Vice President Kamala Harris declined to preside over a Wednesday joint address to Congress by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu because she will be in Indiana for an event that was previously scheduled, per an aide. Harris, who on Monday became the presumptive Democratic nominee for president following President Biden’s campaign suspension, will not be...
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Ted Cruz demands assurances from NPR that DEI doesn't affect editorial calls
FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, pressed National Public Radio (NPR) CEO Katherine Maher to prove that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) goals and wealthy, left-wing donors aren’t influencing editorial decisions inside the newsroom. “As a recipient of federal funding from the...
Sen. Ron Johnson releases preliminary findings of probe into Trump assassination attempt
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc, released his official 13-page preliminary findings of his office’s investigation into the assassination attempt of former President Trump. Trump survived the assassination attempt on July 13 at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where alleged gunman Thomas Mathew Crooks, 20, opened fire, killing one spectator and injuring several others, including Trump,...
Joe Lieberman tried to heal our nation’s wounds by doing something politicians rarely do
The legacy of Democrat Senator Joe Lieberman will be honored in Washington on July 24, where those of us who knew and loved him will celebrate his life, even as we mourn his loss. We are mourning, too, what has been lost in the realm of politics in recent years, with a polity defined more...
Secret Service explanation continues to evolve one week after attempted assassination
The Secret Service’s explanation for security lapses that allowed a 20-year-old gunman to take multiple shots at former President Trump has continued to evolve, most recently with the agency acknowledging it had denied some requests by Trump’s team for additional security. Revelations first reported by the Washington Post that the Secret Service denied repeated requests...
Senator points to 'mistake' Secret Service made in blame game over sweeping building where Trump shooter was
BETHAL PARK, Pa. – Senator James Lankford, R-OK, pushed back after the Secret Service blamed local law enforcement for not sweeping the roof where former President Trump’s shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was stationed. Lankford, the lead Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee, discussed with Fox News Digital the details of the...
GOP Senate candidate says Trump/Vance rally in his swing state a sign to voters that 'help is on the way'
As Republicans aim to win back the Senate majority in this autumn’s elections, they’re eyeing Michigan, where longtime Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow isn’t seeking re-election this year. The state is also a key presidential election battleground state that former President Trump narrowly carried in 2016 and President Biden won by a razor-thin margin four years...
Schiff's choice to 'abandon' Biden is act of 'selfish desperation' amid campaign fundraising woes, Garvey says
California Senate candidate Steve Garvey called the about-face by Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on President Biden’s re-election bid an act of “selfish desperation” after Schiff realized his Senate campaign had been outraised by more than $1 million. “Adam Schiff’s recent act of selfish desperation to abandon his presidential nominee has caused a clear reaction from...
JD Vance mocks Washington Post scoop on his ‘anti-woke ideology’: ‘They got me’
In the wake of attempts by some in the media to portray vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance as extreme, conservatives on social media insisted that the Washington Post’s worry that the Republican is an “anti-woke” warrior could actually be a massive endorsement of the lawmaker. The Post’s headline on Friday read, “Leaked memo shows J.D....
On this day in history, July 19, 1969, former Kennedy aide killed in 'Chappaquiddick incident'
Mary Jo Kopechne, 28 years old and a respected political operative, was found dead in the overturned car of Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., in a tidal pond near Chappaquiddick Island on this day in history, July 19, 1969. Known as the “Chappaquiddick incident,” the drowning death of Kopechne and the chain of events before and...









