House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is concealing information about her culpability in the security breakdown during the Jan. 6 riot, according to Republican lawmakers who have been pursuing those documents since immediately after the attack on the U.S. Capitol…
Author: Kerry Picket
Rep. Lauren Boebert put her brand on Washington politics in a rebellious first year in Congress
Rep. Lauren Boebert’s first year in Congress firmly established her as a force of political defiance — a virtual legislator outlaw. If she wasn’t boasting about packing a pistol at the U.S. Capitol or setting off metal detectors and q…
House GOP huddle to draft policies on biggest issues, but it’s a still work in progress
Republicans see an opportunity to set a governing agenda to contrast with what they say is an increasingly rudderless Democratic-run Washington, but the effort has not yet coalesced. They are still hammering out the details of what is intended to be a …
New numbers contradict Democrats’ predictions of GOP gerrymandering
Redistricting has added to the number of Biden-leaning districts for upcoming elections, according to an analysis that contradicts Democrats’ narrative that Republicans were reaping a big advantage from partisan gerrymandering. Cook Political Report Se…
Three more House Democrats retire, total now 23 incumbents quitting
Three more House Democrats called it quits on Monday, bringing the total number of retirements in the caucus before the midterm elections to 23. Reps. Stephanie Murphy of Florida, Lucille Roybal-Allard of California and Albio Sires of New Jersey became…
Progressives re-think Hispanics’ support for woke politics, liberal agendas
Hispanics’ rejection of the transgender-friendly term “Latinx” has left-wing operatives wondering if it was a mistake to classify them as fully aligned with progressive values. In a recent essay, Ruy Teixeira, a senior fellow at the liberal Center for …
Nancy Pelosi expected to run, open to leading Democrats again after 2022 elections: Report
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to file for reelection and make a bid to retain her position as leader of the House Democrats after next year’s midterm elections, according to a new report. The California Democrat plans to run in San Francisco’s…
Fauci says yearly COVID boosters not out of the question
Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief White House medical adviser, suggested Sunday that annual COVID vaccine booster shots may be necessary in the near future. “It is tough to tell,” Dr. Fauci told ABC’s “This Week.” “It could very well increase the du…
Democrat, GOP lawmakers seek favor with Manchin over social welfare bill
Democrats and Republicans are trading arguments over President Biden’s social welfare bill, with much of the back-and-forth focused on influencing Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who remains a key vote on the proposed multitrill…
Mayor Bill de Blasio says new vaccine mandate is not sticking it to Mayor-elect Eric Adams
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday that his sweeping vaccine mandate on private businesses just days before he leaves office is not an affront to incoming Mayor-elect Eric Adams, who would be left to enforce the new policy. “My job is…