Lawmakers resign themselves to lengthy DHS shutdown
Negotiations will keep going but Democrats and the White House are far apart.
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Congress battens down the hatches for long DHS shutdown
Negotiations will keep going but Democrats and the White House are far apart.
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
Utah Sen. John Curtis is sinking Jeremy Carl’s nomination for a State Department post
Utah Sen. John Curtis will vote against Jeremy Carl’s nomination for a top post at the State Department — dealing a crippling blow to the Trump nominee’s chances of ascending to the job of assistant secretary of state for International Organizations. “After reviewing his record and participating in today’s hearing, I do not believe that
Culver City mayor responds to Bondi crime claims during heated exchange
The mayor of Culver City, Calif., clapped back at claims made by Attorney General Pam Bondi about the city’s crime rates. During a back-and-forth with Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) about right-wing extremism at a heated congressional hearing on Wednesday, Bondi accused the congresswoman of “not talking about any crime in her district.” Kamlager-Dove represents a…
Minnesota Democrat: Claims immigration surge made state safer ‘wildly untrue’
Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) on Thursday slammed claims that the federal immigration operations in Minnesota, which the administration said will draw down over the next week, made the state safer as “wildly untrue.” “I’m glad to hear that the Admin plans to withdraw ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and CBP [Customs and Border Protection] from…
Lawmakers express bipartisan outrage as DOJ accused of ‘spying’ on members’ Epstein searches
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are accusing the Department of Justice (DOJ) of spying on them as they reviewed the unredacted Epstein files on DOJ computers, tracking the documents they examined. Attorney General Pam Bondi was photographed during a congressional appearance before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday flipping to a document titled “Jayapal…