Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., signaled his willingness to discuss bringing back a past Senate norm of allowing home state senators to nix judicial nominees they take issue with, as the potential of former President Trump being elected once again in November has become more evident. During a recent Judiciary Committee mark-up, Durbin responded to Republican frustrations over their …
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., criticized fellow Democrat from Pennsylvania, Sen. John Fetterman, on Friday after he made fun of a House markup that spiraled out of control. A late-night House Oversight markup for a resolution to hold Biden administration Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress devolved into a shouting match on Thursday, which involved several representatives, including Ocasio-Cortez, …
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Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has introduced legislation that seeks to end the Federal Reserve – which has operated as the nation’s central banking system since it was created more than 110 years ago. H.R. 8421, theFederal Reserve Board Abolition Act, abolishesthe Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and its banks. It alsorepealsthe FederalReserve Act, the1913law that createdthe Federal Reserve …
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When the U.S. Congress first convened on March 4, 1789, it did so at Federal Hall in Lower Manhattan. New York was the first seat of the incipient U.S. government. Congress decamped to Philadelphia a year later. Lawmakers eventually dropped anchor in what is now Washington, D.C. But for all the Congressional action in New York of late, one might …
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President Biden’s assertion of executive privilege to avoid releasing audio recordings of his interviews with Special Counsel Robert Hur is raising eyebrows among some legal experts. The White House on Thursday revealed that Biden asserted executive privilege over the audio recordings at the request of Attorney General Merrick Garland. During a media briefing, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said …
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FIRST ON FOX: The Republican National Committee (RNC) is launching a “game-changing” new tool designed to help Republican candidates up and down the ballot communicate with voters ahead of the 2024 election. The GOP committee announced the launch of VotePro on Friday, a new “one-stop shop” for Republican committees and candidates to customize websites and develop easy-to-use resources for voters. …
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FIRST ON FOX: The U.S. government would have 270 days to release all UFO-related documents to the public if a new congressional bill is passed. Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., who has been a leading voice for UFO transparency, will introduce a new bill Thursday that would require President Biden to direct the heads of each federal department or agency to …
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Controversial National Public Radio (NPR) chief Katherine Maher met with a Republican senator and the organization rolled out a new layer of editorial review on Wednesday in response to the fallout from a former senior editor’s scathing essay alleging significant bias at the outlet. “She acknowledged the problem, which I think is a pretty good first step,” Sen. Kevin Cramer, …
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MSNBC host Kay Tur accused former President Trump’s entourage of embodying a “mean girl quality” on Thursday while they attended the New York hush money trial. Tur commented on the appearance and attitude of Trump and his political allies who joined him that day, a group which included Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., and Trump-attorney Boris Epshteyn. …
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A House Republican who represents a district President Biden won by more than six points is arguing “security” will be the deciding factor in races like his across the country come November. “It’s an irrational thing for a voter not to want security,” Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., told Fox News Digital in an interview. Garcia is the only Republican in …
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