Author: Ramsey Touchberry

President Donald Trump’s choice to run the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., faces confirmation hearings this week that are crucial to the controversial figure’s nomination. Kennedy is up against concerned senators on both sides of the aisle who are seeking clarity and reassurances about his qualifications, advocacy against vaccines, promotion…

The Senate on Tuesday failed to advance a House-passed bill to sanction International Criminal Court officials for the court’s arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over military actions in the Gaza Strip. The measure, dubbed the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, failed to muster the needed 60 votes to clear a Democratic filibuster. The…

Within 24 hours, President Donald Trump and former President Joe Biden issued sweeping pardons that left both parties steamed and pointing fingers as to who pushed their pardon authority too far. In the minutes before his presidency ended on Monday, Biden preemptively pardoned several family members who were targets of a House GOP investigation, as…

Senate Republicans are attempting to fast-track several of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees this week, including the confirmation of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) as secretary of state as early as Monday in the hours following inauguration. Republicans were in talks with Democrats to reach a timing agreement to circumvent procedural hurdles and allow for swift…

A bipartisan bill to crack down on illegal immigration narrowly overcame its second and final 60-vote filibuster on Friday, all but ensuring its eventual passage in Congress. The Laken Riley Act would require federal authorities to detain illegal immigrants charged, arrested, or convicted of theft-related crimes, assaulting police officers, and inflicting serious bodily injury until…

Pam Bondi, the nominee for attorney general, told senators on Wednesday that she planned to advise President-elect Donald Trump on possible pardons for U.S. Capitol rioters on a “case-by-case” basis. Bondi largely deferred to Trump and condemned the violence when prompted during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee if those convicted of assaulting…

Bipartisan legislation to more easily deport migrants in the country illegally cleared a second procedural vote Monday evening as Democrats searched for a path forward on proposing amendments. The Laken Riley Act overwhelmingly advanced in an 82-10 vote that brought the bill one step closer to final passage after passing a test vote in the…

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) on Wednesday became the second Senate Democrat to co-sponsor a Republican-led bill to crack down on illegal immigration ahead of a procedural vote on the measure on Friday. The Laken Riley Act, which cleared the House on Tuesday with the support of 48 Democrats, would require federal authorities to detain illegal…

The routine election certification on Monday of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory marked not only a contrast from the violent events four years earlier but also laid bare the Republican Party’s eagerness to embrace his agenda. Trump, once an outcast from his party for the 2021 Capitol riot, was firmly back in the driver’s seat as…

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) will promise to maintain the filibuster on Friday afternoon in his first speech as Senate majority leader. “One of my priorities as leader will be to ensure that the Senate stays the Senate,” Thune will say, according to excerpts of his floor remarks provided to the Washington Examiner. “That means preserving…