Author: Michael Luciano

Sen. Rand Paul thwarted a plan by President Joe Biden to nominate a conservative, anti-abortion lawyer to the federal bench, the New York Times reported on Friday. Last month, the Louisville Courier-Journal revealed Biden planned to nominate Federalist Society member Chad Meredith to an upcoming vacancy on the court for the Eastern District of Kentucky […]

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CNN’s Jake Tapper was not buying what Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) was selling about President Joe Biden on Friday afternoon.

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A House Judiciary Committee hearing turned into a belated July 4 fireworks display thanks to a heated exchange between Reps. Karen Bass (D-CA) and Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Wednesday. During a hearing on a Bass-sponsored bill about reproductive rights for incarcerated pregnant women, Gaetz took issue with phrases used by Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC), who […]

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Monica Crowley said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s reaction to being sexually harassed on the Capitol steps shows she’s not as tough as former President Donald Trump.

The post Monica Crowley Says AOC Complaining About Catcalls Shows She ‘Could Not Survive 5 Minutes of What Donald Trump’ Goes Through first appeared on Mediaite.

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“A bunch of us are cooking up a balanced budget proposal when the Republicans take the Congress,” Kudlow said. “So that test is going to come.”

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Rep. Eric Swalwell was taken aback by a witness’ response insisting that abortions performed on rape victims who are minors aren’t actually abortions.

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Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), who serves on the House Jan. 6 select committee, criticized Attorney General Merrick Garland over the seemingly slow pace of the Department of Justice’s probe into high-level figures connected to the deadly 2021 Capitol riot incited by Donald Trump. Appearing on The Beat with Ari Melber on MSNBC Wednesday, Schiff reacted […]

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The House of Representatives passed H.R. 6538 on Wednesday night, a bill that would establish an active shooter alert system, as 168 Republicans voted against it. The legislation aims to empower the federal government to assist state and local law enforcement agencies to create alert systems when there are active shooters, à la Amber Alerts. […]

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