Members of Congress have taken hundreds of AIPAC-funded trips to Israel in the past decade
On June 16, as Benjamin Netanyahu continued his year-long defiance of Joe Biden over the conflict in Gaza, eight U.S. Home members and two staffers arrived at Tel Aviv’s luxurious Kempinski Hotel for a four-day immersion in Israeli politics. The lawmakers and aides toured the nation and met with a lineup of audio system largely aligned with the Israeli prime minister’s conservative views — together with Netanyahu himself. The journey,…
A series of skirmishes among House Republicans is poised to reshape Washington
Home Republicans are headed for a number of fights over their committee management ranks subsequent 12 months, with crucial implications for coverage priorities and the subsequent president. Some positions, like on the Judiciary Committee, may open up if the highest Republicans select to climb the management ladder within the subsequent Congress. Others wish to defy Republicans’ six-year time period limits, hoping to proceed cementing their legacy atop their most well-liked…
House GOP braces for bitter fight over the power to oust a speaker
Home Republicans are gearing up for an intra-party struggle early subsequent yr over the power to defenestrate a speaker. Whereas nearly all of Republicans despise the software, which has single-handedly triggered repeated chaos this Congress, a variety of conservatives are ready to combat to maintain it. Speaker Mike Johnson and different management allies have overtly signaled that they wish to elevate the variety of members required to pressure a vote…
Law enforcement missed ‘pivotal moments’ to engage Trump gunman, House panel finds
An absence of planning and coordination led to the “preventable” assassination try towards former President Donald Trump on July 13, based on an interim report from a Home process power investigating the taking pictures. The panel released a 53-page interim report on Monday morning — its first because the Home voted unanimously to create it in late July — detailing communications and coordination failures between the a number of layers…
What if it's President Harris, but a GOP Senate? That's her allies' fear.
Ought to Kamala Harris win in November, her administration might start within the weakest beginning place of any in a era. Her allies are already fretting over what to do about it. Democrats near the vp have grown more and more frightened that Republicans will flip the Senate subsequent month even when Harris wins — a situation that might make Harris the primary president since George H.W. Bush to start…
Congressional leaders negotiating potential lame-duck deal to address AI concerns
Congressional leaders within the Home and Senate are privately negotiating a deal to deal with growing considerations about synthetic intelligence, and so they’re hoping to maneuver a invoice within the lame-duck interval, two folks near the negotiations inform POLITICO. The specifics of the bundle are in flux as Democratic and Republican management haggle over widespread floor. A number of payments have handed by way of committees on a bipartisan foundation…
McConnell defends past Trump comments: ‘We are all on the same team now’
Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell on Thursday defended feedback he made following the 2020 election the place he privately slammed Donald Trump as "silly" and "despicable." “No matter I could have stated about President Trump pales compared to what JD Vance, Lindsey Graham, and others have stated about him, however we're all on the identical crew now,” McConnell stated in an announcement to POLITICO. The almost four-year-old remarks have been…
Maine’s maverick Democrat prepares to wield new power — if he wins
RANGELEY, Maine — Democratic Rep. Jared Golden has been on the fringes of his social gathering. Now, he is on the cusp of turning into an influence dealer. Deep inside Maine's northern logging nation, throughout a soaked ATV trip to Quill Hill, a lookout about 3,000 toes above sea stage, Golden mentioned his political future this summer time. The fight veteran is operating for a fourth time period in Maine’s…
Johnson: Congress coming back early for hurricane relief would be ‘premature’
Speaker Mike Johnson stated Sunday that Congress will “do no matter is critical to cowl the wants of the folks” after Hurricane Helene and Milton, however that it could be “untimely” to come back again to Washington now earlier than assessing how a lot catastrophe reduction is required. “What occurs after each storm is that the states should assess and calculate the precise wants, after which they undergo Congress that…
Johnson doesn’t expect another Jan. 6. But he still has doubts about election integrity.
Home Speaker Mike Johnson stated Sunday he doesn't count on to see “something like” the violence on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — however reiterated doubts over the election ends in 2020 and stated he expects “dishonest” within the 2024 election. “I do not assume we'll see something like that. I definitely pray and hope that is true,” Johnson stated in an interview with Margaret Brennan on CBS’ “Face…
