Author: Emily Jacobs

Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) political and professional future is up in the air after he announced he won’t be on the ballot in November for his coveted Senate seat or as an independent presidential candidate.  The West Virginia senator said when announcing his plans not to seek reelection last November that he planned to travel…

Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Tim Scott (R-SC) urged President Joe Biden to take executive action on the migrant crisis during a Friday visit to the southern border. The South Carolina Republicans touched down in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Friday afternoon, three days after both senators voted against the defense supplemental spending bill aiding Israel,…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) went on a rare media blitz this week to celebrate the passage of the defense supplemental security bill, taking a victory lap after months of criticism and questions about his leadership for backing an issue that is actively dividing his party.  The top Senate Republican has participated in seven…

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced Friday that he would not enter the 2024 presidential race as an independent or third-party candidate, ending a year of speculation about his political future. Manchin, who was considering a bid with the centrist group No Labels, made the announcement while delivering a speech from Morgantown, West Virginia, with his…

National security adviser Jake Sullivan came to Capitol Hill on Thursday to brief senior House lawmakers on a matter described by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) as a “serious national security threat.”  Sullivan’s private briefing, which was only provided to the House contingent of the Gang of Eight, was originally scheduled before Turner…

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) is defending his decision to publicly call on President Joe Biden to declassify information related to a “serious national security threat.” Turner’s Thursday comments mark his second statement in two days on the alleged “threat” after facing private pushback for what colleagues describe as going public with a…

All eyes will be on Senate President Pro Tempore Patty Murray (D-WA) when she presides over the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in the coming days.  The trial will thrust Murray, who largely keeps a low profile despite being a member of Democratic leadership and chairwoman of the influential Appropriations Committee, into…

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) opted against supporting the defense supplemental security bill when it finally came to the floor on Tuesday, despite advocating for months to pass the legislation. Graham, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, is one of the Republican Party’s staunchest supporters of U.S. involvement in Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s military…

President Joe Biden’s standing with the progressive Left could be further imperiled by his support for the Senate’s failed bipartisan border deal. Biden has faced months of slumping poll numbers and surveys that show him losing in November to former President Donald Trump due to the diminished turnout of his 2020 coalition. Those numbers have…

The Republican Party’s wholesale rejection of the bipartisan border security deal came at the expense of four months of work from one of their own. Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) was the GOP’s lead negotiator on the agreement, which Republicans abandoned within two days of the legislative text being released. Appropriators unveiled bill text on Sunday…