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Pence: Reversal on TikTok ban latest example of why he cannot endorse Trump

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday whacked his former boss for what he described as "walking away" from conservative principles.

March 17, 2024

Netanyahu denounces Senate Majority Leader Schumer’s call for elections as rift deepens with Dems

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and several key Democrats traded broadsides Sunday in a rhetorical battle over the course of the war in Gaza.

March 17, 2024

Pelosi calls Senate Majority Leader Schumer’s Israel slam an ‘act of courage’

Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday hailed Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer's recent criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

March 17, 2024

Netanyahu hits Sen. Chuck Schumer’s ‘totally inappropriate’ remarks about Israel’s leadership

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer's recent remarks about his potential ouster over his handling of the war against Hamas "totally inappropriate."

March 17, 2024

Republican senator: Trump pardons for Jan. 6 defendants are ‘not appropriate’

Sen. Bill Cassidy, Louisiana Republican, said Sunday he would not support former President Donald Trump's efforts to pardon those charged with crimes related to the storming of the U.S. Capitol in 2021.

March 17, 2024

TikTok ban hits snag in Senate

TikTok fans may have something to dance about.

March 14, 2024

Leader race between John Cornyn, John Thune drives fundraising boon for Senate Republicans

Senate Republican campaign officials aren't shying away from a showdown for the chamber's next GOP leader. In fact, they're embracing it.

March 14, 2024

Schumer: Israel must oust Netanyahu, ‘right-wing Israelis’ to find ‘lasting peace’ with Palestinians

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Thursday called for new elections in Israel to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and "radical right-wing Israelis in government and society."

March 14, 2024

Sen. Katie Britt: Critics of my SOTU rebuttal want to ‘silence a conservative woman’

Sen. Katie Britt, the Alabama Republican panned by Democratic critics and pundits last week for her delivery of the GOP rebuttal to President Biden's State of the Union address, said they wanted to muzzle her because she's a conservative woman.

March 13, 2024

Anxious Democrats struggle to put Larry Hogan in a MAGA box

Democratic Party leaders, who concede Larry Hogan is a Republican force to reckon with in the U.S. Senate race in Maryland, are determined to rebrand him as a MAGA stooge.

March 13, 2024

Inside the secret struggle to find ‘official rationale’ for Biden’s oil, gas leasing halt

Senior lawyers at the Interior Department were caught off guard by President Biden's abrupt halt of new oil and natural gas lease sales shortly after taking office and wrestled to put an "official rationale" on the decision, emails obtained by The Washington Times show.

March 13, 2024

McConnell grows impatient with Speaker Johnson as Ukraine aid stalls in GOP House

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell appeared irritated Tuesday as he lobbied his House counterpart, Speaker Mike Johnson, to allow a vote on a bipartisan funding bill for Ukraine and Israel.

March 12, 2024

Sen. Katie Britt swings back at critics for giving State of the Union response from kitchen

Sen. Katie Britt, the Alabama Republican who gave the official response to President Biden's State of the Union address last week, fired back Sunday at Democrats and pundits who ridiculed her for giving remarks from her kitchen.

March 10, 2024

House Speaker Mike Johnson, GOP pan Biden for walking back ‘illegal’ immigrant comment

Republicans are chiding President Biden as he tries to save face with Democrats by retracting his use of the term "illegal" in reference to an immigrant accused of murder.

March 10, 2024

Adam Schiff dismisses Democratic opponent’s complaint of ‘rigged’ Senate primary

Rep. Adam Schiff on Sunday dismissed complaints by a Democratic Party rival that the California Senate primary was rigged in his favor.

March 10, 2024

Adam Schiff, ex-House intel panel member, wants intel officials to ‘dumb down’ briefings for Trump

Rep. Adam B. Schiff wants U.S. officials to "dumb down" the information they're willing to give Donald Trump as the presumptive Republican presidential candidate.

March 10, 2024

Sen. Lindsey Graham floats Trump idea of giving Ukraine a loan

Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday endorsed former President Donald Trump's idea of giving Ukraine a loan instead of regular foreign aid to combat Russia.

March 10, 2024

Chuck Schumer: Exit of Kyrsten Sinema, Joe Manchin opens door to killing filibuster

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Wednesday that Democrats will have a better shot at nixing the filibuster next year to force through a liberal agenda.

March 6, 2024

SEC approves climate-change rule forcing some public companies to disclose emissions data

Some corporations will soon have to step up their carbon footprint reporting after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday passed a climate-change disclosure rule.

March 6, 2024

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema won’t seek reelection for battleground Arizona seat

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the Arizona independent who caucuses with Democrats, announced Tuesday that she will not seek reelection this year.

March 5, 2024