Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigns from Congress in face of expulsion vote

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) resigned from Congress on Tuesday amid allegations of financial misconduct that could have led to her expulsion later in the week. The stunning announcement came just moments before the House Ethics Committee was scheduled to meet to weigh potential penalties for the embattled Florida Democrat, who is facing federal charges over…

Emmer warns Ilhan Omar will ‘be held accountable’ if found to have committed fraud

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) said Tuesday that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) will “be held accountable to the fullest extent” if it is discovered that she was involved in or benefited from “any fraud.” His remarks follow a Wall Street Journal report that a financial disclosure listed her and her husband’s assets at between

House GOP resists passing Senate DHS bill until after ‘skinny’ ICE, Border Patrol funding 

House Republican leaders are resisting calls to bring up a bipartisan Senate bill to fund the bulk of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) until after passage of a “skinny” bill to fund immigration enforcement — despite grumbles in the Senate GOP and pressure from the White House as DHS runs out of options to…

RFK Jr. says he did not speak to Trump about CDC nominee

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did not speak to President Trump about nominating Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, he told lawmakers Tuesday.  Kennedy told a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee that he met with Schwartz on “multiple occasions” prior to her being tapped as the new nominee, including to discuss her views on…

House Republican ‘would not be surprised’ if foreign adversaries to blame for dead, missing US scientists

Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), who sits on the House Oversight Committee, said late Monday that he would “not be surprised” if foreign adversaries were responsible for the mysterious deaths and disappearances of nearly a dozen American scientists over the past few years. “I would not be surprised if our adversaries —China, Russia, Iran, or any…