Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) is taking hits from all sides in California’s increasingly contentious Senate race, facing an onslaught of TV advertising backed by wealthy donors who are seeking to ensure that she doesn’t qualify for the top-two runoff election against front-runner Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) in next month’s primary. On Monday, a super PAC … Read more
WASHINGTON ― The Senate on Thursday cleared a key procedural vote on a bill providing billions of dollars in military aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, voting to open debate on legislation that has been stalled by Republicans for months. The breakthrough came after lawmakers decoupled the $95 billion foreign assistance portion of the bill … Read more
WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell is widely known to be a cunning, Machiavellian tactician who maximizes his party’s power in the Senate to accomplish hugely consequential conservative victories, including a right-wing Supreme Court majority that may last for decades. But the recent drama in Congress’ upper chamber exposed what has been evident behind the scenes for … Read more
Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) on Friday officially launched his bid for the U.S. Senate, giving Republican voters in Montana a second millionaire transplant to choose from in the upcoming June primary. Rosendale, a hard-right conservative, will face GOP hopeful Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL and wealthy businessman, for the opportunity to take on incumbent … Read more
Hundreds of parent advocates urged Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to pass the Kids Online Safety Act in a letter and full-page Wall Street Journal ad published Thursday. The call to action builds on pressure from parents at last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, Discord, Snap and … Read more
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked legislation that paired tougher border policy with more U.S. aid to Ukraine and Israel, just days after it was unveiled by a bipartisan group of senators who spent months negotiating with the backing of the GOP. The motion fell well short of the 60 votes needed to advance, … Read more
WASHINGTON ― After months of painstaking negotiations, a bipartisan group of senators unveiled legislation seeking to address the surge of migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border, which Republicans had demanded in exchange for passage of more U.S. aid to Ukraine. Senate leaders are planning to hold a procedural vote on the bill on Wednesday, forcing Republicans … Read more
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee and other high-dollar groups that collectively make up the pro-Israel establishment have long had it out for progressive House Democrats with strong pro-Palestinian sympathies. Their anger at members of the left-wing “Squad” bloc and other fellow travelers has intensified several-fold since the Palestinian group Hamas’ massacre of 1,200 Israelis … Read more
When Elon Musk took over Twitter, since rebranded as X, his favorite letter of the alphabet, he went on a firing spree. Chief among those ejected were people working on trust and safety, the work of keeping bad content from hate speech to child exploitation off the platform. In front of a US senate committee … Read more
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are flailing over how to proceed with tackling the border crisis — an issue they have been demanding action on — after Donald Trump this week personally directed them to reject any bipartisan border deal because he doesn’t want President Joe Biden to get a win ahead of the 2024 presidential … Read more
