Arizona AG sues House over Mike Johnson’s delay in swearing in Adelita Grijalva

Washington — Arizona’s attorney general is taking legal action against the House of Representatives over Speaker Mike Johnson’s delay in swearing in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, who would be the decisive signature on a petition to force a vote on releasing files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.   Arizona’s Democratic Attorney General Kris

Jack Smith’s attorneys defend special counsel’s analyzing GOP lawmakers’ phone data

Attorneys for former special counsel Jack Smith called his actions “entirely lawful, proper and consistent with established Department of Justice policy” in defending the investigative steps taken by his team, including obtaining phone records of sitting Republican lawmakers as part of the probe of President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Earlier this month,

Senate GOP meets with Trump at White House on Day 21 of shutdown

Thune described Senate Republicans’ meeting with the president to reporters at the White House. He called it a “great opportunity to meet with the president and talk about something that unifies all Republicans,” pointing to the effort to reopen the government with the House-passed measure that the GOP has tried 11 times to advance. “We’re