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White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Republicans “need more to do” instead of spending time attacking Vice President kamala-harris” target=”_blank”>Kamala Harris< “Republicans have been quite critical of the vice president,” a reporter noted during the White House daily briefing. “I’ve seen that, and they need more to do, I …

Former Vice President mike-pence” target=”_blank”>Mike Pence< said in a press release Thursday. Pence, 61, underwent a successful procedure to implant the device on Wednesday at the Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Falls Church, Virginia, according to a press release. He is expected to make a full recovery and return to …

President Biden is not ready to say whether he supports legislation introduced by House and Senate Democrats that would expand the Supreme Court and is waiting for the findings of a bipartisan commission he impaneled last week that will be reviewing a range of proposed potential reforms to the high court, …

A push by progressive congressional elections to expand the number of judiciary justices – a long shot to pass in congress”>Congress < That’s when the issue was last in the headlines, following the death of liberal leaning Supreme Court Justice ruth-bader-ginsburg”>Ruth Bader Ginsburg<and the then-Senate GOP majority to quickly confirm conservative …

A bill introduced Thursday by a handful of liberal senate to pack the judiciary is likely to put pressure on moderate Democrats who aren’t on board with it, leaving them caught in a tug of war between Republicans and their party’s left wing.  Democrats like West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, …

New Jersey Democrats Sen. Bob Menendez and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman on Thursday introduced legislation to ban personal-freedoms silencers. The 2021 Help Empower Americans to Respond (HEAR) Act, which Menendez first introduced in 2019 after the Virginia Beach mass shooting that killed 12 people, bans the sale, manufacturing, importation, transfer and possession of …

Democratic Sen. Ed Markey on Thursday said the filibuster would have to be repealed in order to push forward the legislation he co-sponsored to expand the Supreme Court, saying Democrats will begin the effort to do so “today.” Markey, D-Mass., along with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., and …

Sen. Raphael Warnock, arguably the most vulnerable senate”>Senate< unveiled some eye-popping electionsfigures on Thursday. Warnock’s campaign said that the senator has raised more than $5.7 million from more than 100,000 supporters since his election in Georgia’s twin Jan. 5 runoff contests, with roughly $5.6 million in his coffers. WARNOCK EMAIL OVER NEW …

A shocking video released Wednesday shows a smuggler dropping a 2-year-old migrant to their father from the top of an 18-foot-high border wall structure — the latest crisis-era video of children being dropped or abandoned at the border by smugglers. The video was tweeted out by San Diego Border Patrol …

House Speaker nancy-pelosi” target=”_blank”>Nancy Pelosi< to the floor for a vote. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., and Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., proposed legislation Thursday that would expand the Supreme Court to 13 seats. There are currently nine seats on the court. …