Republicans

The Daily Beast reports: Another GOP member of Congress has had what appears to be a health scare, with septuagenarian Senator John Kennedy freezing during a Fox Business interview on Tuesday. During an interview with host Larry Kudlow, 77, about the Trump administration’s crackdown on sanctuary cities, Kennedy started to make a point about how Jesus loves immigrants before trailing …

AntiWar.com reports: On Tuesday, Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) said on X that Palestinians in Gaza should “starve away” while also claiming the reports of people dying of hunger due to the US-backed Israeli blockade are a “lie.” Fine made the comments in response to the news that 15 Palestinians, including four children, died of starvation over 24 hours. The reports …

Raw Story reports:  Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) shared and then deleted what appeared to be a fake resignation letter from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. In a message posted to X on Tuesday, Lee claimed that “Powell is out.” Soon after, Lee’s post was deleted. The letter, written in Powell’s voice and addressed to President Donald Trump, claimed that the …

The Hill reports: The Kennedy Center’s famed opera house could be renamed to honor Melania Trump, if House Republicans have their way. House Republicans on the Appropriations Committee approved an amendment to the interior, environment and related agencies annual spending bill that would rename the opera house in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts the “First Lady …

Florida Politics reports:  Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Tuesday he is subpoenaing Vero Beach Vice Mayor Linda Moore for an event she was involved in at a local wine bar, Kilted Mermaid. On June 29, the Pride Tea Dance took place at the establishment and featured drag queen performances, with the event’s promotion stating, “Pride is back baby, with a …

The New York Times reports: Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday morning canceled votes for Thursday and sent the House home early before a planned five-week recess, telling reporters at a news conference that he was doing so in order to serve the American people by shutting down Democratic efforts to demand more votes on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files. “We’re …

Politico reports: House Republicans intend to subpoena Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, according to an aide for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. A House Oversight subcommittee Tuesday morning advanced a motion from Tennessee Republican Rep. Tim Burchett seeking approval of the subpoena. “The Committee will seek to subpoena Ms. Maxwell as expeditiously as possible,” the committee aide said …

“Democrats keep moving more and more to the left. They need to stand up against this guy. Because this is somebody who I would not say is a socialist, I would say he’s a communist because listen to his words. When you say you want to seize the means of production, that is right out of Karl Marx’s playbook of …

Politico reports: House Republicans have lost control of the floor over their Jeffrey Epstein blow-up, and they’re struggling to chart a path out of the crisis. GOP leaders are talking with Trump administration officials, searching for ways to appease Republican members incensed over the lack of public information and Speaker Mike Johnson’s handling of the matter broadly. House Majority Leader …

The Daily Beast reports: Team MAGA is going all-in on trying to make Tulsi Gabbard’s half-baked Obama conspiracy stick. As Trump was facing his own supporters’ fury over the administration’s failure to provide new evidence in the Jeffrey Epstein case, Gabbard announced last week she had uncovered a “treasonous conspiracy” involving Obama. House Speaker Mike Johnson said during an interview …

Politico reports: House Republicans will scrap several floor votes this week as internal party drama over the release of Jeffrey Epstein files derailed the work of the Rules Committee. The panel came to a standstill Monday night as GOP leaders struggled to contain rank-and-file Republicans and their Democratic allies clamoring for a floor vote to compel the publication of materials …

Fox News reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had a special request for New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo after the former Democratic governor joked that he would move to the Sunshine State if he loses to socialist Zohran Mamdani. DeSantis, a Republican, was among those expressing concern in response to an article about Cuomo considering a change of scenery …

Mississippi Today reports: A federal judge has temporarily paused enforcement of the state law that prohibits diversity, equity and inclusion programs from Mississippi public schools and universities. U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate approved the request for a temporary restraining order sought by a coalition of civil rights and legal organizations on behalf of students, parents and educators. The American Civil …

The Hill reports: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said on Monday that he is open to President Trump’s call to cancel the August recess as part of the GOP’s push to quickly confirm his nominees. “We’re thinking about it. We want to get as many [nominations] through the pipeline as we can,” Thune said at the Capitol, adding that …

The Texas Tribune reports: Two years after a district court declared that a new state law diluting the policy-making power of blue urban areas was unconstitutional, an appeals court on Friday overruled that decision. Texas lawmakers in 2023 passed House Bill 2127, dubbed the “Death Star” bill by opponents, which aims to overturn cities’ progressive policies and prevent them from enacting …

CBS News reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson said there will not be a vote before Congress’ August recess on a resolution that calls on the Trump administration to release more files related to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “My belief is we need the administration to have the space to do what it is doing, and if further congressional action …

The Miami Herald reports: Last month, Jordin Castillo was arrested for habitually driving without a license, court records show. He was taken to Alligator Alcatraz on July 3. Six days later, Castillo said, he was handcuffed and left outdoors in the sun as a punishment for attempting to go on a hunger strike inside the detention center, he said in …

Axios reports: Key to the marketing ploy underpinning Florida’s detention camp in the Everglades is the alligator, portrayed by Republican leaders as a blood-thirsty prison guard ready to attack anyone who escapes. Nothing about the portrayal is accurate, experts in alligator biology and history tell Axios. What’s more, the idea of the alligator lusting for human flesh is rooted in racism, …

Fox News reports: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is referring Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for criminal charges, accusing him of two specific instances of lying under oath. Luna is accusing Powell of perjury on two occasions, according to a letter to the DOJ first obtained by Fox News Digital. It comes as conservative …

NOTUS reports: Trump administration officials insist there will be “no amnesty” while carrying out mass deportations, but some Republicans told NOTUS that behind the scenes, they’re advocating for some immigrants to stay. Rep. Chip Roy, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, told NOTUS he’s “going to bat for” one immigrant he knows because he deemed him “a good guy.” …