March 19, 2024

House Majority Whip Signals Biden’s Overtly Political SOTU May Have Blown Up Tradition

Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) suggested this weekend that Democrat President Joe Biden’s overtly political State of the Union address may have disintegrated the tradition of presidents being invited to deliver the annual speech before the House chamber. While Republicans, including Emmer — who has endorsed former President Donald

Nickelodeon’s ‘house of horrors’: Inside the abuse allegations aimed at Dan Schneider’s kids shows

Bryan Hearne never became a big star like Amanda Bynes, Ariana Grande or Drake Bell when he was one of many child actors in the Nickelodeon universe that dominated children’s TV in the late ’90s and early aughts. Because of his outspoken mother, he ended up being one of the lucky ones. Hearne, now 35, […]

Former Gang Leader Charged in Killing of Tupac Shakur Is Allowed $750K Bail and House Arrest

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge set bail Tuesday at $750,000 for a former Los Angeles-area gang leader charged with orchestrating the killing of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur in 1996, saying he can serve house arrest with electronic monitoring ahead of trial on a murder charge. Court-appointed attorneys for Duane “Keffe D” Davis told

WATCH: Hur Says Biden White House Tried to Interfere in Special Counsel’s Report

Former Special Counsel Robert Hur testified at the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that the White House tried to interfere with his report to the Attorney General on President Joe Biden’s abuse of classified documents. Specifically, he confirmed that the White House wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Associate Deputy Attorney General Bradey Weinsheimer, who

Latest GOP split: Senate leaders hold out as House brass goes all-in for Trump

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is taking perhaps the most obvious stance by avoiding former President Donald Trump. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Most Senate GOP leaders are confronting a dilemma they hoped to avoid: With Donald Trump barreling toward victory in the Iowa caucus next week, do they endorse him or keep holding out? There’s a

Waffle House Customer Shoots, Kills Man Who Allegedly Threatened to Shoot Patrons

A Waffle House customer in Birmingham, Alabama, shot and killed a man Sunday morning who was allegedly threatening to shoot patrons in the restaurant. AL.com reported the incident occurred about 1:30 a.m. Jefferson County Sheriff’s Lt. Joni Money indicated that deputies were called about the man who was allegedly threatening patrons, but one of the

Speaker Mike Johnson signals House won’t take up Senate’s Ukraine-Israel-Taiwan aid bill 

Robert Harvey holds a mixed flag of Ukraine and America outside the US Capitol on Feb. 12, 2024 in Washington, DC. Getty Images House Speaker Mike Johnson warned Monday that he might not bring the massive foreign aid bill being considered in the Senate up for a vote because it fails to address border security, […]

Michelle Obama may have notified people on her White House ambition: ‘I plan to run’

Keeping the bold in boldfacer With nothing new to be told, creeping forth is retelling what’s old. Years before “Oppenheimer” and Robert Downey Jr.’s Golden Globe win and Oscar nom, he exited a Santa Monica health club bathroom stall holding his face and complaining: “There’s no paper and my nose is running.” Standing there was writer Jim […]

Mayorkas impeachment articles sent to House floor by Rules Committee

The House Rules Committee approved impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday, teeing up a potentially close floor vote tomorrow as the chamber’s narrow Republican majority must work to convince its holdout members. The Republican majority on the panel led by Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) passed the resolution over Democratic objections in […]

White House Confirms: Israel Agrees to Extend ‘Pause’ for 2 Days, 20 Hostages

The White House confirmed Monday that Israel had agreed to extend the four-day “pause” in fighting in Gaza for two days in exchange for a Hamas promise to release 20 additional Israeli hostages over that period. Israeli media had reported that such an agreement had been reached, citing Egyptian and Qatari mediators, but neither Israel

Biden White House ‘Alarmed’ Over Sexually Explicit Taylor Swift AI Photos

The White House says it is “alarmed” over sexually explicit AI-generated images of pop star Taylor Swift circulating on social media. “We are alarmed by the reports of the circulation of the — false images,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Friday. “While social media companies make their own independent decisions about

Ohio House overrides GOP Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of ban on gender-changing services for minors

The Ohio House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to override Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of legislation that would have outlawed gender-changing services for minors and barred transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports.  DeWine vetoed the comprehensive bill – House Bill 68 –last month after it passed the state legislature by wide margins, opting […]

James Comer: Hunter Biden Knew 70% of ‘Anonymous’ Art Buyer Identities, Contradicting White House

James Comer: Hunter Biden Knew 70% of ‘Anonymous’ Art Buyer Identities, Contradicting White House Screenshot/ABC News Hunter Biden knew the identities of 70 percent of his “anonymous” art buyers after the White House claimed Hunter was “not involved in the sale or discussions about the sale of his art,” and that Hunter will not be “informed” of

NYC mom, 86, and her son killed in house fire after son races back into flames to save her

An 86-year-old woman was killed in a Queens fire along with her son, who fearlessly rushed back inside the burning home in a desperate attempt to save his mother, according to witnesses and the FDNY. The two-alarm blaze broke out in the basement of a house on 164th Street between 108th and 109th avenues in […]

Biden White House Viciously Targets Ex-Aide Publicly Critical of President’s Faltering Reelection Efforts

