#GOP moderates strike back after conservative revolt paralyzes House

#GOP moderates strike back after conservative revolt paralyzes House

Frustrations among moderate House Republicans are bubbling over.  A week after a group of mutinous conservatives shut down the chamber floor, GOP moderates struck back, accusing the rebels of fracturing the conference and threatening to tank the party’s legislative agenda heading into the summer’s tough policy fights with President Biden.   Frustrations reached a boiling point…

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#Trump blames Biden poll numbers for DOJ indictment

#Trump blames Biden poll numbers for DOJ indictment

Former President Trump claimed without evidence that the Biden administration was bringing a federal indictment against him because President Biden’s poll numbers have been dipping.  “They’re using this because they’re losing in the polls. They’re losing very big in the polls,” Trump said Monday in a radio interview in Miami.  “We’re beating Biden by 10…

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#Five takeaways on the Trump indictment

#Five takeaways on the Trump indictment

Details of the Justice Department’s months-long investigation into former President Trump’s handling of classified documents went public on Friday after prosecutors successfully sought an indictment. Trump is set to make his first court appearance on Tuesday afternoon in Miami to face 37 federal criminal charges. Here are five takeaways from the federal indictment. DOJ lays…

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#Five major revelations from Trump’s federal indictment

#Five major revelations from Trump’s federal indictment

The Justice Department on Friday unveiled a 37-count indictment against former President Trump over his handling of classified materials after leaving the White House, offering up an expansive look at the evidence prosecutors collected. The 49-page document provides significant insight into the nature of the classified documents Trump had kept since leaving the White House in January…

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#FBI’s Wray faces contempt vote: How did we get here?

#FBI’s Wray faces contempt vote: How did we get here?

House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) is leading the charge to bring contempt of Congress proceedings against FBI Director Christopher Wray, a history-making motion that would cap his efforts to force the agency to turn over a document detailing an unverified tip. Comer claims the document contains allegations then-Vice President Biden accepted a bribe, an…

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#House floor paralyzed by conservative revolt

#House floor paralyzed by conservative revolt

The floor of the House was paralyzed for a second day on Wednesday amid an uproar from conservatives blocking party-line Republican measures, amounting to the biggest blockade since the Speaker’s election five months ago. In an effort to break the impasse, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and his top deputies huddled in the Speaker’s office for…

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