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Gov. Glenn Youngkin: Virginia’s Tuesday election opportunity for ‘reasonable’ 15-week abortion ban

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin urged voters Sunday to elect Republicans in Tuesday's state elections so that the legislature can pass for his approval a 15-week abortion ban.

November 5, 2023

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will endorse Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for president, AP sources say

Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds will endorse Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the GOP presidential nomination on Monday, despite previously saying she would remain neutral in the primary.

November 5, 2023

Trump leads Biden in five of six swing states, poll indicates

A new poll released Sunday spelled bad news for President Biden, showing that leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is ahead of the incumbent Democrat in five of six swing states surveyed.

November 5, 2023

James Comer says two dozen Biden family subpoenas are ‘imminent’

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said Sunday that subpoenas for family members of President Biden are "imminent" as the special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe prepares to answer questions from lawmakers.

November 5, 2023

Bernie Sanders says Democrats criticizing Biden on Israel should target Trump, GOP

Sen. Bernie Sanders says critics of President Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war need to focus their frustrations instead on Donald Trump and Republicans.

November 5, 2023

Congress embraces debt to give away U.S. weapons, cash for foreign wars

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill reject the idea of asking Israel and Ukraine to pay the billions of dollars in military assistance they seek and say the U.S. must rack up debt and give away money and arms to support crucial democracies.

November 3, 2023

Pro-life groups warn Senate Republicans will pay a price for breaking Tuberville’s Pentagon blockade

Pro-life organizations are turning up the heat on Republican senators, warning them against joining forces with Democrats to override Sen. Tommy Tuberville's hold on military promotions over the Pentagon's abortion policy.

November 3, 2023

Senate Republicans revolt against Tommy Tuberville’s Pentagon blockade in hourslong standoff

Frustrated Republican senators spent hours Wednesday evening on the chamber floor trying to confirm dozens of military officers up for promotions, escalating a monthslong feud with fellow Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville.

November 1, 2023

Mike Johnson tells GOP senators he backs Ukraine aid, but only with southern border security funds

House Speaker Mike Johnson told Republican senators behind closed doors Wednesday that he supports more funding for Ukraine if it is connected with more robust southern border security and said aid for Israel should be separate, according to lawmakers in the room.

November 1, 2023

Speaker Johnson pitching GOP senators amid divisions on war aid, other funding

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday will speak to Senate Republicans for the first time during a closed-door policy lunch, taking his case directly to skeptics of his strategy on government funding and emergency war aid to U.S. allies.

November 1, 2023

Senate Republicans accuse McConnell of undermining Speaker Johnson on Israel war aid

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is staring down a growing revolt from conservative members over his opposition to House Republicans' emergency aid bill for Israel.

October 31, 2023

Senate GOP doubles down on demands for border security amid rifts over Israel, Ukraine aid

Senate Republicans demanded Tuesday that the national security spending bill now making its way through Congress must include policy changes that could head off the flow of illegal immigrants at the border.

October 31, 2023

Speaker Johnson sets collision course with McConnell, Democrats over emergency war aid

House Speaker Mike Johnson is already clashing with Democrats and his Republican counterpart in the Senate, putting the brakes on Ukraine war aid and offsetting Israel aid with spending cuts.

October 31, 2023

Biden unveils sweeping executive order to address artificial intelligence concerns

President Biden issued a wide-ranging executive order Monday to curtail threats posed by artificial intelligence that the White House says will mark the "strongest set of actions any government in the world has ever taken."

October 30, 2023

Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’ll vote against any new aid for Israel package

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Sunday she will vote against any new foreign aid due to the national debt, including support to Israel in its war against Hamas.

October 29, 2023

House Speaker Mike Johnson punts on Hunter Biden subpoena

House Speaker Mike Johnson would not commit Sunday to subpoena President Biden's son despite demands from conservatives.

October 29, 2023

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says indictments buoyed Trump’s campaign

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis conceded Sunday that the dozens of criminal charges against Donald Trump in four separate legal cases have helped the former president in polls.

October 29, 2023

Jayapal blasts Phillips’ nomination challenge to Biden: ‘I have no idea what he is running on’

Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington blasted a fellow House Democrat who is running against President Biden but made the case that the president needs to shift his stance on Israel's war against Hamas.

October 29, 2023

House Republicans look to pass Israel aid package without money for Ukraine

The Republican-led House plans to pass legislation this week to provide Israel with military and humanitarian assistance amid its war with Hamas, the chairman of the chamber's Foreign Affairs Committee said Sunday.

October 29, 2023

Pro-Palestinian left splits Dems on Israel attack; resolution on Hamas clears without unanimous vote

Congressional Democrats are trying to distance themselves from the party's far-left House members who have taken an aggressive pro-Palestinian stance, highlighting the growing divide in the party over the Middle East conflict.

October 27, 2023