congress

Trump says he’s ‘always 🏅worried’ about safety ahead of Butler rally: ‘White House isn’t treating us 😼very good’ 

“I think that the White House isn’t treating us very go🧸od,” Trump said. “I get crowds that are ten times bigger than anybo👍dy else, 20 times bigger than anybody else,...

15K migrants convicted of sex assault are roaming US — and ⛎a new bill would force ICE to find them and deport them

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) introduced the Be Gone Act tꦍo expedite the deportations of illegal migrants convicted of sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence, according to the text of the...

Big Tech mounts 'divide and conquer' bid in Washington to kill Kids Online Safety Act: sources

Google, Meta and their Big Tech alli♉es have stoked outrage on both♒ sides of the aisle in a desperate scramble to derail the Kids Online Safety Act – and critics...

Florida GOP rep's former opponent charged with threatening to hire hit squad against political rival

ꦗ A former Republican congressional candidate was charged over allegations that he threatened to dispatch a hit squad to murder his political opponent.

In Nevada, another Democrat-linked 'independent' tries to take down a Republican

LAS VEGAS — Democrats have a lock on Nevada's congressional delegation, occupying three of four House seats and both Senate seats. But the Sil💞ver State’s lone Republican in Congress is...

OceanGate CEO said he would 'buy a congressman' to bypass Coast Guard: ex-employee

“I was aghast and basically, after that, I resigned fღrom the company."

Trump calls for Nancy Pelosi to be ‘prosecuted’ over husband's $500K Visa stock trade 

“You think it was luckꦦ? I don't,” Trum♛p said.  

Nathan Wade is served subpoena in congressional Fani Willis probe after evading service for nearly a week: 'Extremely unusual'

෴ Former Trump prosecutor Nathan Wade was served a congressional subpoena on Thursday after evading service of the summons for nearly a week.  🐓

Detroit House race pits David vs. Goliath as black Repu꧑blica🍷n sends Trump a warning

DETROIT —🎃 The contest for the Michigan House seat once held by the late, long-serving Congressional Black Caucus cofounder John Conyers pits two unlikely characters against each other — and the...

🌺 Congressional Black Caucus chairman wants House rep censured over since-deleted social media post disparaging Haitians

 “Lol. These Haitians are wild. Eating pets, vudu [sic], nastiest cou🐓ntry in the western hemisphere, cults slapstick gangsters … but 🦂damned if they don’t feel all sophisticated now, filing charges...

House votes to condemn Biden, Harris and other admin officials over Afghanistan🌱 withdrawal 

🐬 Ten Democrats voted with 209 Republicans to approve the resolution.

Jew-hate wins again, the filibuster ཧmust remain and other commentary

The annual New ꧑York State Writers Institute literary festival was “disrupted,” marvels The Free Press’ Joe Nocera. 

🅷 Paul Pelo🐻si scores again with Visa trade: Ban Congress stock schemes NOW

Paul Pelosi has made yet another brilliant stock trade, selling shares of Visa valued less than tꦕhree months before the feds hit the credit card company with antitrust charges.  🌌

Lead Secret 🦹Service agent at Trump’s Butler rally knew of ‘credible intelligence’ of threat but didn’t raise alarm, Senꦿate report finds

Despite the damning findingsꦆ, the lead age🌱nt and 11 other members of the Secret Service interviewed by investigators refused to accept responsibility for any of the numerous security failures identified...

 🐭 Senate unanimously passes bill enhancing Secr♛et Service protection for presidential, vice presidential nominees

The Enhanced Presidential Security Act boosts Secret Service protection fo🃏r presidential and vice presidential nominees to the same level currently provided to a sitting US president and vice president. 

House Foreign Affairs panel votes to holdꦡ Blinken in contempt for refusal to testify on Afghanistan withdrawal

 The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted along pa🌺rty lines to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt for refusing to tꦫestify on Tuesday about the botched August 2021 withdrawal...

Stop risky research, Congress dodges hard decisions and other commentary ও

The Risky Research Review Act, now before the Senate, “could finally require independent oversight” around risks like gain-of-function research, note Bryce Nickels & Jay Bha🦩ttacharya at RealClearPolitics.

Houseꦡ Ruleꦡs Committee nixes vote on short-term spending bill after GOP opposition   

Without a rule, House GOP leadership is expected to bring🐷 the spending bill to the floor under a procedure known as suspension of the rules, which requires a two-thirds majority...

Rep. Anthony D’Esposito maintains he's 'upheld the highest ethical standards' after report he gave alleged mistress $2K-per-month district office job

The New York Times repo𓃲rted that D'Esposito, 42, paid Devin Fass – 𝕴the woman he was allegedly having an affair with – $2,000 a month to work part time in... 

Nassau County PBA backs Democrat Tom Suozzi's re-election for House seat

The Nassau County PBA endorsed Democrat🦂ic Rep. Tom Suozzi's re-election bid over Republican rival Mike LiPetri for the competitive House District 3 seat -- after supporting a different opponent in a...