The Trump administration spent more than half of the balance in the nation’s disaster relief fund this week, pointing to that dwindling aid as means to pressure Democrats into yielding in Department of Homeland Security funding negotiations. A FEMA spokesperson said Friday that the agency sent out more than $5 billion this week for recovery
Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee have the votes to force Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to testify before their panel about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) told reporters Friday. “I believe we will have the votes to subpoena him,” Khanna said outside a performing arts
The White House made a new Homeland Security funding proposal to congressional Democrats late Thursday as a partial shutdown of the sprawling department enters its third week. The two sides have struggled to make progress since the funding lapse began Feb. 14, with the Senate failing Monday to advance legislation that would restore the flow
Bill Clinton plans to testify that he did nothing wrong and had “no idea” about the crimes Jeffrey Epstein was committing — nor did he see anything that “ever gave me pause” — according to his prepared opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. “As someone who grew up in a home
Members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are gearing up to spend hours today grilling former President Bill Clinton about his relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and longtime co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell. It comes on the heels of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s over six hour deposition Thursday, in
House Democrats are hoping to solidify their legislative agenda on affordability as midterm campaigning starts to heat up. So far, they don’t know what’s in it. But lawmakers have gathered in Leesburg, Virginia for their annual policy retreat these past few days to try and hammer out the details. “We know it’s not enough to
“We can’t be just anti-Trump,” said Rep. Debbie Dingell.