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Ted Cruz was once John Boehner’s lawyer. Yep. Some 25 years ago, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, helped represent former House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, in a bonkers civil case that eventually won Boehner $1 million in legal fees. This isn’t to say that Boehner and Cruz were bosom buddies. All you …

In a January 2020, then-candidate Joe Biden was asked if he, like his Democratic primary opponents, supported any of expanding the Supreme Court, abolishing the filibuster, abolishing the Electoral College or setting term limits for Supreme Court justices. Biden responded to the question, asked by The New York Times Editorial Board, with an …

executive said this week it did not have sufficient evidence to support a report repeatedly mentioned by some Democrats, like Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., who alleged that Russian agents had offered bounties to the Taliban to attack U.S troops in Afghanistan – and that President Donald Trump did nothing about it. …

Sen. ted-cruz” target=”_blank”>Ted Cruz< Cruz joined his Republican colleagues Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Ky., in ditching face coverings.  In the House, members and aides are required to wear masks, but the Senate has no such rule.  “At this point, I’ve been vaccinated. Everybody working in the …

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said that the Republican party is not the party of “nativist dog whistles,” in an apparent rebuke of the leaked platform of a new caucus reportedly being formed by several Republicans.  “America is built on the idea that we are all created equal and success …

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a daily briefing Friday that “too often” law enforcement uses “unnecessary force” that results in the death of “Black and brown Americans.”  Psaki had been asked if President Biden had watched footage of the police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo.  “I have …

Power over us-regions judicial branch is at the center of a debate over the constitutionality of a new law that gives the governor more options to fill midterm vacancies on the state bench. Senate Bill 140, which Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed into law last month, eliminated the Judicial Nominating Commission, an unelected body that greatly …

Former foreign-policy Mike Pompeo and his wife, Susan, violated ethics rules by misusing federal resources for personal benefit, according to the findings of an investigation by the foreign-policy internal watchdog. The report compiled by the Inspector General’s office in response to a whistleblower complaint found the Pompeos made more than …

Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez ripped joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden< for fiscal 2021, warning in a letter that the move “threatens U.S. leadership on forced migration.” The White House said Friday that Biden would sign an emergency determination to keep the 15,000 refugee cap first imposed by former President Trump …

Russia barred top U.S. security officials from entering the country, just one day after President Biden launched sweeping sanctions and expelled 10 Russian diplomats. The Russian Foreign Ministry claimed the move was not in reaction to Thursday’s sanctions, but rather sanctions instated on March 2 for the poisoning and imprisonment of Aleksey …