All posts tagged "Elissa Slotkin"

Pete Hegseth left yet another senator frustrated by dancing around tough questions, this time regarding how the military will be used if the 2026 presidential election ends unfavorably for Trump.

"Dude, dude, just answer the question," Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) said as she pressed Hegseth during a hearing on Thursday. "It's not a hypothetical. Tell the American people, will you deploy the uniformed military to our polls to collect voter rolls or machines?"

Slotkin was referring to statements made by Trump during the State of the Union....

A Democratic lawmaker Thursday had a serious warning for former Fox News host and current U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) announced that she declined an interview with Pirro and Attorney General Pam Bondi, refusing to talk to them after she and five other congressional leaders made a video in November quoting current law, and reminding service members that the military has a responsibility to refuse illegal orders.

"In response, President Trump tweeted more than a dozen times, calling for me to be investigated, arrested, and hanged," Slotkin wrote in an email. ...

MSNBC's Jonathan Lemire claimed Thursday that what Defense secretary Pete Hegseth didn't say during a testy exchange with Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) told him everything he needed to know.

Hegseth appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee Wednesday where he sparred with Slotkin when she asked if he has given the order for the military to shoot unarmed protesters.

The question came in the wake of President Donald Trump federalizing National Guard troops and sending active-duty Marines to quell the deportation protests in Los Angeles....

A Republican congressional candidate in one of the nation's most competitive 2024 House races has publicly disclosed his personal finances, as required by federal law, after a Raw Story investigation revealed he had failed to do so.

Tom Barrett, a former Michigan state senator and representative who is running for the House seat in Michigan’s 7th District, filed his candidate financial disclosure report on Nov. 2, a day after Raw Story reported he was nearly three months late in filing his disclosure.

Barrett's campaign told Raw Story on Oct. 31 that he was "in the process of filing."...

A Republican candidate for a toss-up 2024 U.S. House seat has violated a federal law by failing to file a financial disclosure due nearly three months ago, according to a Raw Story review of federal records.

Tom Barrett, a former Michigan state senator and representative, has yet to file a mandatory personal financial disclosure as required by federal law and the House Committee on Ethics.

Barrett filed his statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on July 7, and he raised $5,000 by July 10 according to a Raw Story review of federal election fundraising data....