Thu Mar 14, 2024 AT 10:03 AM EDT
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan subpoenaed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Wednesday for immigration enforcement records, saying officials have ignored his requests.
In a letter to Mayorkas, Jordan explained that failure to provide the information “prevents the committee from fulfilling its constitutional oversight obligations.”
DHS shot back, arguing Jordan’s committee “continues to waste time with unnecessary subpoenas that serve no purpose beyond political posturing.” Read Full Story
Tue Mar 12, 2024 AT 2:31 PM EDT
Special Counsel Robert Hur will testify as a private citizen before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday after leaving the Department of Justice, according to a source.
Hur is making his first public remarks since releasing the report that found Biden intentionally kept the classified documents that were found at his home and an old office.
Hur is expected to defend his comments on Biden’s memory included in the report, where he referred to Biden, 81, as an elderly man with a memory problem. Read Full Story
Fri Mar 8, 2024 AT 9:51 AM EST
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., on Thursday argued President Joe Biden is a “diminished” leader who doesn’t understand the problems Americans face and is taking the U.S. down a worrisome path.
Delivering the GOP response to Biden’s State of the Union address from her kitchen table in Alabama, the freshman senator laid into the president for the border, crime, the economy, and his posture on the international stage.
“President Biden just doesn’t get it. He’s out of touch. Under his administration, families are worse off, our communities are less safe, and our country is less secure,” she said. “The free world deserves better.” Read Full Story