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Reporter schools Ted Cruz to his face as he praises judges Trump appointed

Congressional Huffington Post reporter Jen Bendery confronted Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Capitol Hill Tuesday as he raged about President Joe Biden's picks for the federal judicial bench.

According to an online post about the confrontation, Bendery told the senator that many of Donald Trump's nominees were unqualified.

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'Epic humiliation': GOP mocked for rejecting Hunter Biden testimony offer

Democratic U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin on Tuesday issued a scathing statement mocking Republicans on the House Oversight Committee after the GOP chair of the panel rejected Hunter Biden's offer to testify publicly next month as part of an ongoing impeachment probe into his father, President Joe Biden.

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), who leads the oversight committee, accused Hunter Biden of "trying to play by his own rules instead of following the rules required of everyone else."

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Republican quickly deletes post saying he's glad Hunter Biden wants a public hearing

A Republican official quickly deleted a social media post celebrating Hunter Biden's agreement to testify publicly.

The disappearance of the post followed Rep. James Comer (R-KY) lashing out at Biden's offer to testify to the House Oversight and Reform Committee — but only if the hearing was held in public.

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'Shock and corruption of Trump has worn off' — and he's winning over new voters: columnist

President Joe Biden has a problem with younger voters, and some of them are turning to Donald Trump, according to a new report.

New polling finds the current president trailing the former president in key battleground states, and voters are being seen not to be receptive to Biden's messaging on the economy or the threat Trump poses to democracy and reproductive rights, reported The Bulwark columnist A.B. Stoddard.

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'He wasn't even that sharp then': The View's Alyssa concerned about Trump's cognition

One of Donald Trump's former staffers is joining the chorus of voices saying the ex-president is in cognitive decline.

Trump in recent days has tried to scramble to explain away some of his mistaken references during speeches and interviews over the past several months, including repeated instances where he seems to think that former President Barack Obama is still in the Oval Office.

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'Utter chaos' puts GOP House majority in jeopardy as donors focus on Senate: report

Republican donors are banking on taking back the Senate majority, but are less motivated to invest in the House which they see as currently mired in chaos, according to a report Tuesday.

The House GOP's campaign arm fell behind in fundraising last month, bringing in just over $5 million, while donors are noticing the Senate is up for grabs with just two seats needing to be flipped to retake the majority, and the retirement of Sen. Joe Manchin (R-WV) making one of those a near certainty for a pickup, reported Politico.

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James Comer lashes out after Hunter Biden demands oversight testimony be public

Hunter Biden called Rep. James Comer's (R-KY) bluff — and it appears to have worked.

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden's son said that he would testify to Comer's House Oversight and Reform Committee, but only if it was in public. Comer had requested that it be behind closed doors.

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Koch brothers' network is making a last-gasp push to bury Trump

The infamous right-wing network of organizations created by the Koch brothers is wading back into politics — and committing tens of millions in a last-gasp effort to deny former President Donald Trump the 2024 nomination, reported The New York Times Tuesday.

Presently, Trump tops all competitors by nearly 50 points in polls. However, the race to consolidate the anti-Trump vote is up for grabs, with Nikki Haley battling Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for second place.

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Netanyahu says he is 'only one who will prevent a Palestinian state'

With his approval ratings in the tank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly been lobbying members of his Likud party in a bid to keep their support, claiming he is "the only one who will prevent a Palestinian state" in Gaza and the West Bank.

Netanyahu's remarks, first reported by the Israeli public broadcaster Kan, fly in the face of the Biden administration's continued push for a two-state solution as the "only way to guarantee the long-term security of both the Israeli and the Palestinian people."

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Hunter Biden takes tactics from 'Trump’s scandal playbook' to fight indictments: report

Hunter Biden, who is currently facing indictments on gun charges and is at the center of Republican probes into his father's business dealings, is changing his legal tactics — and is coming out swinging.

For months, the president's son has quietly gone along with investigations and waited for exoneration, Politico reported. But, after an expected plea deal fell through earlier this year and he is facing criminal trial, that policy has been thrown out.

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Hunter Biden calls GOP investigators' bluff and agrees to sit for a public hearing

House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has been pushing for President Joe Biden's son to appear in a closed-door deposition.

But in a new letter to the committee, Hunter Biden's attorney is calling his bluff — and demanding it be a public hearing instead.

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'A boxer past his prime': Morning Joe marvels that Trump keeps picking the wrong fights

Donald Trump has started talking again about scrapping Obamacare, and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough mocked him for going out of his way to pick the wrong side of an issue.

President Joe Biden's campaign is already planning television ads highlighting the former president's threats to health insurance coverage for millions of Americans, and the "Morning Joe" host said Trump's longstanding grudge against Barack Obama has come back to bite him again.

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One misplaced comma in Mike Pence's book may give Jack Smith even more evidence

Investigators pored over Mike Pence's book so closely that they questioned the former vice president's placement of a single comma.

Pence sat for an interview earlier this year with special counsel Jack Smith's team to discuss Donald Trump's efforts to remain in office despite his election loss, and sources told ABC News that their questions zoomed in to a granular level of detail.

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