WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, the Illinois Republican who forcefully repudiated then-President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, endorsed Democratic President Joe Biden on Wednesday, blasting the presumptive GOP nominee as a “direct threat to every fundamental American value.” Kinzinger’s endorsement came one day before Biden and Trump square off […]
Federal prosecutors have charged former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry in Washington for allegedly lying to investigators in connection with a campaign finance probe of a foreign billionaire’s political contributions. Fortenberry (R-Neb.) was convicted of the same charges by a jury in Los Angeles in 2022, but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the conviction, […]
Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) went after former House colleagues Saturday, asking if they would draft a resolution to expel Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas). “Hey @RitchieTorres are you going to draft an expulsion resolution for Henry Cuellar? Or is that just for republicans who flip seats?” Santos said in a post on the social platform […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A former North Carolina representative who finished second in last week’s primary for essentially his old U.S. House seat announced on Wednesday that he won’t ask for a runoff and will join Donald Trump‘s campaign instead. Ex-U.S. Rep. Mark Walker, who served in Congress for six years through 2020, ran for […]
Disgraced ex-Rep. George Santos Thursday made a surprise return to Congress for the State of the Union address. The ousted Long Island Republican lawmaker was spotted on the floor of the House of Representatives chatting with far right-wing ally Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) before President Biden was expected to deliver the much-awaited annual speech. “I […]
Democrat Tom Suozzi and Republican Mazi Melesa Pilip scrambled for votes Tuesday as a special election day snowstorm threatened to dampen turnout in their hotly contested Long Island congressional special election to replace disgraced ex-Rep. George Santos. The two campaigns were offering supporters rides to snow-blanketed polling stations in the NY-03 district and trading last-minute […]
Democrat Tom Suozzi leads Republican Mazi Melesa Pilip by 4% in a new poll of their special election battle for the Long Island seat previously held by disgraced ex-Rep. George Santos. Suozzi holds a narrow 48%-to-44% lead over Pilip in the poll of likely voters in the NY-03 election set for Tuesday, according to the […]