House GOP brushes off DOJ probe of Trump
House Republicans are casting aside the possibility that the Department of Justice could indict former President Trump for his conduct on Jan. 6, painting the DOJ as a political body. “There's nothing here to charge them with and they know it,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said when asked if he was concerned about Trump being criminally charged. “The one thing we know about the DOJ is how political they've become and they got to stop being political,” McCarthy said. House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) echoed McCarthy's dismissa
Read MoreRepublicans victorious at Nationals Park for second straight year
In what they hope to be preview of the November midterms, Republicans shut out Democrats 10-0 in the annual Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park Thursday, led by the efforts of pitcher Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.). The game brought lawmakers together in a show of bipartisanship to support local charities, with this year’s event securing a record high number of ticket sales and donations, raising more than $1.7 million for organizations like The Washington Literary Center and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington. Second Gentleman Doug Emh
Read MoreAlito pokes fun at foreign leaders’ criticism of decision to overturn Roe v. Wade
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito poked fun at the criticism that multiple foreign leaders gave of the court’s June decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Alito spoke at the Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Summit in Rome last week, pointing to a “narrowing” of religious speech in the judicial decisions of other countries. He said he was originally not planning to reference specific examples as he was preparing his
Read MoreSecret Service head delays retirement amid probe into erased texts
U.S. Secret Service Director James Murray will delay his retirement as the agency faces an investigation into text messages sent the day before and of the Capitol insurrection that were deleted. Murray, who was set to retire at the end of the month after leading the agency since 2019 and take a job in the private sector, said in a message to the Secret Service that he decided to “briefly” delay his retirement to help f
Read MoreFetterman leads Oz by 11 points in Pennsylvania Senate race: poll
Democratic candidate John Fetterman is leading Republican Mehmet Oz in the Pennsylvania Senate race by 11 points, according to a new Fox News poll. The poll, released Thursday, found that Fetterman is backed by 47 percent of registered Pennsylvania voters surveyed, while Oz has notably lower support at 36 percent of voters. Independent Everett Stern has the support of 3 percent of voters polled while the remaining 13 percent of respondents said they are undecided or will vote for someone else. Oz is also has fewer enthusiastic supporters than Fetterman, 68 perc
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