President Donald Trump’s nominee for a high-ranking State Department post told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday he will not stop making posts and statements as he waits for congressional confirmation. Members from both parties on the committee grilled Jeremy Carl, who the White House tapped to serve as assistant secretary of state for
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Thursday that it is not “appropriate” for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to track the searches of members of Congress viewing unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files, adding that he guessed any such surveillance was an “oversight.” “My understanding is that there are computers set up where the DOJ was allowing access…
Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) on Thursday questioned why Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would be banned from polling places ahead of midterm elections. “Why should you ban ICE from being at polling places? Because illegals aren’t supposed to vote in this America,” Smith said during an appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “I mean, like, it…
The comments come as White House border czar Tom Homan announced an end to the surge in immigration operations in Minneapolis.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Wednesday said people would be “shocked” by the names that have been redacted from files tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that were publicly released on Jan. 30. Her comments come after lawmakers were given the opportunity to review the unredacted files in a reading room at the Department…
Marina Lacerda, one of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers, slammed Attorney General Pam Bondi’s conduct during a House hearing on Wednesday. “We expected a little bit more on Pam Bondi’s part,” she told NewsNation’s Joe Khalil after the hearing. “I think she really de-humanized us today.” Lacerda was one of at least 11 Epstein…
Justice Democrats and the Peace, Accountability, and Leadership PAC, or PAL PAC, have jointly endorsed progressive influencer Kat Abughazaleh in the hotly contested Democratic primary to replace Rep. Jan Schakowsky in Illinois. In a statement, Justice Democrats executive director Alexandra Rojas described Abughazaleh as “the type of progressive leadership we need in Congress — leadership