Washington — House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries formally nominated California Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell to serve on the House Intelligence Committee, even as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has pledged to block their reappointments to the panel. Jeffries, the House minority leader, sent a letter to McCarthy on Saturday …
Read More »Where might Congress cut through gridlock?
One-party rule in Washington ended this month, as the split 118th Congress gaveled into session — Republicans narrowly hold the House, Democrats have a slight edge in the Senate and a Democrat sits in the White House. It won’t be easy getting much through this sharply divided Congress, but there …
Read More »Biden announces year
President Biden on Friday announced six full pardons for people who were convicted either while they were relatively young or decades ago, and have since served out their sentences. The pardons cover five people convicted of drug or alcohol offenses, and one woman convicted of murdering a husband she said …
Read More »House passes Respect for Marriage Act, sending landmark marriage equality bill to Biden
Washington — The House on Thursday approved legislation that provides federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages, sending the landmark bill to President Biden’s desk for his signature and capping a decades-long shift in Americans’ attitudes toward gay marriage. Called the Respect for Marriage Act, the measure won bipartisan support …
Read More »Appeals court orders end to special master review process in Trump documents case
Washington – A three-judge federal appeals court panel in Atlanta ruled that the special master review process that oversaw the Justice Department’s use of non-classified evidence collected earlier this year at former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence must end. The unanimous decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the …
Read More »More than 1 million people have voted early in Georgia
More than one million people have already voted in Georgia’s 2022 elections, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Wednesday. “As of Wednesday morning, Georgia is well over the One Million mark with 1,017,732 voters casting their ballot during Early Voting,” said Raffensperger, adding, “Georgia has had record Early Voting …
Read More »Clemency records, legal agreements and “the president’s calls” among records separated by Justice Department filter team in Mar
Washington — Two itemized lists of documents seized during the FBI’s search at former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence and segregated by a team of agents screening records for any that may be potentially privileged offered an inside look at how the team works and the wide assortment of things …
Read More »Palin calls on Begich to drop out of the race after Democrat wins special election
After a Democrat won the special election last week to finish out for Alaska’s at-large congressional seat, former Gov. Sarah Palin called on Monday on fellow Republican Nick Begich to withdraw from November’s congressional race so that the GOP can unite behind a single candidate. Palin and Begich lost to …
Read More »First lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID
Washington — First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 while vacationing in South Carolina with her family, including President Biden, and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House said Tuesday. Elizabeth Alexander, the first lady’s communications director, announced the positive test, saying she will remain in South Carolina …
Read More »DHS leadership texts from January 2021 are missing
The early January 2021 text messages of two top homeland security officials under the Trump administration are missing, according to reports by the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), a nonpartisan independent watchdog, and The Washington Post. Messages between Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli, …
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