Sudiksha Kochi

3 days ago | usatoday.com | Sudiksha Kochi

• The gift of the Boeing 747-8 will be announced during Trump's trip to the Middle East this week. • Attorney General Pam Bondi cleared the gift from a foreign ruler, concluding is was legally allowed if the plane is donated to Trump's presidential library, ABC News reported. WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump is poised to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the Qatari royal family that will be converted as the new Air Force One, according to multiple news reports.

3 days ago | usatoday.com | Sudiksha Kochi

• “We actually have body camera footage of these members of Congress assaulting these ICE enforcement officers," a DHS spokeswoman said. • “We entered the facility, came BACK OUT to speak to the Mayor, and then ICE agents began shoving us,” Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman said on social media. WASHINGTON − The Department of Homeland Security is actively investigating Democratic lawmakers involved in a confrontation with officials at an ICE facility in New Jersey, spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin confirmed.

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Sudiksha Kochi

WASHINGTON - Illinois Democrat Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi announced on Wednesday he will be running for Senate, two weeks after Sen. Dick Durbin, 80, said he won’t seek reelection. Krishnamoorthi is joining what is expected to be a crowded Democratic primary for Durbin’s seat. Rep. Robin Kelly and Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, who was endorsed by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Sen. Tammy Duckworth, have also announced their candidacies.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Sudiksha Kochi

WASHINGTON − Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., faced another hostile crowd at a town hall as attendees broke out into boos and jeers and a constituent was forcibly removed by police. The swing district congressman was pressed on May 4 over President Donald Trump's tariffs, deportations, spending cuts and other issues as he addressed 600 people at the Kennedy Catholic Preparatory School in Somers, New York, The Journal News reported.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Sudiksha Kochi

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Thursday blasted Democrats in Congress pushing impeachment efforts against him, arguing that Republicans “should start to think” about expelling them. Trump’s comments come after Michigan Democrat Rep. Shri Thanedar introduced an impeachment resolution against Trump this week, citing a “sweeping abuse of power, flagrant violations of the Constitution, and acts of tyranny that undermine American democracy and threaten the rule of law.”Texas Democrat Rep.