Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy Pelosi Democrat says he won't introduce resolution to censure Greene after her apology Democrats weigh next steps on Jan. 6 probe 21 Republicans vote against awarding medals to police who defended Capitol on Jan. 6 MORE (D-Calif.) tears into Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnell On The Money: Schumer to trigger reconciliation process on Wednesday | Four states emerge as test case for cutting off jobless benefits GOP senator: I want to make Biden a 'one-half-term president' McConnell presses for 'actual consequences' in disclosure of tax data MORE (R-Ky.) in a new book, calling him an "enabler of some of the worst stuff" in Congress. In the book by journalist Susan Page, excerpts of which were obtained by Punch Bowl News , Pelosi expresses her frustration with McConnell and blasts him for his refusal to allow the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruth … [Read more...]

7 WASHINGTON — There’s an adage here in Washington: Congress moves slowly, except when it wants to move quickly. That’s turning out to be true of a possible second impeachment of President Trump. In the aftermath of the storming of the Capitol by a Trump-encouraged mob that left a police officer and four rioters dead, virtually all Democrats in Congress and a handful of Republicans have called for the president to be removed from office. House Democrats are moving toward impeaching Trump a second time, this time for inciting an insurrection and doing little to stop the riot. That could happen as soon as Monday. But there’s a catch. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said in a memo to colleagues late Friday that under the chamber’s rules, the Senate could not hold a trial on any House impeachment until Jan. 19, the day before the inauguration, unless every member agreed — a virtual impossibility. The memo, … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON — Congress could act quickly now that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has put a second impeachment of President Trump on the table, but that doesn’t mean it’s likely that Democrats will oust him from office before Joe Biden becomes president. The day after pro-Trump rioters who had been egged on by the defeated president stormed the U.S. Capitol, Pelosi said Thursday that Congress could impeach Trump if Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet don’t remove him from power by invoking the 25th Amendment. “This is urgent,” the San Francisco Democrat said at a news conference. “This is (an) emergency of the highest magnitude.” But Biden’s inauguration is less than two weeks away, leaving little time for the House to initiate impeachment proceedings and the Senate to hold a trial before Trump will be gone from the White House anyway. Impeaching Trump the first time took more than four months, from the House authorization of an impeachment inquiry to the Senate’s acquittal in … [Read more...]

Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton Progressives rave over Harrison's start at DNC Hillary Clinton backs Manhattan DA candidate in first endorsement of year NSA leaker Reality Winner released from federal prison MORE on Thursday took to Twitter to push back against Trump supporters “offended” by President-elect Joe Biden Joe Biden Mellman: Trump voters cling to 2020 tale FDA authorizes another batch of J&J vaccine Cotton warns of China collecting athletes' DNA at 2022 Olympics MORE ’s former campaign manager cursing when talking about GOP lawmakers in a recent interview. Republicans took aim at incoming deputy chief of staff Jen O’Malley Dillon after she called GOP lawmakers “a bunch of f---ers” and said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnell On The Money: Schumer to trigger reconciliation process on Wednesday | Four states emerge as test … [Read more...]

President-elect Joe Biden Joe Biden Mellman: Trump voters cling to 2020 tale FDA authorizes another batch of J&J vaccine Cotton warns of China collecting athletes' DNA at 2022 Olympics MORE ’s incoming deputy chief of staff called GOP lawmakers are “a bunch of f---ers” and said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnell On The Money: Schumer to trigger reconciliation process on Wednesday | Four states emerge as test case for cutting off jobless benefits GOP senator: I want to make Biden a 'one-half-term president' McConnell presses for 'actual consequences' in disclosure of tax data MORE (R-Ky.) is “terrible,” but expressed optimism that the new administration could still work with Republicans to pass legislation. In a new interview with Glamour , Jen O’Malley Dillon, who also served as Biden’s campaign manager, defended Biden from criticism from the left over his insistence that Republicans would warm … [Read more...]

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for June 14 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that he would block a Supreme Court nominee from President Biden in 2024 if Republicans are in the Senate majority – just as he did in 2016 after the death of late Justice Antonin Scalia. McConnell, R-Ky., made the comment in an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. The commitment follows a controversial decision McConnell made last year to plow ahead in confirming Justice Amy Coney Barrett less than two weeks before Election Day. "I think in the middle of a presidential election, if you have a Senate of the opposite party of the president, you have to go back to the 1880s to find the last time a vacancy was filled," McConnell told Hewitt. "So I think it’s highly unlikely. In fact, no, I don’t think either party if it controlled, if it were … [Read more...]

Anti-abortion activists celebrated when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnell On The Money: Schumer to trigger reconciliation process on Wednesday | Four states emerge as test case for cutting off jobless benefits GOP senator: I want to make Biden a 'one-half-term president' McConnell presses for 'actual consequences' in disclosure of tax data MORE (R-Ky.) announced that a bill banning abortions after 20 weeks would be brought to the floor for a vote next week. With a slim Republican majority, the bill isn’t expected to pass — but that’s not the point. Activists think the 20-week abortion ban is a potent election issue for 2018, particularly against Democrats hailing from red-leaning states who are expected to vote against the bill. “There will be consequences for senators in vulnerable Senate seats in 2018 when the grass roots lets itself be heard at the ballot box,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. … [Read more...]

Sen. Joe Manchin Joe Manchin Progressives rave over Harrison's start at DNC US, EU pledge to work together on climate amid reported dissension on coal Senate to hold hearing on DC statehood bill MORE (D-W.Va.) has given Democrats hope he could vote for a scaled-down version of S. 1, a sweeping election reform bill that Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck Schumer Overnight Energy: Schumer to trigger reconciliation process Wednesday | Bipartisan bill would ban 'forever chemicals' in cosmetics | Biden admin eyes step toward Trump-era proposal for uranium reserve GOP senator: I want to make Biden a 'one-half-term president' How Biden can get the infrastructure bill through Congress MORE (D-N.Y.) plans to bring to the floor next week. Manchin said Wednesday that he has shared a list of demands with Schumer ahead of a Senate Democratic caucus meeting planned for Wednesday on how to build Democratic unity behind the legislation. … [Read more...]

President Trump Donald Trump Kushner lands book deal, slated for release in 2022 Biden moves to undo Trump trade legacy with EU deal Progressives rave over Harrison's start at DNC MORE on Wednesday backed away from his plan to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in the fall, citing the special counsel investigation into Moscow's interference in the 2016 election. National security adviser John Bolton said in a statement the next one-on-one meeting between Trump and Putin will be "after the first of the year" and following the conclusion of the Russia probe, which he described as a "witch hunt." ADVERTISEMENT "The president believes that the next bilateral meeting with President Putin should take place after the Russia witch hunt is over, so we’ve agreed that it will be after the first of the year," Bolton said. Special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) Mueller Senate Democrats urge Garland not to fight court order to release Trump … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON — Even in a dysfunctional capital, the Federal Election Commission has long stood out for monumental dysfunction. It has endured years without full membership, months without a quorum and persistent deadlocks between its three Democratic and three Republican commissioners over whether to even begin inquiries into campaign law violations — not to mention open hostility in its ranks and longstanding vacancies in critical posts. As billions of dollars have poured into American political campaigns in recent years, the F.E.C. has been an idle bystander, a “zombie” watchdog in the view of many in the campaign finance world from both political parties. “You have literally seen the referee leave the field,” said Representative Derek Kilmer, Democrat of Washington and a longtime proponent of shaking up the commission. “The F.E.C. is in dire need of reform,” Trevor Potter, a former Republican-appointed chairman of the agency, told Congress last month. Yet as the Senate … [Read more...]