Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told CNN he would not put a timeline on negotiations with North Korea, but said the Trump administration will regularly assess the regime’s seriousness about abandoning its nuclear program as the US moves toward normalizing relations with Pyongyang.
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Justice Alito Had a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display
“After the 2020 presidential election, as some Trump supporters falsely claimed that President Biden had stolen the office, many of them displayed a startling symbol outside their homes, on their…
Trump Wouldn’t Mind RFK Jr. In Debate
Donald Trump said he would have “no problem” sharing the debate stage with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. if the independent presidential candidate met the ballot and 15% polling threshold, Scripps…
Gallego Gets Boost from Ex-McCain, Sinema Donors
Rep. Ruben Gallego’s (D-AZ) U.S. Senate bid in Arizona “is getting a boost from a group of donors who previously backed Republicans like the late Sen. John McCain and the…
House Rebukes Biden Over Israel
The House passed a bill condemning President Biden for withholding heavy bombs from Israel, 224 to 187, Politico reports. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has already said his chamber won’t…
Greg Abbott Pardons Man Who Killed Protester
More than a year after a jury convicted Daniel Perry of murdering a protester, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) pardoned the former U.S. Army sergeant on Thursday shortly after a…
GOP Lawmaker Files for Divorce Amid Rumors of Affair
Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) has filed for divorce from his oncologist wife Dr. Debra Miller, the Daily Mail reports. Capitol Hill insiders say McCormick has often been seen acting overly…
Trump’s ‘Hush Money’ Trial Could Go To Jury Next Week
New York Times: “The defense lawyers also alerted the judge that if they were to put on a witness or witnesses, it wouldn’t take very long. They did not name…
Democrats Quietly Fueled End-Run Around GOP Leaders
“House Democrats quietly helped propel a GOP-led discharge petition to success, marking the first time in nearly a decade the maneuver has worked,” Axios reports. “Democratic leaders made a concerted…
Criminal Court Is the New Mar-a-Lago
The Dispatch: “According to someone close to Trump’s legal team, the requests from Capitol Hill and elsewhere to visit Trump at his trial aren’t slowing down. Politicians are calling up…
Trump Brushes Off Nikki Haley Primary Voters
Donald Trump brushed off the idea of losing voters who went for Nikki Haley in the primaries, The Hill reports. Said Trump: “Well, she got very few voters relatively… I…
Disaster Relief Backers Force a House Vote
“Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) has 218 signatures on a discharge petition to get his disaster tax relief bill to the House floor,” Punchbowl News reports. “That’s enough backing to force…
Bob Menendez’s Wife Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
“Nadine Menendez, who is currently under indictment for bribery and extortion charges alongside her husband, has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will require a mastectomy,” Politico reports. Save to…
House Republicans Risk Losing Control of the Floor
“The House was in session at the Capitol on Thursday, but thanks to the latest procession of Republicans reporting for duty in front of a Manhattan criminal courthouse to show…
A Debate Hedge?
Jonathan Last: “You don’t want to hear this, but what if Biden is a disaster? What if he can’t string five words together and gets lost and confused? What if,…
Larry Hogan Now Says He Supports Abortion Rights
“Larry Hogan, the former two-term Republican governor of Maryland who this week won his party’s nomination for the state’s open Senate seat, said in an interview on Thursday that he…
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Matt Gaetz Makes Proud Boys Reference
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who is attending Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial in New York today, made a not-so-veiled reference to the Proud Boys in a social media post…
Biden-Harris Campaign Accepts VP Debate Invite
The Biden-Harris campaign said Thursday that it has accepted an invitation from CBS News to participate in a vice presidential debate in July or August, Axios reports. The campaign accepted…
Top Democrats Give Rob Menendez an Assist
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and other top House Democrats are holding a fundraiser on Thursday for Rep. Rob Menendez Jr. (D-NJ), Axios reports. The son of indicted Sen….
Dow Jones Industrial Average Tops 40000
“The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 40000 for the first time, a milestone that appeared implausible little more than two years ago when the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates…