Author: Ramsey Touchberry Washington Examiner

Former President Donald Trump’s pledge to make in vitro fertilization free if he wins a second term is putting Senate Republicans on the spot after they killed legislation in the upper chamber earlier this year that sought to do just that. The Senate is now scheduled to hold another vote next week on the failed…

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) vowed Friday to investigate claims that the ABC News debate moderators were “biased” against former President Donald Trump and coordinated with Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of their Sept. 10 presidential debate. Since the debate that the majority of voters polled said Harris won, Republicans have lobbed unproven allegations that Harris was provided with debate questions prior to the…

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) latest government funding feud with hard-line Republicans has senators lying in wait — for now. Top senators in both parties are giving Johnson space to negotiate a short-term spending deal, but they warn that the upper chamber may soon be forced to step in to avert an Oct. 1 shutdown.…

Democrats are chomping at the bit for Vice President Kamala Harris to go a second round on the debate stage following Tuesday night’s strong performance against former President Donald Trump. Her allies on Capitol Hill have borrowed a mantra Trump once used to taunt her and his former rival, President Joe Biden: “Anytime, anywhere, anyplace.”…

The first debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump offered the latest window into how the White House hopefuls will tackle a myriad of voters’ top concerns. Immigration consistently topped the Google Trends list as the most-searched topic Wednesday, followed by varying levels of interest in healthcare, abortion, crime, and wages.…

Senate Republicans are sounding the alarm that House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) government funding plan to punt a new budget into the next administration jeopardizes military readiness and threatens a government shutdown. The uneasiness among some GOP lawmakers in the upper chamber presents the latest glaring obstacle for the Louisiana Republican’s strategy that already appears…

Former President Donald Trump returned to his stolen election claims during Tuesday night’s presidential debate despite his recent statements that he lost the 2020 election “by a whisker.” In the weeks leading up to the first and likely only matchup against Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump conceded he lost against President Joe Biden, but he…

George Helmy was sworn into office Monday as the 81st senator from New Jersey, following the resignation of now-former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) over his conviction in a public fraud scheme involving bribery and acting as a foreign agent. Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) appointed Helmy, who is set to be one of the shortest-serving senators…

EXCLUSIVE — The government watchdog probing the Secret Service’s handling of the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump was requested Monday to expand the scope of its investigations. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) asked that the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General broaden its investigations to include allegations that requests from the Trump…

Congress returns Monday after more than a month of lawmakers being on August recess to conduct business and campaign in their home states and districts. The Democratic-led Senate will immediately continue to advance President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will have a far more urgent task: working with House…