#Top Republican knocks ‘unacceptable’ response to questions about Austin hospitalization 

#Top Republican knocks ‘unacceptable’ response to questions about Austin hospitalization 

Sen. Roger Wicker (Miss.), the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, slammed Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s response to questions about his hospitalization earlier this month as “completely unacceptable.”  Wicker on Monday expressed his displeasure over Austin’s responses to a letter the senior GOP senator sent on Jan. 10 demanding to know the details…

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#Progressive Democrat has ‘serious concerns’ about Biden’s ‘heavy-handed’ border policies

#Progressive Democrat has ‘serious concerns’ about Biden’s ‘heavy-handed’ border policies

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) said she has “serious concerns” about President Biden’s border policies during a House committee hearing on Thursday. “There is so much fear-mongering going on that it is difficult to know exactly where to start. But let me say this first, the Biden administration is enforcing immigration laws. In fact, the administration…

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#DeSantis slams GOP support for government funding bill

#DeSantis slams GOP support for government funding bill

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis sharply criticized the government funding deal and accused House Republicans backing the bill of “selling out” their campaign positions from 2022. “By agreeing to this Establishment budget deal, House Republicans are selling out everything that they ran on in 2022,” DeSantis wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter. “They…

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#Democrats question whether Biden should agree to debate Trump

#Democrats question whether Biden should agree to debate Trump

Democratic lawmakers are leery about the prospect of President Biden debating former President Trump, fearing that putting the two on stage together would only elevate the likely GOP nominee. Trump has skipped every Republican presidential primary debate thus far but says he’s eager to debate Biden.   He told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt before…

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