White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday avoided a question on Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s re-election loss and appeared to blame Republicans in Congress for the surge in…
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Sen. Kennedy confronts Garland on controversial school board memo: ‘What did you think was going to happen?’
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., on Wednesday pressed Attorney General Merrick Garland to explain his thinking behind a controversial 2021 memorandum directing the Justice Department to investigate violent threats to school…
A Republican-proposed overhaul of how Ohio oversees K-12 education and decision-making on academic standards, model curricula and school district ratings cleared the state Senate on Wednesday with a vote along…
A former Philadelphia council member convicted along with a prominent labor leader in a federal public corruption case has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison. Prosecutors say Bobby…
CBO director informs House Republicans that the US debt situation is dire: sources
EXCLUSIVE: The director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office Wednesday briefed a group of House Republicans in a closed-door meeting on the dire situation the United States is in regarding…
Republicans probe EPA on why East Palestine waste sent to Indiana after Dems objected to Michigan
EXCLUSIVE: A pair of Indiana Republican lawmakers demanded answers from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the shipments of hazardous materials from East Palestine, Ohio, to other Midwestern states. In…
White House: Eli Lilly’s insulin price cap shows why GOP should stop attacking the Inflation Reduction Act
EXCLUSIVE: The White House said Wednesday that pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly’s move to cap out-of-pocket costs for insulin at $35 for patients is ‘the ultimate proof point’ for why Republicans…
Wisconsin lawmakers were set to take public comments Wednesday on a Republican-authored bill that would force the state’s embattled parole commission to abide by open meetings laws and post its…
State lawmakers began debate Wednesday on a proposal to allow people to carry concealed guns in Nebraska without a permit. Currently, 25 other states have so-called constitutional carry laws that…
Chaos breaks out after anti-war protestors booted from House China Committee hearing
The first hearing held by the House China Select Committee on Tuesday night was disrupted by protestors holding signs reading ‘China is not our enemy,’ and ‘Stop Asian hate.’ Two…