Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell returned to the Capitol Monday after a five-and-a-half-week absence as his party faces an array of tough political problems: the expiration of the debt limit, a messy fight over the 2024 presidential nomination and divisions over abortion policy.  McConnell has been the GOP’s steady hand on the levers of power in Washington […]

House Republicans have issued a subpoena to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for information related to the agency’s investigation into Twitter, which GOP lawmakers argue has been used to “harass” the social media platform. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, issued a subpoena to FTC Chair Lina Khan on Tuesday, arguing the agency has […]

House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan is escalating his legal threats against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg with a “field hearing” next week, mere blocks from Bragg’s offices. Bragg last week brought 34 felony charges of falsifying business records against Donald Trump in the first criminal indictment of a former president in United States history. The charges stem from allegations that […]

Law enforcement agencies had at least 40 undercover FBI informants participating in surveillance work among defendants during the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill protests.  Roger Roots, the lawyer for defendant American Proud Boys member Dominic Pezzola, filed a motion to reveal all undercover informants related to the Jan. 6 case. According to the filed document, several […]

Former President Donald Trump will likely speak to the cameras at the courthouse on Tuesday at some point during the arraignment proceedings in New York, according to his lawyer Chris Kise.  Presiding New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan ruled that news outlets will not be permitted to bring cameras into the chamber during the arraignment, but they are allowed to […]