President Biden requested a “comprehensive threat assessment” on domestic violent extremism from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Friday in coordination with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said. Psaki,…
AOC says she skipped inauguration, in part, because she didn’t ‘feel safe around other members of Congress’
Amid the pomp and circumstance of this week’s inauguration, one prominent Democrat was notably absent. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., first told CNN’s Chris Cuomo that she had foregone her invitation to President Biden’s inauguration to support a union strike in the…
Symone Sanders: What to know about Kamala Harris’ chief spokeswoman
Political strategist and social activist Symone Sanders has been named chief spokesperson and senior adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris. Sanders, a native of Omaha, Neb., attended and matriculated from Mercy High School and Creighton University. Sanders worked for Girls…
Cuomo takes parting shot at Trump admin, targets ‘reclamation’ of SALT funds
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo took a parting shot at the Trump administration in its final days, as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office next week. Speaking during a press conference on Friday, Cuomo applauded the recently announced Biden plan, which some officials have labeled…
Graham releases Russia probe docs, slams probe as ‘one of the most incompetent, corrupt’ in FBI, DOJ history
EXCLUSIVE: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham on Friday released a slew of additional documents and transcripts related to his panel’s investigation into the origins and aftermath of the Trump-Russia probe, calling the original probe into whether members of President Trump’s…
VP-elect Harris compares Capitol riots to 2017 ‘Unite the Right’ rally
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris said Thursday that last week’s assault on the U.S. Capitol reminded her of the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va. In an interview on NPR, the former Democratic California senator said photographs of rioters…
Clyburn accuses resigning Trump Cabinet members of ‘running away’ from 25th Amendment duty
House Majority Whip James Clyburn said former Trump Cabinet members Elaine Chao and Betsy DeVos, who resigned in protest of the Capitol riots, were “running away” from their responsibility to invoke the 25th Amendment. In an interview with CNN, Clyburn said that…
Will Democrats impeach Trump before he leaves office? How it would work
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., had made it clear that if Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet don’t invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office, they very well could consider a second set of articles of impeachment…
Biden coronavirus vaccine plan won’t fix ‘bottleneck’ on administering shots: Saphier
Fox News contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier said the incoming Biden administration‘s plan to release nearly all coronavirus vaccines was wrongheaded when the focus should be on administering the ones already sent out. Only 28 percent of the coronavirus vaccines released…
Senate votes to override Trump’s NDAA veto
The Senate voted Friday to override President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act in a bipartisan rebuke weeks before he exits the White House. Several top Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., voted in favor of the…