Raskin on Bondi ‘washed-up’ jab: ‘Let’s talk about serious law’

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Thursday dismissed an insult directed toward him by Attorney General Pam Bondi during a heated House Judiciary Committee hearing this week, in which she called him a “washed-up, loser lawyer.” “Hey, I’m not a washed-up lawyer. I’m a washed-up law professor,” Raskin joked when asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on…

Ro Khanna’s role in Epstein files may be catnip for Democratic voters

When Rep. Ro Khanna took to the House floor this week to read aloud the names of six “wealthy, powerful men” whose identities were originally redacted in the Jeffrey Epstein files, it catapulted the congressman further into the national spotlight. In recent months, Khanna has helped lead the charge around the Epstein case, meeting with…

Bipartisan congressional delegation saves US-Mexico joint military exercise

Bipartisan congressional pressure helped push Mexico’s legislature to approve a joint military exercise between the U.S. and Mexican militaries, according to two people familiar with a U.S. delegation to the country. The U.S. and Mexico had been considering a joint exercise for which 19 U.S. Marines would train with the Mexican Navy in the city