Khanna: Netanyahu in Situation Room ‘a betrayal of the American people’

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Wednesday slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reportedly being in the White House’s Situation Room weeks before the U.S.-Israeli joint military operation in Iran began. “Let’s start with this pledge,” Khanna, a possible 2028 White House contender, wrote on the social platform X. “The next Democratic President will never…

Meeks says Democrats floating Trump impeachment don’t ‘have the votes’

Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) on Thursday acknowledged that House Democrats, as the minority party, do not have enough votes to impeach President Trump. Meeks, the ranking member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, slammed Trump as “incompetent” for his handling of the war with Iran in an interview with CNN’s John Berman. Berman asked the…

GOP blocks Democrats’ attempt to limit Trump’s Iran war powers

Democrats unsuccessfully attempted to pass a measure limiting President Trump’s ability to conduct military operations in Iran during a pro forma session of the House on Thursday. Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) sought recognition on the floor to pass the resolution from House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), but Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.),…

GOP lawmakers praise Trump Iran deal but caution about path forward

Republicans are hailing President Trump’s two-week ceasefire deal with Iran, but many caution the temporary and fragile truce is only a first step and that the U.S. needs to do more to secure American interests and advance lasting peace. Trump sent shock waves across the nation Tuesday when he announced a two-week suspension of hostilities…

Johnson faces rocky weeks of lassoing frustrated House Republicans for major bills

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) faces a tough task in the coming weeks in trying to lasso House Republicans to pass two high-stakes bills that are dividing and enraging the conference. Johnson will aim to pass a “clean” reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) foreign surveillance powers next week ahead of an April 20…