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Manchin suggests lawmakers will face regret if they don’t back his energy permitting proposal

Sen. Joe Manchin III continued to pitch his energy permitting bill Sunday as the solution to America's domestic energy needs, arguing in the face of bipartisan opposition that lawmakers would one day look back with regret if they kill his bid to streamline energy projects.

September 25, 2022

Jan. 6 panel member: Last hearing unlikely to feature testimony from Ginni Thomas, Newt Gingrich

Rep. Jamie Raskin said Sunday that the House Jan. 6 panel's likely "last investigative public hearing" on Wednesday will not include testimony from Ginni Thomas or Newt Gingrich.

September 25, 2022

Sen. John Barrasso: Presidents can’t declassify documents ‘by saying so’ or ‘by thinking about it’

Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, the No. 3 Republican in the Senate, said Sunday that presidents cannot declassify documents "by saying so" or "by thinking about it," undercutting a central argument by Donald Trump amid the former president's legal battle with the Department of Justice.

September 25, 2022

More voters say ‘rights and freedoms’ at stake in midterms than ‘financial well-being’

More than two-thirds of voters feel that their "rights and freedoms" are at stake in the November midterm elections, eclipsing those who say their "financial well-being" or safety is at risk, according to a CBS News/YouGov poll released Sunday.

September 25, 2022

GOP national security hawks: ‘Virtually impossible for a president to violate classification law’

Former President Donald Trump's supporters on Capitol Hill who double as national security hawks were unfazed by his claim that presidents can declassify documents "even by thinking about it."

September 22, 2022

Sen. Joe Manchin hopes ‘common sense kicks in’ with fellow Democrats in brawl over energy deal

The feud between Sen. Joe Manchin III and far-left Democrats over how to prevent a government shutdown intensified Wednesday as progressive members lobbied leadership to strip legislation by the conservative West Virginia Democrat from a stopgap funding measure.

September 21, 2022

House Democrats in the hot seat about Biden’s energy policies

Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee will force their Democratic colleagues to go on the record Wednesday about several controversial energy policies from the Biden administration.

September 20, 2022

Border communities seethe as Democrats seek money for Martha’s Vineyard migrants

Martha's Vineyard said it was stressed when about 50 migrants were flown to the exclusive island enclave earlier this month. In Brooks County, Texas, Sheriff Urbino "Benny" Martinez had to laugh. His county has already seen that many migrants this year, just counting dead bodies.

September 20, 2022

Sen. Joe Manchin wails that ‘extreme liberal left’ and GOP are out for revenge against him

Sen. Joe Manchin III is casting himself as the victim of "revenge politics" by Capitol Hill colleagues who are preparing to tank his energy deal.

September 20, 2022

Biden pressures Senate Republicans to back Democrats’ ‘dark money’ bill

President Biden on Tuesday called on Senate Republicans to back the Democrats' push to root out "dark money" from politics with just weeks until the midterm votes.

September 20, 2022

McConnell unleashes on Biden for saying he’s going to get inflation ‘under control’

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell lashed out at President Biden Monday over soaring inflation after the commander-in-chief expressed a hopeful economic outlook and vowed to "get it under control."

September 19, 2022

Senate Republicans want to nix ‘racist’ vaccine mandate in D.C. schools

Senate Republicans want to overturn the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for public school students in Washington, accusing the requirement made by the city council of being "racist" because far fewer Black students are inoculated than their white peers.

September 19, 2022

Massachusetts Dems seek federal human trafficking probe against DeSantis

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is threatening legal action against Texas for busing migrants who crossed the U.S. southern border to the Big Apple as Republican governors in the South spar with northeast Democratic-run cities over immigration.

September 19, 2022

Dems’ love-hate relationship with ‘dark money’ is ready to be put to a test

It's a fundraising tactic politicians decry but have benefitted from to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars over the past decade: so-called "dark money" from secret donors.

September 19, 2022

Texas Dem says Biden needs to show ‘repercussions’ for illegal border crossings with deportations

A moderate House Democrat who represents a district along Texas' border with Mexico said Sunday that the Biden administration is failing to stem the influx of illegal crossings because of a lack of deportations and resources.

September 18, 2022

Fired U.S. attorney says Trump second term ‘frightens’ him

A former U.S. attorney for New York said Sunday that the idea of Donald Trump being reelected makes him "shudder" because of allegations the former president politically interfered with his office.

September 18, 2022

Trump ‘could have done a lot more to stop’ Jan. 6, Colorado GOP Senate candidate says

The Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Colorado said Sunday that former President Donald Trump bore more responsibility in preventing the violence that ensued during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

September 18, 2022

Sen. Lindsey Graham hits back at GOP on abortion ban push: ‘I’m pro-life, even in an election year’

Sen. Lindsey Graham doubled down Sunday against critics within his own party who say the South Carolina Republican's push for a federal abortion ban is jeopardizing the GOP's chances in the midterm elections.

September 18, 2022

Abortion, Trump give boost to Democrats ahead of midterms: poll

The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and negative headlines about former President Donald Trump are buoying Democrats' chances heading into the midterms, according to a poll released Sunday.

September 18, 2022

Democrat double-cross: House leaders poised to toss aside Manchin pipeline deal

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer now says there is no agreement to tie energy permitting reforms to a must-pass government funding bill.

September 14, 2022