Politics Jul 02 Rep. Lloyd Doggett becomes first Congressional Democrat to call for Biden's withdrawal from presidential race Doggett is the first sitting lawmaker in the Democratic Party to publicly state what many have been privately whispering behind closed doors since last week's debate. Biden concedes the debate didn't go well but says he's ready to fight for…
Politics Jul 01 House Republicans sue Attorney General Garland for access to audio from Biden's interview with special counsel Hur The lawsuit filed by the House Judiciary Committee marks Republicans' latest broadside against the Justice Department as partisan conflict over the rule of law animates the 2024 presidential campaign.
Politics Jun 23 Many Democrats plan to boycott Netanyahu's address to Congress due to Israel's war in Gaza While some Democrats are saying they will attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu address to Congress, a larger and growing faction wants no part of it, creating an extraordinarily charged atmosphere at a gathering that normally amounts to a ceremonial, bipartisan…
Politics Jun 15 House will go to court for Biden audio after DOJ's refusal to prosecute, says Speaker Johnson Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that the House will go to court to enforce the subpoena against Attorney General Merrick Garland for access to President Joe Biden's special counsel audio interview, hours after the Justice Department refused to prosecute Republicans’ contempt…
Politics Jun 12 House GOP just voted to hold Garland in contempt. Here's what that means Contempt is one of U.S. lawmakers’ politically messiest and, until recent years, least-used powers.
Politics Jun 12 WATCH: House holds Garland in contempt of Congress over Biden audio The 216-207 vote fell along party lines, with Republicans coalescing behind the contempt effort despite reservations among some of the party's more centrist members.
Politics Jun 04 House passes proposal sanctioning top war-crimes court after it sought Netanyahu arrest warrant The Republican-backed proposal only managed to garner some Democratic support after a bipartisan effort to respond to the court's stunning action against Israel was rejected by the White House last week.
Politics May 16 White House blocks audio of Biden's special counsel interview, arguing GOP has political motives “The absence of a legitimate need for the audio recordings lays bare your likely goal — to chop them up, distort them, and use them for partisan political purposes," White House counsel Ed Siskel wrote in a scathing letter to…
Politics May 01 House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war The legislation would broaden the legal definition of antisemitism to include the "targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity."…
Politics Apr 27 WATCH: Biden attends 2024 White House Correspondents' Dinner hosted by Colin Jost An election-year roast of President Joe Biden before journalists, celebrities and politicians at the annual White House correspondents' dinner Saturday butted up against growing public discord over the Israel-Hamas war, with protests outside the event condemning both Biden's handling of…