House Republicans warned Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday in a letter they will move to hold him in contempt of Congress if he does not provide them with audio recordings of an interview former special counsel Robert Hur conducted with President Joe Biden. Reps. James Comer, R-Ky., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, wrote that the material the Justice Department provided […]

Congressional leaders have rolled out a sprawling package funding large swaths of the government for the rest of fiscal year 2024 after last-minute drama over funds for the Department of Homeland Security threatened efforts to avert a shutdown later this week.  Ahead of the rollout on Thursday, Republicans touted funding cuts in areas including foreign operations and […]

The House returns to Washington on Tuesday facing heightened urgency to move more military help for Ukraine but with no formal deadline — and no clear strategy — for getting it passed. The lower chamber is scheduled to be in session for only four days before a two-week holiday recess, and Kyiv’s supporters, including top Democrats […]

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 […]

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 […]