Author: Kate Scanlon, Washington Examiner

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for COVID-19 and is asymptomatic, her office said Thursday, a day after she attended an event at the White House in close proximity to President Joe Biden. Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said in a statement that after previously testing negative earlier this week, the California Democrat, 82, “received…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that he will not commit to holding hearings for a Supreme Court nominee picked by President Joe Biden if Republicans win a majority. The Kentucky Republican was asked by Axios’s Jonathan Swan during a live interview if he would commit to holding hearings should there be a vacancy…

Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday called for the creation of a code of ethics for Supreme Court justices after the emergence of Jan. 6-related text messages by Ginni Thomas. The conservative activist and the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas sent the messages to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows about overturning the 2020 election. Sens.…

Rep. Bob Gibbs announced his retirement Wednesday, citing the state’s redistricting process as the reason for his decision. The Ohio Republican also faced a primary challenger backed by former President Donald Trump. In a statement, Gibbs, who first represented Ohio’s 18th Congressional District and later its 7th District, pointed to “the circus redistricting has become…

Two Republican Senate candidates in Ohio released advertisements on Tuesday that showed the rivals tackling race from defensive crouches. Author J.D. Vance launched his campaign’s first television ad, opening by asking viewers, “Are you a racist? Do you hate Mexicans?” “The media calls us racists for wanting to build Trump’s wall,” Vance said in the…

The Senate voted Monday evening to begin debate on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, setting her up to become the first black woman appointed to the nation’s highest court. The upper chamber voted 53-47 to discharge Jackson’s nomination from the Senate Judiciary Committee, which earlier Monday deadlocked 11-11 on…

Senate negotiators reached a deal Monday to provide $10 billion in domestic COVID-19 aid but without a provision for global aid. The bill may be passed as soon as this week. Several Republicans, including Sen. Mitt Romney, a Utah Republican, continued negotiations after a previous COVID-19 aid measure fell apart last month. Romney and Senate…

A bill introduced recently by Rep. Ashley Hinson aims to protect the rights of pregnant students on college campuses. “We want to make sure we’re truly empowering pregnant women to choose the best future for themselves,” the Iowa Republican told the Washington Examiner in an interview. “And they don’t have to sacrifice their education to…

Embattled Rep. Madison Cawthorn will speak at a rally with former President Donald Trump in North Carolina later this month after the freshman lawmaker set many in his own party against him with claims his colleagues engage in orgies and use cocaine. The show of support from Trump comes as Cawthorn finds himself increasingly at…

Former President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw his endorsement of Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks in the state’s Republican Senate primary has left the other candidates in the field vying to secure that endorsement for themselves in a newly competitive and contentious contest. Trump in March rescinded his endorsement of his longtime ally Brooks, who has…