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White House Defends, UK’s Sunak Responds to Biden’s Decision to Send Ukraine Cluster Munitions

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended the Biden administration’s decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine on Friday, when asked about the human rights issues related to this matter. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday clarified that his country is part of the Convention on Cluster Munitions—a treaty that bans the use of…


Pentagon Pressed on Alleged Biden Plan to Send Controversial Cluster Bombs to Ukraine

Reporter after reporter pressed Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder on Thursday for comments on a report indicating President Joe Biden wants to send controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine. …


Pentagon Pressed on Biden Plan to Send Controversial Cluster Bombs to Ukraine

Reporter after reporter pressed Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder on Thursday for comments on a report indicating President Joe Biden wants to send controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine. …


Karine Jean-Pierre Addresses Startling Cocaine Discovery in White House

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded to questions about the cocaine found in the White House last weekend at the daily briefing on Wednesday. …


Rep. Norman Grills Rep. Waters on Housing Costs at House Hearing

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) grills Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) about the “Middle-Class Borrower Protection Act of 2023,” which rolls back changes made by the Federal Housing Finance Agency to the fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for a conventional single-family mortgage and restricts future fee adjustments, at a House Rules Committee hearing on…


Trump Pledges to Deny Entry of ‘All Communists and Marxists’ Into US

Former President Donald Trump spoke at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Policy Conference in Washington on June 24. During the speech, he pledged to deny entry of all “communists and Marxists” into the United States. …


‘How Much Do You Make a Year?’ Rep. Luna Challenges EPA Official

When questioning Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Joseph Goffman at a House Oversight Subcommittee hearing on June 21, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) emphasized the high vehicle costs the agency’s new rule would bring to low-income American families. …


Rep. Kiley Calls Out Attacks on Durham by Schiff, Nadler, Other Democrats at Hearing

At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Durham Report on June 21, Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) described how several House Democrats have continued to claim that former President Donald Trump colluded with Russia—even after multiple investigations failed to find evidence of such collusion. …


‘My Aunt’s Facebook Page Has More Credibility Than You Do’: Sen. Kennedy Grills Ethics Expert

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) criticized law professor Richard Painter for his history of making unsubstantiated claims about high-profile conservatives, at a Senate hearing on “Dollars and Degrees: Investigating Fossil Fuel Dark Money’s Systemic Threats to Climate and the Federal Budget” on June 21. …


White House Reacts to Supreme Court Ruling to Reject South Carolina GOP’s Election Law Theory

During a White House press briefing on June 27, Principal Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton was asked about the Supreme Court decision that rejected a bid by South Carolina Republicans to give state legislatures sweeping authority in drawing congressional maps and regulating federal elections. …