Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Wednesday refused a request from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak with Senate Democrats. Netanyahu met with Senate Republicans in a closed-door virtual meeting on Wednesday. But a Schumer spokesperson said there would be no such meeting with Democrats and that any discussions with the Israeli leader should be bipartisan. “Sen. Schumer …
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The White House dismissed the ongoing impeachment inquiry against President Biden as “embarrassing” following a chaotic hearing on Wednesday. Republicans’ efforts fizzled on Wednesday when an eight-hour hearing failed to produce a clear path forward for the investigation into the Biden family’s unclear relationship with foreign business interests. “That hearing was embarrassing for House Republicans. A total waste of time. …
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Former President Donald Trump significantly trails President Biden in the crucial dash for campaign cash, but he is hoping to level the playing field with the formation of a joint fundraising committee with the Republican National Committee (RNC). The committee, titled the Trump National Committee JFC, filed a statement of organization on Wednesday with the Federal Elections Commission. Trump, who …
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FIRST ON FOX:Former U.S. Army Special Forces Green Beret and combat veteranDerrick Anderson has landed another endorsement from a member of House leadership in the battle to flip one swing state’s House seat for the Republicans. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., announced Thursdaythat he will back Anderson’s bid to representVirginia’s 7th Congressional District. The district — currently held by …
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Rod Blagojevich, the ex-governor and ex-con who often dusted off ancient and sometimes puzzling quotations to emphasize his positions, found himself at the other end Thursday when a federal judge dismissed his lawsuit attempting to return to public life by quoting Dr. Seuss: “Just go.” The Chicago Democrat, impeached and removed from office by the General …
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It’s a little late in 2024 to compose an “in and out” list. Baby reveals are apparently in. Swag is in. So are press-on nails. The outs? Supposedly podcasts. (Really?) Mullets (I thought they already were). Vaping. Congress is usually behind the times. So, that’s why it took Capitol Hill until spring to craft an “in and out” list. It’s …
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Russia fired 31 ballistic and cruise missiles at Kyiv before dawn Thursday in the first attack on the Ukrainian capital in 44 days, officials said. Air defenses shot down all the incoming missiles, though 13 people including a child were injured by falling wreckage, they said. Residents of Kyiv were woken up by loud explosions around 5 a.m. as the …
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House conservatives are balking at the term “minibus” being used to describe the $1.2 trillion government funding bill congressional leaders unveiled in the early hours of Thursday morning. “It’s not too ‘mini,’ is it?” Republican Study Committee Chair Kevin Hern, R-Okla., told Fox News Digital. “A ‘mini’ today is much different than a ‘mini’ five years ago. … Certainly, it’s …
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Joe Biden’s top foreign policy adviser Jake Sullivan sought to reassure Ukrainians during an unannounced visit to Kyiv Wednesday that the U.S. will continue to support their efforts to fend off Russia’s two-year-old invasion. The national security adviser expressed optimism that lawmakers in Washington will break a monthlong logjam and approve tens of billions of …
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Trump-endorsed businessman Bernie Moreno moved on in the Ohio GOP Senate primary on Tuesday night, setting up a match-up with entrenched Democrat incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown in a race that is expected to focus on Brown’s support of President Biden and Democrat concerns over the MAGA agenda. Moreno defeated his two Republican opponents on Tuesday after campaigning on his status …
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