Congress

In a brief press conference held outside the Manhattan courthouse where former President Donald Trump’s “hush-money” trial is ongoing, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) strongly criticized the proceedings, calling them a “travesty of justice” on Tuesday, May 14. Mr. Johnson, a former litigator and the current highest-ranking Republican, expressed his outrage at the legal proceedings and […]

After a group of elected Republicans joined former President Trump in New York to support him amid his ongoing criminal “hush money” trial on Monday, a slew of other high-profile GOP supporters including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) joined the former president on Tuesday. Joining Mr. Johnson in court alongside President Trump on Tuesday were […]

Voters in three states—Maryland, Nebraska, and West Virginia—will go to the polls today to pick their party’s nominees for the general election, with control of various state and federal offices on the line. The contests for president will be largely uneventful, as former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are already their party’s presumptive […]

Jury selection began Monday in the trial of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), who is charged with accepting bribes of gold and cash to use his influence to deliver favors that would aid three New Jersey businessmen. This is the second time Mr. Menedez goes to trial on corruption allegations.

Two top lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives on May 13 took steps to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, recommended the lower chamber hold Mr. Garland, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, in contempt for failing to comply with […]

In a letter to President Joe Biden, Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.), joined by other 14 House Democrats, asked the president to take executive action on the border. “We write to you to respectfully request that you and your administration immediately take further action to restore order at the Southern border and fix our broken immigration […]

Arizonans who have personally witnessed the toll of illegal immigration say completing the border wall should be the first step to ending the crisis crippling their state. “We need the wall installed and completed where it makes sense,” retired Chief Border Patrol Agent Chris Clem said on May 10. “We need that technology installed as […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will not target defunding special counsel Jack Smith despite calls from within his conference to do so. After soundly defeating an attempted ousting led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on May 8, the speaker told Politico’s “Playbook Deep Dive” podcast that he would not capitulate to the congresswoman’s demand […]

News that President Joe Biden’s administration has paused a delivery of “high-payload” bombs and could withhold more weapons for Israel sparked outrage on Capitol Hill on May 9 among Republican senators. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin confirmed at a May 8 Senate hearing that the Biden administration had delayed delivery of a shipment of […]

The House Judiciary Committee holds a field hearing, “The Biden Border Crisis: Arizona Perspectives,” at 12:00 p.m. ET on May 10 in Sahuarita, Arizona, to examine the effects of the current southwest border crisis on Arizona’s residents and communities. Witnesses: Chris Clem, retired chief border patrol agent, Jim Chilton, rancher in Arivaca, Arizona, Jacob Kartchner, […]

Steve Bannon’s appeal of his contempt of Congress conviction has been rejected by a federal court. A U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit panel on May 10 said that Mr. Bannon’s claim that he was wrongly convicted of being in contempt of Congress because he was relying on advice from counsel when he […]

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, has criticized a newly published investigation into claims of sexual harassment and misconduct at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). In a press release on Thursday, Ms. Waters called the probe by law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton into workplace culture […]

The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed on May 9 a five-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), sending the bill to the House one day before the deadline when the program is due to lapse. The final tally was 88-4. While the bill initially passed the House, the Senate amended it, and therefore, the measure […]

Senate and House Republicans showed a united front in denouncing President Joe Biden’s threat to withhold weapons shipments to Israel if it invades Rafah. GOP senators introduced a resolution on May 9 condemning the Biden administration’s policy.

The U.S. Senate is now one step closer to passing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) five-year reauthorization bill before the May 10 deadline. Senators voted 84–13 on May 9 to invoke cloture, which limits the timeline for debate over amendments and moves the Senate closer to passing the 1,068-page aviation bill. Now, senators have a […]

Republicans and Democrats fought over taxpayer funding for National Public Radio (NPR) on May 8 during a congressional hearing with the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The hearing comes after former NPR senior business editor Uri Berliner published an April 9 op-ed criticizing the company for allegedly prioritizing Democratic and left-leaning viewpoints and story […]

Coming under fire from lawmakers, administrators from prominent school districts across the country defended their record on the handling of anti-Semitism while condemning hatred toward Jews and Israel. New York City Public Schools Chancellor David Banks, Maryland’s Montgomery County Board of Education Member Karla Silvestre, and California’s Berkeley Unified School District Superintendent Enikia Ford Morthel […]