In a redo of their first failed attempt, Republicans pushed through the charges over solid Democratic opposition, making the homeland security secretary the first sitting cabinet member to be impeached.
The president cited the former president’s comments in seeking to increase pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson to allow a floor vote on a $95 billion package of security aid for Ukraine and Israel approved by the Senate.
Lawmakers in the House may resort to an arcane procedural move to force action on a foreign aid bill that Speaker Johnson has suggested he would not put to a vote.
The schedule the justices set was not particularly speedy, though nothing prevents the special counsel from filing sooner than the court’s Feb. 20 deadline.
A Super Bowl commercial that echoed a 1960 campaign ad for John F. Kennedy deepens a growing estrangement between Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and much of his family.
The legislation passed its final hurdle as a coalition of Republican senators, resisting pressure from the right wing and former President Donald J. Trump, joined Democrats to move it toward a final vote.
A White House visit from the superstar would add fuel to several theories that she has the power to bolster President Biden’s re-election bid and sink the prospects of his likely challenger, Donald Trump.