HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 9, 2024 Trump-backed plan to avoid government shutdown advances to House-wide vote as Republicans defect The House Rules Committee passed Speaker Mike Johnson's plan for a short-term government funding bill attached to Republicans' SAVE Act aimed at election security.
Afghanistan September 9, 2024 McCaul says he will hold Blinken in contempt after State Department shrugs off his demands for testimony Foreign Affairs Chairman Rep. Mike McCaul said he still intends to haul in Antony Blinken on the Afghanistan withdrawal, and will hold him in contempt of Congress if he does not comply.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 9, 2024 Mike Johnson faces conservative mutiny over Trump-backed plan to avert government shutdown House Speaker Mike Johnson cannot afford to lose more than four GOP votes on his government funding plan to pass it without Democratic votes.
White House September 9, 2024 White House pushes back against scathing report on Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan The White House defended President Biden's handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan back in 2021, despite a scathing report released Sunday by Republican lawmakers.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 9, 2024 Gaetz questions Jack Smith's authority to keep up Trump probes after judge calls him 'unlawfully appointed' Rep. Matt Gaetz is writing to Attorney General Merrick Garland, questioning the legitimacy of special counsel Jack Smith's most recent legal moves.
POLITICS September 9, 2024 House Dems issue response to GOP report on Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan The House Democrats on the Foreign Affairs Committee released their own memo on President Biden's chaotic 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan after the GOP's report.
Afghanistan September 8, 2024 House GOP releases scathing report on Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan House Foreign Affairs Chair Mike McCaul released a scathing report from his committee on the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal and highlighted areas of mismanagement.
VIDEO September 8, 2024 Israel is still trying to conduct itself as a country as it prosecutes this war: Rebeccah Heinrichs Hudson Institute senior fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs discusses the killing of three Israelis in a West Bank border shooting, the CIA director's remarks on cease-fire negotiations and the House releasing a report on the Afghanistan withdrawal.
VIDEO September 8, 2024 Just because Hunter Biden pleaded guilty doesn't mean our job stops: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., weighs in on Hunter Biden's guilty plea in the tax case, Speaker Johnson seeking to attach the SAVE Act to a continuing resolution, and the upcoming presidential debate.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 8, 2024 Florida Republican, Democrat team up to tackle student loan debt as Biden-Harris forgiveness bids derail Reps. Jared Moskowitz and Anna Paulina Luna are pushing a new bill aimed at capping federal student loan interest rates.