Democrats dominate NY special election, narrowing House GOP majority After winning a special election in New York Tuesday, Democrat Tim Kennedy will replace longtime Rep. Brian Higgins, further narrowing the GOP’s thin majority in the US House. 05/1/2024 - 5:24 am | View Link
Democrats will win New York special election, CNN projects, temporarily narrowing House GOP’s slim majority Democratic state Sen. Tim Kennedy will win the special election for New York’s 26th Congressional District, CNN projects, further narrowing – at least in the short term – Republicans’ paper-thin ... 04/30/2024 - 2:38 pm | View Link
How the House GOP’s Biden impeachment effort fell apart House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer was eager to take the reins of a high-stakes investigation into President Joe Biden and his family, seen as central to the House Republican agenda – a ... 04/23/2024 - 11:42 pm | View Link
House GOP's aid bills for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan advance — with Democrats' help A fourth bill is geared toward addressing other GOP foreign policy priorities. In particular, it would allow the sale of frozen assets of Russian oligarchs to help fund future aid to Ukraine ... 04/19/2024 - 12:48 pm | View Link
House Democrats help Johnson avoid defeat on foreign aid bills, despite GOP defections Win Mcnamee/Getty Images But GOP hard-liners aired their frustrations ... Nobody is going to get everything they want," he added. "I hope today's vote loosens the grip that MAGA extremism has ... 04/18/2024 - 10:36 pm | View Link
“Kristi Noem’s damage-control tour is in full swing. It appears destined for the same fate as her late dog Cricket: dead in a gravel pit somewhere near Pierre,” Politico reports.
“But at Mar-a-Lago, even before the revelation about her dog, Noem had long ago been cast aside as a likely running mate, according to six people close to former President Donald Trump who, while not discounting Noem entirely, have for many weeks said she has almost no chance of being on the ticket.
“Donald Trump on Thursday scoffed at the notion that he would debate long shot presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. even as the former president’s allies show more concern about Kennedy’s campaign,” Business Insider reports.
Said Trump: “He’s, uh, not a serious candidate. They say he hurts Biden. I don’t know who he hurts, he might hurt me.
“A key political operative on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign was charged with assault after allegedly choking and punching a woman in New York early Saturday morning,” Mediaite reports.
“Trent Pool, who serves as a paid consultant on the long-shot independent campaign and has been leading the effort to get Kennedy on the ballot in all 50 states, was charged with assault and criminal obstruction of breathing.”