Greene lays out list of grievances against Speaker Johnson amid ouster threat
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is heaping a fresh set of criticism on Speaker Mike Johnson as the House prepares to reconvene Tuesday, laying out a list of grievances against the Louisiana...
View ArticleSenate set to sidestep Mayorkas trial
The impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is set to hit a dead end this week as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) prepares to do away with a trial, upsetting...
View ArticleMayorkas impeachment trial set to start in Senate next week, but may be over...
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans will delay bringing their case against Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate until next week, two months after impeaching the Homeland Security secretary. It will be the...
View ArticleHere's where women voters stand in the Biden-Trump rematch
Women voters are set to play a pivotal role in November’s general election as both parties court the key demographic and as reproductive rights emerge as a major motivating issue on both sides of the...
View ArticleTexas Attorney General sues to stop guaranteed income program for...
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ attorney general filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to stop a guaranteed income program set to start this month for Houston-area residents. The program by Harris County, where...
View ArticleSurprise Arizona ruling sets abortion politics aflame
The Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling doused gasoline on the already-flickering fire of abortion politics Tuesday and threatened to upend the 2024 contests in the state by upholding a Civil War-era law...
View ArticleVance draws Trump VP speculation
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) has drawn speculation in recent months that he could be chosen as former President Trump’s running mate as the first-term senator solidifies his status as one of Trump’s top...
View ArticleConservatives compelled by Trump are pushing Nebraska to adopt a...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — By the time conservative activist Charlie Kirk took the stage, there was no doubt that it was Donald Trump who had led him to travel to Nebraska and pressure state lawmakers to...
View ArticleTop Democrat says Johnson in 'good position' to remain Speaker if he stages...
The head of the House Democratic Caucus suggested Wednesday that Democratic lawmakers stand ready to rescue Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from a potential GOP coup — if he ushers Ukraine aid through...
View ArticleAs medical perils from abortion bans grow, so do opportunities for Democrats...
WASHINGTON (AP) — For much of her life, Angela Crawford considered herself a fairly conservative Republican — and she voted that way. But then a wave of court rulings and Republican-led actions in...
View ArticleGroup of Republicans blocks FISA bill with spy powers deadline looming
A group of House Republicans on Wednesday tanked a procedural vote to begin debate on a bill to reauthorize the nation’s warrantless surveillance powers, leaving the chamber scrambling on how to...
View ArticleWhat to know about abortion in Arizona under the near-total 1864 ban
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court gave the go-ahead Tuesday to prepare to enforce a long-dormant law that bans nearly all abortions, drastically altering the legal landscape for terminating...
View ArticleRepublican Sen. Rick Scott softens his abortion position after Florida...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Sen. Rick Scott of Florida this week joined the ranks of Republican incumbents scrambling to strike a balance on reproductive rights, saying he opposes a November ballot...
View ArticleArizona abortion ruling upends legal and political landscape from Phoenix to...
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona abortion providers vowed Wednesday to continue service until they're forced to stop, a pledge that comes day after the state Supreme Court cleared the way for enforcing an 1864...
View ArticleSpeaker Johnson to meet with Trump, offers Marjorie Taylor Greene advisory...
WASHINGTON (AP) — His job on the line, House Speaker Mike Johnson is dashing to Florida to meet with Donald Trump this week and has offered far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene a seat on his own...
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New Mexico on cartels' radar as Texas cracks down on migration, GOP lawmakers...
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) -- Some Republican state senators from New Mexico have returned from the U.S.-Mexico border with demands for the governor to address the "escalating crisis," saying that...
View ArticleFederal appeals court hears arguments on nation's first ban on...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Arguments before a federal appeals court that is considering whether to reinstate Arkansas' first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors focused Thursday on whether it...
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Senate Democrats ‘baffled’ by calls for Sotomayor to step aside
Senate Democrats are pushing back against calls for Justice Sonia Sotomayor to step aside from the Supreme Court after left-wing activists and commentators raised the idea in the hopes of avoiding a...
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House leadership eyes FISA Plan B after failed floor vote
House leadership is eyeing a Plan B to reauthorize the country's spying authority after a band of 19 GOP lawmakers blocked the legislation from advancing Wednesday. The plan under discussion would...
View ArticleJeffries: Democrats won’t help Johnson break FISA impasse
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that Democrats will not help GOP leaders with a procedural vote to advance legislation extending the government’s surveillance powers....
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