Cheney on Steve King's rape, incest comments: 'It's time for...
House Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney (Wyo.) blasted Rep. Steve King on Wednesday and said it was time for the Iowa Republican "to go" amid uproar over his remarks on rape and...
View ArticleIsrael official: Netanyahu mulls blocking Omar, Tlaib visit
The Israeli government may block a trip to Israel and Palestinian territories by Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), a senior Israeli official confirmed to The Washington Post.The...
View ArticleOmar: Netanyahu implementing 'Trump's Muslim ban' by denying...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) blasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday over Israel's decision to deny her and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) entry into the country, calling it “an insult...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez: Netanyahu sending message 'only some Americans are...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) tore into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after he announced he would not permit Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) entry for an...
View ArticleGaetz cleared by Florida Bar after Cohen tweet probe
The Florida Bar found no probable cause that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) violated its rules when he tweeted accusing former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen of having in affair ahead of Cohen's congressional...
View ArticleLiberal Democrat eyes aid cuts to Israel after Omar, Tlaib denied entry
A leading progressive lawmaker is eyeing funding cuts to Israel to protest the country's stunning decision to bar entrance to Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.).Citing Prime...
View ArticleGOP Georgia congressional candidate withdraws after calling himself a...
A Republican candidate for Rep. Lucy McBath’s (D-Ga.) seat said in a video posted to Facebook Saturday that he was withdrawing after identifying himself as a white nationalist.“Some of it was...
View ArticleTlaib shares photo of her Palestinian grandmother after Netanyahu's move...
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Thursday shared a photo of her grandmother, who lives in the West Bank, after the Israeli government announced that Tlaib and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) would not be...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker blasts Omar and Tlaib: Netanyahu right to block...
A GOP lawmaker blasted Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Thursday after the Israeli government said it would deny the U.S. lawmakers entry to the country, arguing that Israel...
View ArticleNYT questions what Trump, Israel are 'afraid of' in blocking Omar,...
The New York Times editorial board asked Thursday what President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are "afraid of" after the Israeli government announced it would bar Democratic Reps....
View ArticleMcCarthy says Omar, Tlaib should have joined earlier trip to Israel
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) responded to the news Thursday that the Israeli government has decided to bar a pair of freshman Democrats from visiting the country by saying that the...
View ArticleTrump doubles down on criticism of Omar, Tlaib
President Trump on Thursday doubled down on his decision to pressure the Israeli government to bar two U.S. Muslim congresswomen from visiting the country, labeling them “anti-Israel."“I’m only...
View ArticleTrump offers tepid criticism of King
President Trump on Thursday offered a tepid rebuke of Rep. Steve King's (R-Iowa) latest controversial comments in which the congressman questioned whether there would be "any population of the world...
View ArticleTop Foreign Affairs Republican: 'It would benefit all of us' for...
House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Michael McCaul (R-Texas) on Thursday reportedly criticized Israel's decision to block Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from visiting...
View ArticleTrump crosses new line with Omar, Tlaib, Israel move
He has sided with foreign autocrats over his own intelligence community; backed foreign dictators over his own military commanders; and supported foreign despots over his own allies abroad. But...
View ArticleHope Hicks defends accuracy of her congressional testimony
Former White House communications director Hope Hicks is standing by her June testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, rejecting Democrats’ suggestions that she lied about her knowledge of hush...
View ArticleSteve King to Gillibrand: Odds of me resigning same as yours of winning...
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) sparred with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Thursday night over the Democratic presidential candidate's call for him to resign, retorting that the odds of his stepping...
View ArticleRepublicans offer support for Steve King challenger
House Republican lawmakers are openly expressing support for Rep. Steve King’s (R-Iowa) main primary challenger after the incumbent’s latest controversial remarks about abortion, rape and incest.Rep....
View ArticleDemocrats slam alleged politicization of Trump State Department after IG report
Democrats on Capitol Hill offered sharp condemnation for the State Department after a federal watchdog report laid out allegations that top officials in the State Department's Bureau of International...
View ArticleSchiff offers bill to make domestic terrorism a federal crime
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, introduced legislation Friday that would make domestic terrorism a federal crime.The Confronting the Threat of Domestic...
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