Unease about strategy simmers below House GOP antiabortion votes
The new House Republican majority is battling to unify on the issue of abortion less than a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Unity was on display Wednesday when Republicans approved two anti-abortion measures with unanimous GOP votes. But beneath the surface, there is discomfort, as some GOP lawmakers worry the party is in danger of losing suburban women by taking too extreme a position on abortion while not addressing other reproductive issues. "We learned nothing from the midterms if this is how we're going to operate in the first we
Read MorePressure mounts on House GOP to punish Santos
House Republican leadership is facing growing pressure to punish Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) after GOP leaders in New York called on the congressman to step down for fabricating large parts of his resume and personal details. Nassau County Republican Chairman Joseph Cairo and other officials — including freshman Rep. Anthony D'Esposito (R-N.Y.) — said Santos should resign during a press conference on Wednesday, arguing that his campaign was one of “deceit, lies, and fabrication.” “He has no place in the Nassau County Republican Committee, nor should he
Read MoreGraham calls for special counsel to probe Biden's handling of classified documents
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Wednesday called for Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel to investigate the handling of classified documents by President Biden while he served as vice president. Graham said the appointment of a special counsel is necessary to investigate Biden after Garland announced the appointment of career prosecutor Jack Smith to investigate former President Trump’s possession of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. “I think if you believe a special counsel is necess
Read MoreBiden, Buttigieg face pressure to get to the bottom of FAA mishap
President Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg are under intense political pressure to get to the bottom of an issue at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that grounded flights Wednesday — and to prevent further snares in Americans’ air travel. The FAA experienced an outage in the system that warns pilots of hazards during their upcoming flights, halting departures across the nation. While the system
Read MoreSecond batch of classified Biden docs found at new location: report
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