Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) denied a request to have the late Rev. Jesse Jackson lie in honor in the Capitol, a source confirmed to The Hill. After the civil rights leader died this week at age 84, Jackon’s family had requested that he lie in honor in the Capitol, another source said. CNN was first to…
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Congress and the White House will “determine the best path forward in the coming weeks” after the Supreme Court struck down the bulk of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs Friday in a rare rebuke. “No one can deny that the President’s use of tariffs has brought in billions of dollars and…
Utah Sen. John Curtis (R) commended the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling that President Trump unlawfully utilized an emergency statute to impose his administration’s sweeping tariffs. “Today’s ruling affirms, despite all the noise of the moment, that the Founders’ system of checks and balances remains strong nearly 250 years later,” Curtis wrote in a statement. The…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) knocked Vice President Vance for the silence that followed after he tried to rib her during President Trump’s inaugural Gaza Board of Peace meeting Thursday in Washington. Vance first thanked Trump for his leadership before making a joke about Ocasio-Cortez after she appeared to stumble through one of her responses at…
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Thursday accused President Trump of leaning into the chatter around UFOs and extraterrestrial life to deflect from the controversy surrounding files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “They’ve deployed the ultimate weapon of mass distraction, but the Epstein files aren’t going away… even for aliens,” Massie wrote on social…
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) is facing increasing scrutiny over allegations that he had an affair with a staffer who died after lighting herself on fire last year, rocking his competitive reelection bid just weeks before his March 3 primary. Gonzales has said that the allegations are “personal smears” being used by his primary opponent to…
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said he would back a discharge petition to force a vote on a Russian sanctions bill, arguing that President Trump has been “wrong” on Ukraine. Bacon told The Hill in an interview Thursday that he and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) are considering bringing forth a discharge petition as early as next…