Politics
Democrats demand answers 6 months after ICE pledge on body cameras
Democratic lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee hammered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for failing to deliver on a pledge to equip its...
Trump floats pulling Blanche nomination to circumvent Cornyn, Tillis
President Trump on Thursday floated the possibility of temporarily pulling Todd Blanche’s nomination to serve as attorney general to circumvent the opposition of Sens....
Judiciary Committee cancels vote on Blanche AG nomination amid GOP opposition
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) late Wednesday evening canceled a scheduled meeting to consider the nomination of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche...
Senate unanimously agrees to oppose pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell
The Senate unanimously agreed Wednesday that Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted sex offender and collaborator of Jeffrey Epstein, should not be allowed a presidential pardon...
Schumer urges Fetterman not to leave Senate Democratic caucus
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Wednesday urged Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) to stay in the Senate Democratic Conference and praised him as...
Cornyn meeting with Blanche canceled ahead of key Judiciary Committee vote
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Wednesday said his scheduled meeting with attorney general nominee Todd Blanche was canceled and that he's "not prepared...
Comey seeks to toss seashell '86' case, accusing Trump, DOJ of vindictive prosecution
Former FBI Director James Comey asked a judge late Tuesday to dismiss the case against him over sharing a photo of seashells spelling “86...
Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment right at Paul's hearing
Anthony Fauci, former chief White House medical adviser, invoked his Fifth Amendment right on Wednesday when he appeared before a Senate Homeland Security and...
Trump demands throw Senate GOP into disarray
President Trump’s demands that the Senate cancel its August recess to debate the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act and advance a budget...
Senate advances Graham bill to put harsher sanctions on Russia, Iran
The Senate, in a rare bipartisan vote Tuesday night, advanced a bill that would impose harsher sanctions on Russia and buyers of Russian oil...