WASHINGTON — House Republicans are threatening to hold U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress if he doesn’t hand over material from the Justice Department’s recent investigation of President Joe Biden. In a letter to Garland on Monday, House Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and Judiciary Committee chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) demanded […]
When George Alan Kelly saw a group of camouflaged men traveling across his 170-acre ranch on Jan. 30, 2023, he suspected the worst. Drug traffickers frequently pass through the area outside Kino Springs, Arizona, which lies about two miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. Both Kelly and his wife, Wanda, later told police that they […]
MSNBC’s Ari Melber on Thursday turned to the hit 1983 movie “Scarface” during analysis of the GOP’s embrace of Donald Trump’s election denialism. Parroting of the former president’s false claims that he won the 2020 election “has actually hurt the party’s ability to listen and get anywhere near competitive,” said Melber, noting GOP losses in […]
MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace couldn’t help but laugh after airing a supercut of Republicans boasting about their strength ahead of Tuesday’s elections, then swallowing their pride following defeat. The montage began with Kentucky gubernatorial candidate Daniel Cameron telling supporters before the election that “the Trump culture of winning is alive and well” in the state. An […]
WASHINGTON ― Congressional Republicans aren’t giving up on efforts to pass legislation sharply limiting abortion nationwide despite their party’s losses in Tuesday’s elections, which saw Democrats notching huge victories for abortion rights. Staunchly anti-abortion lawmakers argued that the GOP needs to work even harder to persuade voters of their cause and redouble their efforts to […]
WASHINGTON ― Republicans want to talk to members of President Joe Biden’s family as part of their inquiry into whether to impeach the president. House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) on Wednesday announced subpoenas for the president’s son Hunter Biden and brother James Biden, along with a family associate named Rob Walker. The subpoenas […]
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department this year repeatedly pledged to make the prosecutor investigating the president’s son available for public testimony. But when special counsel David Weiss appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, it was for a closed-door deposition rather than a televised hearing. The interview was part of Republicans’ impeachment inquiry against […]
The Fox News morning crew on Wednesday was lamenting a rough go for conservatives in the off-year election when Doocy chimed in with a sharply frank take. “Ultimately it comes down to the Democrats have a really potent issue and that is abortion,” he said. “Because ever since Roe v. Wade was overturned, pretty much […]
Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) offered up some strange takes in quick succession as it became clear that Tuesday’s election results would be bad for Republicans and conservative causes. “You put very sexy things like abortion and marijuana on the ballot, and a lot of young people come out and vote,” he griped on Newsmax. […]
Republicans are threatening not to approve additional U.S. support for Ukraine unless Democrats agree to a whole host of immigration law changes as well as the resumed construction of Donald Trump’s wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. A group of Senate Republicans on Monday released a list of proposals tightening immigration enforcement and putting sharp limits […]