Senate confirms Pam Bondi as next attorney general
Some personnel actions, according to reports, target employees involved in the investigations of Trump and the criminal probes of rioters who attacked the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Trump firings tee up broader legal clash over congressional power
Trump appears to be betting that the Supreme Court, currently controlled 6-3 by Republican appointees, will continue along a line of reasoning in prior cases where they expressed skepticism on limits Congress
Senate panel advances Bondi nomination for attorney general
Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., pointed out that in the last week, Trump pardoned hundreds of people who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and he was not confident in how Bondi would curb Trump’s actions
Biden issues preemptive pardons to Trump foes hours before leaving office
morning in office issued preemptive pardons to several high-profile former government officials who have previously clashed with President-elect Donald Trump, as well as lawmakers who investigated the Jan. 6,
Attorney general pick avoids missteps at confirmation hearing
And when pressed by Democrats on certain topics, such as the outcome of the 2020 presidential election and pardons for those who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, she avoided answers that could have
Pam Bondi tells Senate panel she would end ‘partisanship’ at DOJ
That includes Trump’s calls for the prosecution of members of the now-disbanded House select committee to investigate the Capitol attack of Jan. 6, 2021, including now-Sen. Adam B. Schiff, D-Calif.
Trump’s plans for Department of Justice hang over Bondi hearing
He also has plans to pardon defendants arrested in connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, although the extent of that effort remains unclear.
Police, snow descend on eerily quiet Capitol Hill for Jan. 6 electoral count
The Department of Homeland Security in September designated Jan. 6 a National Special Security Event, unlocking additional resources from the federal government, state and local partners.
‘At this point, I have no hope’: Injured officers, Democrats still waiting for Jan. 6 plaque
But like others who defended the Capitol that day, he does want some acknowledgment of what transpired on Jan. 6, 2021.
Religious landscape of new Congress features noticeable partisan differences
At 6 percent of Congress, Judaism remains the largest non-Christian faith, despite the net departure of two Jewish members since January 2023.Â
Former Rep. Jim Leach, Iowa iconoclast, dies at 82
In January, Leach joined Loebseck to write an op-ed in The Des Moines Register marking the three-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Rep. Nancy Mace wears sling at the Capitol after saying she was ‘accosted’
Capitol Police said they were notified of an incident just before 6 p.m.
Kamala Harris lost, but how weak of a candidate was she?
Vice President Kamala Harris exits the stage at Howard University in Washington on Nov. 6 after conceding the presidential race to Donald Trump. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
Supreme Court to hear arguments on youth transgender care ban
Clay County where a 6-3 majority found that discrimination against transgender individuals violated federal statutory protections against discrimination in the workplace.
Campaigns · 118th Congress
At the Races: DNC, or the Democrats’ Next Campaign
“Comparing the composition of the electorate in the 2024 presidential race with the one in 2020, Democrats dropped a significant 6 points in party ID, going from 37 percent to 31 percent and becoming,
What happened and what’s next after the 2024 elections?
Or that voters want the Jan. 6 insurrectionists to be pardoned. Or for Republicans to overhaul the Affordable Care Act. Or to use the Department of Justice against political enemies.
Takeaways: Harris makes play for GOP voters, sits for feisty Fox News interview
A Marist College poll of likely voters conducted Oct. 8-10 found that 94 percent of Republican respondents intended to vote for Trump, while 6 percent were leaning Harris.Â
China hawks prep tech investment screening measure
An identical measure to the Cornyn-Casey amendment passed in the Senate in June 2023 on a 91-6 vote as an amendment to the fiscal 2024 defense policy bill, but it was not included in the final measure
Senate Democrats bash Supreme Court’s Trump immunity ruling
The 6-3 decision, written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., virtually guaranteed no trial would take place while Trump is the Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential election.
Proxy voting for new parents among changes pitched to House Rules panel
"It could have been a 7 to 6 [split] and we could have had some fun this year," McGovern said.