Washington — A roughly hourlong meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday did little to convince Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to drop her threat of forcing a vote that could end his speakership. “I got a lot of excuses,” Greene, a Georgia Republican, told reporters after she met with Johnson on Wednesday afternoon, their
Washington — A bill that would reauthorize a crucial national security surveillance program was blocked Wednesday by a conservative revolt in the House, pushing the prospects of final passage into uncertainty amid a looming deadline. The legislative impasse also follows an edict earlier in the day from former President Donald Trump to “kill” the measure.
Congress is grappling with a way forward on renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which expires April 19.
Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills vetoed Tuesday a proposal by state Rep. David Sinclair to end the state's "three strikes" law for petty theft convicts.
Washington — When the Supreme Court heard arguments in two high-stakes, separate cases last month, Justice Neil Gorsuch raised concerns about how both disputes arrived at the court. The cases — one involving the Biden administration’s communications with social media companies and the other, the accessibility of a commonly used abortion pill — landed before
Washington — Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he believes an Arizona law from 1864 that outlaws nearly all abortions goes too far, but continued to laud the Supreme Court decision in 2022 that reversed Roe v. Wade and overturned the constitutional right to abortion. Speaking to reporters on the tarmac at the airport in
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, suggested recently during an appearance on a podcast that Black Americans should be exempt from paying taxes as a form of reparations.