Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., has been charged with weapons violation at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority confirmed to NBC News on Monday. The spokesperson, who said Spartz was charged Friday, cited a section of Virginia law tied to the dangerous use of firearms or other weapons, […]
FILE – Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., speaks during a Lincoln Day Dinner, May 2, 2024, in Noblesville, Ind. Spartz faces a weapons violation charge for bringing a firearm through airport security, airport authorities said Monday, July 1. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File) INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Republican U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz has been charged with bringing […]
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., on Sunday acknowledged that there are “very honest, and serious and rigorous conversations taking place” in the Democratic Party following President Joe Biden’s dismal performance at the presidential debate on Thursday. Raskin’s remarks are a break from what most top Democrats have said publicly in their defense of the president as […]
On his way to Washington, D.C., Haiti Prime Minister Garry Conille stopped in Miami for a meeting in Little Haiti with U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson and local Haitian-American leaders. Originally scheduled to be a 45-minute closed door meeting at Notre Dame d’Haiti Catholic Church, 110 NE 62nd St., the visit ran for well over two […]
Rep. Lauren Boebert won her Republican primary bid for the U.S. House of Representatives in Colorado, easily outpacing her opponents despite switching congressional districts. Boebert switches districts Earlier this year Boebert announced she would be running again for the House, per CBS News. But instead of facing a difficult reelection bid in western Colorado’s District […]
Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert credited God and her strong “Christian morals” for her primary victory in the state’s 4th District on Tuesday. “Glory to God!” she shouted at the start of her acceptance speech in Windsor, Colo. “Glory to God!” Boebert announced in late December she’d be leaving Colorado’s 3rd District, which she served since […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Republican former congressman Adam Kinzinger endorsed President Joe Biden on Wednesday, giving the Democrat a prominent new ally in his high-stakes campaign to win over moderate Republicans and independents this fall. Kinzinger, a military pilot who emerged as a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat George Latimer defeated U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman in New York’s 16th Congressional District on the strength of his showing in vote-rich Westchester County, according to an Associated Press analysis of initial vote results. The result marks the first primary defeat this year of a Democratic U.S. House incumbent. Here’s a look […]
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, one of the most liberal members of Congress, will try to fight off a strong Democratic primary challenge Tuesday from moderate county executive George Latimer in a New York race that has put a spotlight on the party’s divides over the Israel-Hamas war. Latimer got into the race at the urging of […]
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has an active investigation involving state Rep. Carolina Amesty and her family’s nonprofit school, Central Christian University, the agency confirmed Monday. Agency spokesman Jensen Rayburn declined to provide further detail about the probe, which follows an Orlando Sentinel probe into Amesty’s background, credentials, and conduct in her former role […]
Rep. Bob Good said Monday his campaign would file a legal challenge to “try to block certification” of the Republican primary election in a key city in Virginia’s 5th District as he trails his opponent in the vote count. NBC News has not called the race between Good, the chairman of the hard-right House Freedom […]
GOP Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas, a former White House physician, suggested Sunday that President Joe Biden should submit to drug tests immediately before and after Thursday’s presidential debate. “I’m going to be demanding on behalf of many millions of concerned Americans right now that he submit to a drug test before and after this […]