Voters in New Jersey will weigh in on a slate of House primary elections Tuesday. There is one open seat up for grabs in the 12th Congressional District, with Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D) retiring from office. Meanwhile, the race in the 7th Congressional District marks the most competitive race in the Garden State. Rep….
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Trump administration is “not moving forward” with its $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, though he left unclear how the Justice Department will cement that commitment. “We are not moving forward with the fund. Period,” Blanche told House appropriators, referring to Monday statement from the department saying it would “abide”
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday hammered President Trump’s decision to make Bill Pulte the acting director of national intelligence (DNI), saying Pulte’s lack of security experience not only puts the country at risk but also threatens any bipartisan deal to reauthorize the government’s spying powers. “The appointment of Bill Pulte as the…
GOP Rep. Mike Lawler (N.Y.) and former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) were among those who immediately pushed back against Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) for saying in a since-deleted post, amid the beginning of Pride month, that “Homosexuality has no place in America.” “Happy Nuclear Family Month,” Ogles said on social media before later deleting the…
“I think his statements are going to be very definitive,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
The Maine oysterman was not the Senate minority leader’s first choice to challenge Susan Collins.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday that he told President Trump his proposed “anti-weaponization” settlement fund made it difficult for Republicans to push critical legislation through Congress, and that he believed the fund was now “off the table.” “I told him that it was a difficult prospect right now, given our vote tallies,” Johnson told…