Author: Kate Scanlon, Washington Examiner

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Monday condemned recent remarks by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as “sickening” and antisemitic. “As the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in the United States, I take particular umbrage at what Mr. Lavrov said,” Schumer said in remarks on the Senate floor. JAN. 6 COMMITTEE ASKS THREE RECALCITRANT HOUSE…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine appears poised to stave off a primary challenge and win renomination from his party. With days remaining before the state’s May 3 primary, polling shows DeWine leading a Republican field that also includes former Rep. Jim Renacci, businessman and farmer Joe Blystone, and former state Rep. Ron Hood.…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — With the state’s primary just days away, Ohio Republican Senate candidate Jane Timken, a former state party chairwoman, is hoping to cut through the “confusion” of the contentious primary in a pitch to undecided voters, she told the Washington Examiner. The race for the Republican nomination in Ohio, a state crucial to…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday blasted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy as inconsistent after recently leaked audio in the days following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot showed the California Republican suggested that some GOP lawmakers were inciting violence. “It was interesting to me that the leader talked about the concern that he had, that…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday announced she had invited Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to address a joint meeting of Congress next month to mark the Greek bicentennial. Pelosi’s office released a letter she wrote to Mitsotakis on behalf of bipartisan congressional leadership, saying the invitation was delayed from last year due to the…

Top congressional Democrats on Thursday announced legislation they said would lower gas prices for consumers, as rising costs imperil Democrats’ chances of maintaining their majorities in November’s elections. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said they would bring legislation to their respective chambers giving the Federal Trade Commission more authority to…

Sen. Mitt Romney took to Twitter on Wednesday to criticize Democratic proposals to cancel student loan debt after President Joe Biden reportedly indicated this week that he will move to forgive some student debt. The Utah Republican and 2012 GOP presidential nominee suggested the move might be a bid to improve Biden’s low approval rating…

The leaked audio of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in the days following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, in which he indicated support for some House Republicans to lose their Twitter accounts, shows the Republican leader is shameless, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries said Wednesday. Jeffries, a New York Democrat, told reporters at the…

A crowded Republican primary field has emerged in the race to succeed Gov. Tom Wolf, who will leave office next year. Wolf, the Democratic incumbent, is term-limited and thus unable under state law to seek a third consecutive term. The race to replace him has been ranked a toss-up by the Cook Political Report. Many…

For decades, Northeast Ohio has been politically synonymous with populist Democrats. But with Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan leaving the House for a Senate bid, and redistricting in Ohio that is seeing the state lose a seat due to low population growth, the newly configured 13th Congressional District has a good chance of flipping to the…