The Biden political machine has turned its guns on a former aide who has spoken critically of the increasingly unpopular president’s reelection efforts. The message from Biden’s mafia-style enforcers to current and former members of the president’s political circle is clear: break the “Biden code of silence” and get blackballed from Democrat politics — or

House Republicans land last-minute Ohio recruit for key House race

The GOP was left reeling last week when their preferred candidate, Craig Riedel, was caught on tape bashing former President Donald Trump, setting off a mad dash to find a new recruit to beat veteran Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur. | Francis Chung/POLITICO House Republicans may have found a way to salvage their flailing prospects in

Hunter Biden defies House GOP subpoena, demanding public hearing at the Capitol

Hunter Biden showed up on Capitol Hill on Wednesday — just not for the interview House Republicans wanted. Instead, President Joe Biden’s son insisted to a gathering of reporters that he wants to testify publicly and not in a private meeting, as Republicans demanded in a subpoena. And he teed off against GOP investigators like

House GOP reeling after a top recruit blasts Trump on tape

Asked for comment via email on this story, J.R. Majewski posted a response on X that calls himself a “supporter of Donald Trump who’s never strayed.” | Tom E. Puskar/AP House Republicans are scrambling to fix a potential nightmare that’s unfolding in a must-win race in northwestern Ohio. The GOP is eager to block J.R.

Vulnerable House Republicans weigh risks of Biden impeachment probe

Rep. Mike Lawler is among the first-term Republicans trying to navigate the impeachment inquiry. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images ALBANY, N.Y. — House Republicans in swing districts are trapped between the wishes of their GOP base to move forward on an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden and the risk of being portrayed as extremists as

White House: Evolving Rhetoric on Joe’s Involvement with Hunter Is Just ‘Semantic’ Game, But ‘Nothing Has Changed’

On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” White House Spokesman for Oversight and Investigations Ian Sams responded to a question on Hunter Biden stating that President Joe Biden had no financial involvement in Hunter’s businesses and how that’s different from prior claims that the President didn’t talk about the business and wasn’t involved by stating

White House on if Joe Agreed with Hunter Defying Subpoena: Hunter Can Make His Own Choices

On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” White House Spokesman for Oversight and Investigations Ian Sams responded to a question on whether President Joe Biden agreed with his son Hunter defying a congressional subpoena by stating that “I’m not going to get into a father’s conversations with his son, except to say Hunter’s a private

House GOP chips away at centrist resistance on Biden impeachment inquiry

Republican leaders and investigative panel leaders like Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan have worked to persuade the remaining undecided members by underscoring that approval of a Biden inquiry isn’t the final word. | Francis Chung/POLITICO House Republicans are inches away from a major step toward impeaching President Joe Biden, as members from swing districts drop their

House Votes to Formalize Impeachment Inquiry into Joe Biden

Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to formalize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden by a vote of 221 to 212. The formally adopted status will enable House investigators to enforce subpoenas and gather evidence about whether the president is compromised and “traded official acts for

Mike Johnson on Hannity: 12 key lines from the new House speaker’s interview

House Speaker Mike Johnson, the previously little-known Louisiana Republican who claimed the chamber’s gavel this week after 22 days of chaos, gave a wide-ranging interview to Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Thursday night. Here are Johnson’s top 12 lines from that interview. 1. President Joe Biden “If you look at a tape of Joe Biden

Johnson’s speakership win fails to end House GOP infighting

Speaker Mike Johnson will now have to deal with the kind of nasty infighting that Kevin McCarthy couldn’t control. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Republicans hoped Mike Johnson’s ascension marked a detente from the personal vitriol of a three-week speaker fight. That ceasefire appears to be over already. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), the architect of ousting Kevin

Exclusive – Speaker Johnson Grants Clemency and Amnesty to the 25 Intransigents who Blocked Jordan on House Floor

Newly minted House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is granting clemency and amnesty to the 25 intransigent House Republicans who violated the formal will of the House GOP conference when they took to the House floor to block a Speakership bid from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) earlier this year. Johnson formally declined

Mike Johnson defends House GOP’s Israel aid plan

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson talks with reporters at the Capitol, Nov. 2, 2src23. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Newly minted Speaker Mike Johnson defended his approach to redirect IRS funds to provide aid to Israel on Sunday, saying Republicans are “trying to be good stewards of the taxpayer’s resources.” “Instead of printing new dollars

House GOP calls for changing rules to boot a speaker — and some who ousted McCarthy may help

Kevin McCarthy cut deals with his opponents in order to get the speaker’s gavel after a grueling 15 ballots in January. | Francis Chung/POLITICO House Republicans who want to prevent a handful of their members from evicting another speaker could get help from a surprising group: the eight of them who helped dethrone Kevin McCarthy.

Shutdown standoff: White House preps for Johnson to fail

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is pursued by reporters as he walks to his office at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 6, 2src23. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Washington this morning is waiting for House Speaker Mike Johnson to release his plan to keep the government funded past Friday, with Johnson and other leaders planning to brief

White House tried, and failed, to persuade Manchin to make another Senate run

Sen. Joe Manchin’s political future has been the topic of intense interest over the past few years as he’s increasingly distanced himself from President Joe Biden and his own party. | Andrew Harnik, AP/File As Sen. Joe Manchin struggled for several months over the next step he would take politically, President Joe Biden’s top advisers

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