Former special counsel Jack Smith fielded insults from Republicans and questions about his prosecutorial decisions as he sat before lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has been a leading voice in scrutinizing Smith’s twin probes into President Trump, obtaining and releasing reams of documents about the investigations while criticizing his decision to subpoena some lawmakers’ call logs.
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Conservatives left grumbling after Trump’s welcome to Xi
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President Trump’s warm embrace of Chinese President Xi Jinping last week has ruffled feathers in many corners of the GOP.
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Tariff challengers take Trump back to court: ‘Rinse and repeat’
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President Trump hopes the third time will be the charm as his latest round of tariffs heads to court this week.
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Live updates: Jack Smith faces Senate GOP scrutiny; Supreme Court lets Trump resume third-country deportations
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Former special counsel Jack Smith spent more than four hours testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, his second appearance before Congress as the panel probes his investigation into President Trump.
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Chuck Todd: Hawks, Hawkeyes gaffe ‘just an embarrassing moment for GOP Sen. Schmitt’
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Former “Meet the Press” moderator and political pundit Chuck Todd mocked Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) over an apparent mix-up relating to a basketball game former special counsel Jack Smith attended in 2024.
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Supreme Court lifts limits on Trump’s third-country deportations
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled the Trump administration can resume its policy of deporting immigrants to countries where they have no ties, for now, as the justices take up whether the deportations are legal.
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GAO reasserts pocket rescissions’ illegality after Trump uses tactic to cancel nearly $1B
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reasserted Tuesday that President Trump’s use of a “pocket rescission” to cancel $810 million in federal funding was unlawful.
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New polls have Democrats thinking big on Senate
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Recent polling showing Democrats performing strongly in Senate battlegrounds and more reliably red states is fueling optimism that the party could clinch both chambers in November.
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GOP lawmakers challenge Trump’s nearly $1B funding clawback
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Republican lawmakers are pushing back on President Trump’s decision to cancel nearly $1 billion in federal funding, setting up a new clash between the White House and members of Trump’s own party at a particularly precarious moment for the GOP.
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