McCarthy privately outlines new GOP plan to avert shutdown, setting up clash with Senate
CNN — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy privately outlined to members a new GOP plan to keep the government open on Wednesday after a marathon two-and-a-half-hour GOP conference meeting. The California…
Pentagon launches outreach to correct records of LGBTQ troops removed from military under ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy
CNN — The Pentagon is launching a new outreach campaign to help LGBTQ service members who feel they “suffered an error or injustice” before the repeal of the “don’t ask,…
Republican Party infighting is driving America toward a government shutdown
CNN — The Republican Party’s war on itself has turned its inoperative House majority into a “clown show” and a “dysfunction caucus” and is handing wins to the Chinese Communist…
Witness testimony disputes IRS whistleblower allegations in Hunter Biden probe as Republicans begin impeachment inquiry
Washington CNN — New testimony from a number of FBI and Internal Revenue Service officials casts doubt on key claims from an IRS whistleblower who alleges there was political interference…
Iran-US deal frees five Americans
US President Joe Biden’s deal with Iran that unlocks $6 billion in Tehran’s frozen funds to bring five imprisoned Americans home is creating the kind of terrible optics and an opening for…
Judge hopes to decide by Thanksgiving whether 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump from Colorado’s 2024 primary ballot
CNN — A Colorado judge said Monday she hopes to decide by Thanksgiving whether the 14th Amendment’s ban on insurrectionists holding office means former President Donald Trump is disqualified from…
Iran prisoner release: Five detained Americans on flight out of country
Doha and Washington CNN — Five Americans who had been imprisoned in Iran have been freed and are on a flight out of the country, a Qatari official briefed on…
Tanya Chutkan: Trump again argues for federal judge’s recusal from Jan. 6 case
CNN — Former President Donald Trump’s legal team again argued on Sunday that US District Judge Tanya Chutkan should recuse herself from the 2020 election criminal case against him in…
Milley disputes Trump’s claim he recommended an attack on Iran
You can watch the full interview with Gen. Mark Milley on “Fareed Zakaria GPS” on Sunday at 10 a.m. ET. CNN — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen.…
GOP presidential hopefuls court Christian conservative voters at Iowa event
Des Moines, Iowa CNN — With roughly four months until the Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential hopefuls spent Saturday courting the state’s conservative evangelical activists, an influential voting bloc in the…