Author: Kate Scanlon, Washington Examiner

Florida Sen. Rick Scott on Thursday said his “11-Point Plan to Rescue America” does not call for raising taxes on half of the country, a statement that appeared to contradict his own written proposal. Scott made the claim in an address at the Heritage Foundation, where he also took aim at Democrats as he waded…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday expressed optimism that Republicans will win a majority in November, but he said the party’s nominees should be credible — otherwise, they are “in trouble.” During remarks at an event sponsored by Punchbowl News, McConnell said the 2022 elections are “going to be a midterm report card on…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that the Senate is a co-equal partner with the president in confirming nominees to the Supreme Court. At an event sponsored by Punchbowl News, McConnell said Republicans opposing the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court, found her “attitude about sentencing…

A new ad campaign for Republican Ohio Senate candidate Mike Gibbons hits claims from rival Josh Mandel that the businessman doesn’t respect military service as dishonest. Attacks between Mandel, a former state treasurer and an early front-runner in the race, and Gibbons have increased in recent weeks in the contentious and competitive Republican primary as…

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters Wednesday that the House will consider contempt referrals for Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino, aides to former President Donald Trump, as soon as next week. The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol unanimously recommended earlier this week that Navarro and Scavino be…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that Clarence Thomas is “an outstanding justice” and accused Democrats of trying to bully him off the Supreme Court amid a scandal involving his spouse, Ginni Thomas. After the recent publication of text messages from Ginni Thomas, a conservative activist, to then-White House chief of staff Mark…

A bipartisan group of senators is pushing for Russia’s removal from the U.N. Human Rights Council for war crimes. GOP Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah as well as Republican Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho and Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, the latter two being the ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign…

While most Republicans asked challenging but respectful questions of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court, during her confirmation hearings, “three or four Republican senators went over the line,” Sen. Dick Durbin said Tuesday. In her confirmation hearing last week, Jackson faced questions from Republicans that ranged from serious to…

The Chinese Communist Party has deputized “woke” American corporations to function as lobbyists on their behalf, Sen. Marco Rubio argued in an address Tuesday at the Heritage Foundation. Rubio, the top Republican on the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, called China “the most formidable near-peer adversary this country has ever faced.” “For decades, the members of…

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol unanimously recommended Monday that Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino, aides to former President Donald Trump, be held in contempt of Congress for failing to cooperate with its subpoenas. The panel recommended the citations in a 34-page report released Sunday evening. The panel’s…