Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared on Capitol Hill today to testify before the House Judiciary Committee in a hearing that quickly turned combative. Democrats pressed Bondi with questions related to the Department of Justice’s handling of the Epstein files while she accused the Democrats of “theatrics.” The attorney general was also pressed on the Trump administration's handling of the files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
A Democrat asked 11 victims of Epstein in the audience to stand if they wished and raise their hand if they had not yet been able to meet with the Trump Justice Department. All did.
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) temporarily closed the airspace over El Paso, Texas, and southern New Mexico on Wednesday morning, prompting disruptions for travelers and questions from lawmakers. Read more. |
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ended a two-and-a-half hour meeting on Wednesday with no agreement on how to move forward with Iran. Read more. |
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Tuesday became the first Republican senator to speak out against a House GOP-drafted bill to require people to show documented proof of citizenship before registering to vote and to show ID to cast a ballot, a top priority of the Trump administration. Read more. |
House Appropriations Committee ranking member Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) introduced a bill on Wednesday that would fund every agency under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) except Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Office of the Secretary.
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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) says Senate Democrats will block another short-term funding resolution to keep the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) operating past Friday because Republicans haven’t done enough to meet their demands to overhaul Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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A key official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) indicated Wednesday that he believes the nation’s threshold for the declaration of major disasters is too low as various changes loom for the agency under the Trump administration.
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A pair of Senate Democrats on Wednesday warned that the Justice Department’s attempt to indict six members of Congress who reminded active duty military members they are able to refuse unlawful orders represents a “master alarm flashing for our democracy.”
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The federal deficit and national debt are expected to grow by trillions of dollars over the next decade, according to 10-year projections from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
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