Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Thursday tore into Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for waiting nearly two weeks before addressing the toxic chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio, and openly wondered…
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More than a dozen Democratic lawmakers reportedly skipped President Biden’s speech at a Maryland retreat Wednesday night to attend a Joni Mitchell concert instead. Biden spoke at the House Democratic…
AOC faces House ethics probe over Met Gala, watchdog finds ‘substantial reason to believe’ violations occurred
The House Office of Congressional Ethics found ‘substantial reason to believe’ that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., improperly accepted gifts in the form of tickets during her appearance at the 2021…
Georgia senators are backing a bill that would create a commission to discipline or remove prosecutors, which supporters say would provide a needed corrective for district attorneys who engage in…
PNC Bank ends business relationship with Donald Trump Jr’s MxM News app company ‘without cause’
EXCLUSIVE: PNC Financial Services Group Inc. abruptly terminated its business relationship with the news aggregation app company launched last year by Donald Trump Jr. and former Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich,…
Former US Senator Santorum joins North Carolina House to push constitutional convention
Getting North Carolina legislators to formally call for a convention to consider creating amendments to the U.S. Constitution is the way forward to rein in an ever-expanding federal government, former…
Karine Jean-Pierre dodges question on Lori Lightfoot’s re-election loss, blames GOP for crime surge
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…
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…