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Republican politicians have flocked to New York City in recent days to stand alongside former President Trump as he attends his hush money trial. Trump’s group on Monday included several members of Congress: Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.), who represents Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn. Sen.…
House Republicans are taking aim at President Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war this week, after the administration paused shipment of some bombs to Israel and warned that the U.S. wll cut off more offensive weapons to Jerusalem if its forces launch an invasion into Rafah. Republicans in both chambers have sharply criticized the administration’s…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) described the state of healthcare in America as “barbarism,” in an upcoming episode of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) podcast. In a preview of Wednesday’s episode of “Bernie: The Podcast,” Ocasio-Cortez expressed her sadness about the high costs of healthcare and housing and the difficult choices many Americans must make, as she committed…
Pro-Palestine demonstrations at the University of Mississippi were overtaken with counter protesters Thursday, resulting in a viral clip of white students taunting a Black student. The video was shared online and applauded by a Republican lawmaker. “Ole Miss taking care of business,” Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) posted on social media platform X. The video has…
Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto pushed back on a claim by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) that progressive billionaire George Soros has funded groups involved in pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses. “There’s a push right now on the part of some of these institutions to negotiate with the protesters, and to go ahead and put up…
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and his spouse were charged Friday with accepting almost $600,000 in bribes and moving the money illegally. The legal document brought by the Justice Department (DOJ) describes payments Cuellar purportedly received from an oil business owned by the government of Azerbaijan and a bank in Mexico. “The bribe payments were purportedly laundered,…
A group of House Republicans is introducing an amendment to require U.S. foreign assistance to display the American flag, which would revive a Trump-era policy that was revoked by President Biden. The amendment is being led by GOP members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee: Reps. Brian Mast (Fla.), Maria Elvira Salazar (Fla.), Mike Lawler…
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) addressed an expected indictment following reports the Justice Department is preparing charges against him, saying he is “innocent of these allegations” and still plans to seek reelection. The Justice Department searched Cuellar’s home in January 2022 as part of an investigation into Azerbaijan. Cuellar, a co-chair of the Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus,…
The heads of a bipartisan group concentrating on China have written a letter requesting the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to look into whether TikTok has broken laws protecting children in its attempts to prevent the United States from prohibiting the app. The letter, obtained by The Hill and initially reported by NBC News, is…
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