Lindsey McPherson

Most House members’ personal data at risk online, analysis finds

Three-quarters of House members are exposed to security risks with their personal information available online through search engines that collect and sell data such as addresses, phone numbers and property records, according to a new analysis.

August 14, 2024

One month after Trump assassination attempt, key questions remain unanswered

Why did Thomas Matthew Crooks try to assassinate former President Donald Trump on July 13? And why did the Secret Service not have eyes on the rooftop from which he fired?

August 12, 2024

House GOP dangling shutdown-averting funds at Senate as tactic to keep noncitizens from voting

Conservative House Republicans are pushing their leaders to tie an extension of government funding that Congress needs to pass in September to avoid a shutdown to legislation that would implement more protocols to stop noncitizens from voting in federal elections.

August 12, 2024

Harris, Walz raise $36 million in first 24 hours since vice presidential pick

Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz raised $36 million in the first 24 hours after the Democratic presidential nominee announced him as her running mate.

August 7, 2024

Arizona secures first guilty plea in fake electors case

One of the 18 Republicans charged in Arizona with nine felonies for participating in a fake electors scheme has accepted a deal to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, while another got her charges dropped after entering a cooperation agreement with the prosecution.

August 7, 2024

Harris, Walz raise more than $10 million in hours after vice president pick announcement

The new Democratic ticket of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz raised more than $10 million in the hours since the vice presidential pick was announced.

August 6, 2024

Butler rally was the first time Secret Service provided its own countersnipers to protect Trump

The July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, was the first time the Secret Service provided its own countersnipers to protect former President Donald Trump as he campaigns for a second term, the agency's acting director said Friday.

August 2, 2024

House Oversight probing potential White House involvement in 9/11 plea deal

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee is investigating potential White House participation in approving a plea deal for three of the terrorists responsible for the 9/11 attacks.

August 2, 2024

Schumer says ‘senior Republican’ told him Democrats will win after Trump’s comments on Harris’ race

Republicans are "embarrassed" that former President Donald Trump is questioning whether Vice President Kamala Harris is Black, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Thursday.

August 1, 2024

Senate GOP kills bipartisan tax deal, raises alarms about fate of Trump tax cuts

The Senate's failure Thursday to advance a bipartisan tax bill expanding child and business tax breaks only adds to doubts about Congress' ability to negotiate a broader deal next year on trillions of dollars in tax cuts that are set to expire.

August 1, 2024

Senators knock Secret Service for making local cops ‘scapegoat’ for Trump assassination attempt

The Secret Service appears to be shifting blame for failing to prevent the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump to local cops that helped provide security at the Butler, Pennsylvania rally, multiple senators told The Washington Times.

July 31, 2024

Senate Republicans poised to sink bipartisan tax bill that passed in GOP-run House

The Senate will vote Thursday on a bipartisan House-passed bill that would renew a handful of expired business tax breaks and expand the child tax credit to more low-income families, but it is expected to fail.

July 31, 2024

Secret Service chief ‘ashamed’ shooter able to fire at Trump, announces disciplinary probe

The new head of the Secret Service said he's "ashamed" his agency failed to secure the roof of a building in Butler, Pennsylvania, where a gunman shot at and nearly assassinated former President Donald Trump.

July 30, 2024

GOP senators call for independent commission to investigate Trump assassination attempt

Sen. Roger Marshall and other Republican senators want an independent, apolitical commission to quickly investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump and a crisis intervention team to overhaul the Secret Service.

July 30, 2024

Secret Service chief blames agency’s faulty drone tech for missed chance to stop Trump shooter

The Secret Service may have been able to stop the gunman who shot at former President Donald Trump on July 13 had its counter-drone technology worked as intended.

July 30, 2024

Senate overwhelmingly passes bill to force social media companies to protect children from harm

The Senate passed a pair of bipartisan bills Tuesday to protect children from potentially harmful social media content, like posts promoting suicidal behavior, eating disorders and substance abuse.

July 30, 2024

Secret Service opens disciplinary probe into agents responsible for securing Trump’s July 13 rally

The Secret Service has launched a disciplinary investigation into actions and decision-making of its agents involved in securing the July 13 rally where former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated.

July 30, 2024

House leaders name task force members to probe Trump shooting; panel led by Rep. Kelly of Pa.

Rep. Mike Kelly, a Republican who represents the Pennsylvania district where former President Donald Trump was nearly killed at a rally earlier this month, will chair a special House task force empaneled to investigate the assassination attempt.

July 29, 2024

Speaker Johnson’s letter resurfaces after GOP fails to pass spending bills

Before he won the gavel, House Speaker Mike Johnson promised to not send lawmakers home before they finished their spending work, but now the House has fled Washington for a month and a half after failing to pass their last batch of bills.

July 27, 2024

New Secret Service chief more ‘forthright,’ but questions remain on Trump shooting, senators say

The acting director of the Secret Service is more forthcoming with information than his predecessor, senators investigating the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump said Thursday.

July 25, 2024