McBride: GOP trying to “manufacture a crisis” with bathroom ban

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Washington —  Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, a Delaware Democrat who is set to become the first transgender member of Congress, characterized a GOP effort to restrict bathroom use as an attempt “to get headlines.” “Everything was fine until some members of the small Republican conference majority decided to get headlines and to manufacture a crisis,” McBride told

Pete Hegseth meets with GOP senators to secure support for expected nomination

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Washington — Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, met with senators on Capitol Hill on Thursday as new details emerged about an alleged sexual assault that took place in 2017. Hegseth was accompanied in his meetings by Vice President-elect JD Vance, an Ohio senator, as they seek to

Casey Strikes Out on Recount

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Three-term Democrat concedes to Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania Senate race L: Dave McCormick R: Pa. Sen. Bob Casey (Jeff Swensen; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.) conceded to Republican challenger Dave McCormick, cementing an election result that the Associated Press called three weeks ago but Casey refused to acknowledge. “I just called Dave

‘Unacceptable That the Department Accommodates This Behavior’: House Foreign Affairs Member Calls for State Dept. Briefing Over Post-Election Therapy Sessions

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Agency offered ‘effective stress management techniques’ days after Trump’s win Antony Blinken (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) A senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is calling for a briefing after the Biden-Harris State Department hosted a series of in-house therapy sessions in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.), who