“Baseball is a Funny Game.” – Book title by late Major Leaguer and baseball broadcaster Joe Garagiola “Baseball is like church. Many attend. But few understand.” – Legendary New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros manager Leo Durocher “When you start the game, they don’t say ‘Work ball!’ They say ‘Play ball!’” – Hall of Famer and …
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GOP releases Jan. 6 clip of Pelosi saying 'I take responsibility' as she discussed National Guard absence
A previously unreleased video taken on Jan. 6, 2021 shows then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., saying she takes “responsibility” for law enforcement’s lack of preparedness when a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol that day. A tweet on X by a House Republican panel contains video that appears to show a frustrated Pelosi being evacuated from the Capitol complex and in intense …
Read More »Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg agrees to testify in House GOP probe, but not on their timetable
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Friday declined to testify about his prosecution of former President Donald Trump to House lawmakers next week. In a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio., Bragg’s general counsel, Leslie Dubeck, said the district attorney has “scheduling conflicts” that will keep him from appearing before Congress. However, Dubeck indicated that Bragg may …
Read More »'Putting our girls at risk': Biden's Title IX changes challenged by nearly 70 GOP lawmakers
A group of nearly 70 House Republicans are moving to block the Biden administration’s recent Title IX reforms that expand protections for transgender students. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., led 67 GOP lawmakers on a bill earlier this week that would reverse the new Department of Education policy. “Joe Biden is undermining years of progress women have made in securing their …
Read More »WATCH: House lawmakers parachute out of WWII-era plane at Normandy
A group of House lawmakers parachuted from a World War II-era plane on Friday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. A tradition first started by Reps. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., and Jason Crow, D-Colo., the event included 10 lawmakers this year – nine Republicans and one Democrat, all of whom served in the U.S. military. Fox News Digital obtained video …
Read More »‘Back in time’: House lawmakers parachuting from WWII-era plane in Normandy to mark D-Day
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday by parachuting out of a World War II-era plane over Normandy, France, just as Allied airborne forces did on June 6, 1944. The 10 legislators – nine Republicans and one Democrat, all veterans of the armed forces – will don World War II military uniforms …
Read More »Netanyahu reportedly set to address Congress on July 24
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address a joint meeting of Congress on July 24, according to two people familiar with the matter. Congressional leaders last week formally invited Netanyahu to come speak, delivering the most recent show of wartime support for the longtime ally despite mounting political divisions over Israel’s military assault on Hamas in Gaza. But …
Read More »'Dangers of Biden's energy policies' shredded in internal House GOP memo
FIRST ON FOX: An internal House GOP memo obtained by Fox News Digital shows that President Biden’s energy policies will be a major issue for Republicans hoping to keep their majority in November. The 175-member strong Republican Study Committee, led by Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., sent a list of talking points to its members that encouraged them to highlight the …
Read More »'Too much at stake': Nancy Mace confronts GOP lawmaker who endorsed her opponent
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., shared some sharp words with fellow South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson on the House floor Tuesday after he endorsed her primary opponent. Fox News Digital spotted Mace and Wilson having what appeared to be a brief but tense exchange during House votes late Tuesday afternoon, hours after Wilson released a statement backing Catherine Templeton to …
Read More »Inherently complicated: House Republicans consider another angle to take on Attorney General Garland
Attorney General Merrick Garland is on the clock. Two House committees have voted to hold Garland in contempt of Congress. House Republicans aren’t pleased with Garland failing to cough up an audiotape of the transcribed interview Special Counsel Robert Hur conducted with President Biden in the classified documents case. Garland released a transcript of the interview. But Hur suggested that …
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