Estonia and Latvia remove Russian ambassadors as tensions rise – POLITICO
Tensions between Russia and Baltic EU member countries Estonia and Latvia escalated Monday after Moscow told Estonia’s ambassador to leave. The Russian foreign ministry said…
Va Lecia Adams Kellum named to run L.A. homelessness agency
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s new chief executive is no stranger to the often contentious and closely watched efforts to remove tents from public…
German government faces growing rift over Scholz’s reluctance to send Ukraine tanks – POLITICO
BERLIN — An internal row within the German coalition government spilled out into the open Monday as Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s allies publicly questioned his reluctance…
McCarthy urged to keep Schiff, Swalwell on Intel panel
WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries renominated two California Democrats to serve on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, setting up a clash with…
'They’ll be able to figure that out themselves': McConnell sidesteps RNC race
The battle between current chair Ronna McDaniel and challenger Harmeet Dhillon has divided GOP members. Source link
4 Oath Keepers guilty of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 riot
WASHINGTON — Four members of the Oath Keepers were convicted Monday of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack in the second major trial…
Records scratch: Comer seeks info on visitors to Biden's Del. home
The Secret Service has said it doesn't independently maintain a visitor's log. Source link
Dems ask watchdog to investigate IRS’s tardy audit of Trump
The committee Democrats want the GAO to probe why the IRS didn’t ask Treasury or Congress for more resources if the agency was struggling to…
Gallego officially launches bid for Sinema’s seat
Sinema has not yet said whether she’ll run for reelection, but a three-way general election clash with Gallego and a to-be-determined Republican candidate could become…
Rep. Gallego announces bid for Sinema’s Arizona Senate seat
PHOENIX — Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona, a liberal firebrand and prominent Latino lawmaker, announced Monday that he’ll challenge independent U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in…
Majority of New Yorkers want Santos to resign, new poll shows
The poll is the first large survey on New York voters’ attitudes about Santos, who has refused to step down since a bombshell report in…
Skelton: Uncaptured water isn’t all wasted in California
SACRAMENTO — A gazillion gallons of stormwater have been rampaging down rivers into the sea. But that uncaptured bounty hasn’t been “wasted.” “Wasted water” being dumped…
Borrow the opposition playbook? House GOP weighs the ultimate ‘tit for tat’
“They’ve almost changed the rules,” House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) told POLITICO. “[Are] we going to continue that pattern? Look, we want to…
Lawmakers seek to bar insurrectionists from holding office
ALBANY, N.Y. — Democratic lawmakers in a handful of states are trying to send a message two years after the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol:…
‘Fox News in Spanish’: Inside an upstart media company’s big plans to impact the 2024 election
“We don’t have a Fox News in Spanish, and that’s what Americano intends to be,” said the network’s CEO and founder Ivan Garcia-Hidalgo. He said…
Storied Senate Judiciary panel eyes a new era of quieter productivity
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a member of Judiciary, predicted that at least for his intellectual property subcommittee, “there’s not going to be as much sparring…
China rings in Year of Rabbit with most Covid rules lifted
“He has never experienced what a traditional new year is like because he was too young three years ago and he had no memory of…
Democrats ding Biden on documents even as they push back against GOP
Another Democrat, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, said he is concerned about the number of documents officials keep finding at Biden’s home. “Well, I’m concerned;…
Send Ukraine tanks to get Germany to do so, McCaul urges
He said that would create a domino effect, leading other nations in Europe to send Leopard 2 tanks as well. “Even saying we’re going to…
Jeff Zients to be Biden’s next chief of staff
Zients has maintained close ties to departing chief of staff Ron Klain and other senior Biden aides dating back to the Obama administration, when he…