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Lawmakers responded to the death of former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld by touting his service to the country, with Democratic members calling him a patriot despite disagreements over the Iraq War and other policies.
Rumsfeld, who died Wednesday at 88, served as secretary of defense twice: first in 1975 under President Gerald Ford and a second time during the George W. Bush administration following the 2000 election.
“Elaine and I were saddened today by the passing of an American patriot who served his country honorably and tirelessly,” said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, in a statement. “At every step of the way, Donald Rumsfeld led with conviction and a cutting intellect.”
U.S. House votes to launch new Jan. 6 insurrection investigation
Split along party lines, the U.S. House of Representatives launched a new investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection on Wednesday.
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Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is seen at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday. Split along party lines, the U.S. House of Representatives launched a new investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection on Wednesday.(J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press)
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On consecutive nights this week, Fox News primetime host Tucker Carlson has alleged that the National Security Agency - charged with monitoring communications abroad to keep the U.S. safe - is spying on him in hopes of getting his top-rated show canceled. We heard from a whistleblower within the U.S. government who reached out to warn us that the NSA, the National Security Agency, is monitoring our electronic communications and is planning to leak them to take this show off the air, Carlson said Monday night.
Ascribing political motivations to the Biden administration, Carlson said the whistleblower had information about a story he s working on that could only have been derived from his own texts and emails.
WASHINGTON â Republican leaders have developed a new strategy for ousting Democrats from their majority in Congress: Blue Lies Matter.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy falsely tweeted Friday: âThe âDefund the Policeâ campaign â endorsed by Democrats â has decimated our law enforcement. ⦠When Republicans are in the majority, we will FUND the police.â
New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, who with McCarthyâs help ousted Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming as Republican Conference chair, falsely tweeted Monday: âDemsâ manta (sic) âDefund the Policeâ was one of their top policy messaging points in 2020.⦠GOP has always supported increasing funding for police!â
The rank and file have followed their leaders down Mendacity Lane. Indiana Rep. Jim Banks said on âFox News Sundayâ that âJoe Biden is being held hostage in the White House by the Squad and the radicals in the Democrat (sic) Party who control their par
This file photo shows the marble bust of Chief Justice Roger Taney that is currently displayed in the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the U.S. Capitol. The House voted Tuesday on a bill that would remove the bust from public display.
The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to remove all Confederate statues from public display in the U.S. Capitol, along with replacing the bust of former Chief Justice of the United States Roger Taney, author of the 1857
Dred Scott decision that declared that people of African descent were not U.S. citizens.
The House passed the measure 285-120. All Democratic members supported the legislation; all no votes came from Republican members.