Author: Juliegrace Brufke, Washington Examiner

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) took aim at inflammatory remarks Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) made earlier this week calling for Democrats to be banned from voting in red states for five years if they move from a blue state, a proposal Mace called “not serious” and “not conservative.” Greene has come under fire for floating…

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is narrowly leading Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) in the Democratic primary to replace retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), according to a new poll released by the University of California, Berkeley, and the Los Angeles Times on Thursday. Twenty-two percent of those surveyed said they support Schiff, whose national profile skyrocketed during…

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita (R) announced on Wednesday that he plans to seek another term in his current office amid speculation he was weighing a bid to replace outgoing Gov. Eric Holcomb (R-IN) and Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN). Rokita, a former House member and secretary of state of Indiana, took to social media to…

House Majority PAC, a political action committee aimed at getting Democrats elected to the lower chamber, announced on Wednesday it is ramping up spending in New York in the wake of Republicans making significant gains in the Empire State. The super PAC is slated to spend $45 million on its New York Fund program for…

EXCLUSIVE — Former Maryland GOP Gov. Larry Hogan is trailing former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in a hypothetical matchup for the 2024 GOP primary in the Old Line State, according to a new independent poll conducted by co/efficient. The survey shows Hogan receiving 18% to Trump’s 33% and DeSantis’s 27% among…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is raising concerns about House Republicans’ decision to give Fox News host Tucker Carlson access to thousands of hours of unreleased surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. In a letter written to members of his caucus on Tuesday, Jeffries took aim at Carlson, who often…

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are ramping up their investigation into the turbulent withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan in 2021, with the panel sending letters to senior administration officials on Friday demanding information pertaining to their decision-making. The exit from Afghanistan drew bipartisan criticism after thousands of Americans and Afghan allies were left in…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) will visit the southern border alongside Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) in Laredo, Texas, on Friday. The New York Democrat and Cuellar, who represents Laredo, are slated to hold a press availability following a “listening session with local leaders about the challenges and opportunities facing border communities,” with the lawmakers…

Freshman Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) will serve as the top Republican on the Homeland Security Appropriations subcommittee in the 118th Congress. While Britt was just elected in November, the Alabama Republican has extensive experience working with the committee, having previously served as former Appropriations Chairman Richard Shelby’s (R-AL) chief of staff. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)…

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) dismissed criticism from Chinese state-run media after he praised Texas A&M’s decision to ban TikTok on its campus. Chen Weihua, the EU bureau chief of China Daily, took aim at the Texas Republican on social media after McCaul tweeted a radio interview in which he cautioned against…