U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton’s abrasive performance before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Wednesday likely lost him the vote of a “bitterly disappointed’ U.S. senator who has known him for years and was likely to support him, according to a new report. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) was expect…
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President Donald Trump, 80, really wants defense contractors to “do magnets,” according to a new report.Trump delivered a rambling rant the Pennsylvania Defense & Innovation Summit on Wednesday that left attendees scratching their heads, the Daily Beast reported Thursday morning. “I hope you’re gonn…
President Donald Trump is ignoring Congress, zoning laws and airspace regulations as he pours granite over a White House lawn to build himself a helipad, the New York Times reported Thursday morning.The unusually speedy work on the black-granite helipad is going down on the South Lawn where children…
A Republican lawmaker’s comments about Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche were ridiculed on Wednesday. Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) told CNN anchor Kasie Hunt that Blanche — President Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general who testified before senators during a heated confirmation hearing amid growi…
President Donald Trump’s officials in the FBI have curbed another local law enforcement agency’s attempt to investigate a killing at the hands of immigration agents, a pattern that “should alarm every American,” according to one analyst. The FBI has refused to share evidence with Houston investigato…
MS NOW anchor and former Republican Party chairman Michael Steele lost his cool during a discussion with Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) about what he saw as a particularly problematic exchange during the confirmation hearing for attorney general nominee Todd Blanche.Specifically, he pulled up an exc…
Vice President JD Vance walked away from The Hill empty-handed on Wednesday after he tried to win over Republicans who are wary of the $95 billion reconciliation package that President Donald Trump is trying to push through Congress before the midterms, according to a new report.The reconciliation p…
A Democratic lawmaker chided the way Vice President JD Vance described the White House’s handling of the Epstein files.While speaking with CNN anchor Erin Burnett, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) reacted to comments that Vance made while he was on The Joe Rogan Experience earlier this week.”I say this wit…
A new monkey wrench was thrown in House GOP leadership’s plan to pass new floor rules that will allow the chamber to resume conducting business — this time, from far-right pro-Trump Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL).According to NOTUS, Fine, who first came to Congress in a special election last year, “has been…
The Trump Department of Justice axed a U.S. attorney less than an hour after his appointment, The New York Times reported.According to the report, Roger Rogoff led the U.S. attorney’s office in Seattle for 54 minutes before he was fired via email by the DOJ. Federal judges in the Western District of…