ‘sausages,’ instead of hostages, held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Starmer was speaking at
Johnny Cash monument unveiled on Capitol Hill: ‘Embodies the American spirit’
Johnny Cash will be saying ‘Hello Out There’ to myriad tourists visiting the U.S. Capitol from now on – after congressional leaders got together to unveil a statue of the legendary musician. Both Republican and Democratic leaders joined members of Cash’s
Americans are more worried about political violence under Trump
In the wake of an apparent second attempt on his life earlier this month, former president Donald Trump began once again amplifying the idea that the twin threats were a function of Democratic rhetoric. He and his allies had done the
Harris donors are younger and less partisan than Biden’s
In her first six weeks on top of the Democratic presidential ticket, Kamala Harris surpassed the total number of campaign contributors that President Joe Biden had acquired in his 15 months of campaigning. Harris has received contributions from 3.8 million
Trump keeps talking about criminalizing dissent
For someone who has so strongly objected in recent weeks to the idea that he’s an authoritarian or a threat to democracy, Donald Trump has a funny way of showing it. At a rally Monday in Pennsylvania, the former president said
Harris calls for eliminating filibuster to pass ‘Roe’ abortion bill into federal law
Vice President Kamala Harris said she backs eliminating the 60-vote filibuster requirement in order to reinstate Roe v. Wade, which would federalize abortion access nationwide, during a Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) interview Tuesday. The filibuster is a Senate rule that allows
Johnson to sidestep GOP rebels on government funding, seek Dem support to avoid shutdown
House GOP leaders are poised to skirt Republican opposition to their federal funding plan as they race the clock against a partial government shutdown. ‘We’ve got a lot of people that honestly think a government shutdown is a good idea, or
Nebraska governor does not plan to call special session on electoral votes
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) announced Tuesday that he does not plan to a call a special legislative session before the November election to overhaul the way his state awards its electoral votes, a change sought by former president Donald
One of Trump’s hoary pop-culture references finally lands
For those who’ve tracked Donald Trump’s speeches over the past decade, the patter that unfolded in Pennsylvania on Monday evening was very familiar. An attack on a Democrat that shifted into a discussion of television ratings that ended at praise