Author: Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner
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ICE shooting near Baltimore leaves two injured after agency says car was used as weapon
Federal immigration officials opened fire on a vehicle on Wednesday that they said was carrying two illegal immigrants and tried to run them over as they conducted a “targeted immigration enforcement operation” in the Baltimore, Maryland, suburb of Glen Burnie. A spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement told the Washington Examiner in a statement that…
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Dueling healthcare bills rejected by Senate as Obamacare subsidies set to expire
Clashing healthcare plans from Republicans and Democrats both failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday, dividing lawmakers along mostly party lines and all but ensuring that Congress will fail to address enhanced Obamacare subsidies that expire at year’s end. A Democratic proposal for a three-year extension of the pandemic-era premium subsidies failed 51-48, and…
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Senate delivers 7th failed shutdown vote as troops, federal workers near payday
The Senate failed for a seventh time Thursday to pass dueling short-term spending bills to reopen the government, the latest indicator that lawmakers were no closer to a deal on healthcare demands from Democrats. The shutdown, on its ninth day, was on track to drag into next week. The upper chamber appeared likely to hold…
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Trump judicial pick who faced conservative backlash gets boost from Mike Pence group
EXCLUSIVE — The conservative think tank founded by former Vice President Mike Pence is lobbying Senate Republicans to confirm a nominee of President Donald Trump to an appeals court who has been panned by other conservatives as a closet liberal. Advancing American Freedom circulated content on Wednesday to GOP senators, who will be tasked with…
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Trump pick for Virginia prosecutor post tees up latest potential ‘blue slip’ battle
President Donald Trump’s intent to nominate a White House aide and longtime personal attorney could present the latest stress test for the Senate’s bipartisan “blue slip” tradition on judicial nominees. His firing of Erik Siebert as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia for declining to indict Trump foe New York Attorney General Letitia…
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Senate confirms first batch of Trump nominees using ‘nuclear’ option
Senate Republicans approved dozens of lower-level nominees from President Donald Trump on Thursday, marking the first confirmations since the GOP-controlled chamber altered its rules to bypass Democratic opposition. The batch cleared 51-47 in a party-line vote on 48 nominees for positions such as ambassadors and leaders of various boards and agencies. Republicans changed the rules…
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RFK Jr. to testify before Senate in wake of ousting CDC director
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will testify before a Senate panel next week, a high-stakes setting for the Cabinet member to be peppered with questions about firing the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kennedy will go before the Senate Finance Committee on Sept. 4 for a hearing…
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Trump fights fire with fire with a burst of DOJ investigations against political foes
The Department of Justice is homing in on critics of President Donald Trump and Democratic officials who once made him the subject of their own investigations. The latest targets include John Bolton, his first-term national security adviser whose house was recently raided, and Chris Christie, the former friend-turned-foe whom the president suggested should be reinvestigated…
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Michigan primary election sets stage for battle for Senate majority
Michigan’s Senate primaries on Tuesday are set to solidify one of the biggest matches in the country that could determine control of the upper chamber. A battleground state for races up and down the ballot, Michigan is crucial for who lands in the White House and who fills its open Senate seat being vacated by…
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Jon Tester’s delicate dance with the top of the Democratic ticket
He’s among the few Senate Democrats yet to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris. He’s also fighting for reelection in a state dominated by former President Donald Trump. Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) is keeping his party’s presidential nominee at arm’s length despite helping launch Harris’s Senate career and endorsing her in 2020 when she was tapped…