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FNC's Tucker Carlson asked Tuesday night how it could be that Rep. Liz Cheney's net worth increased from $7 million to $44 million during her six years in public service as a member of Congress... TUCKER CARLSON: Well, it's primary night in the state of Wyoming, and you know what that means. It means that very soon, Liz Cheney will have an endowed chair at AEI, writing a cilumn for National Review, and writing a book titled "Democracy." .... But before she heads to retirement, we thought we would ask a pretty simple question: How does Liz Cheney get so...

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., announced on Wednesday that she has tested positive for COVID-19, but is experiencing no symptoms. Waters said that she is not experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and is currently isolating.

Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) took time out of her Easter Sunday to criticize Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) for one of her campaign ads during an appearance on MSNBC. The 30-second spot features a defiant Ivey rejecting President Joe Biden’s immigration policies and the possibility of Alabamians having to learn Spanish given an influx of illegal Spanish-speaking immigrants. “No way, Jose,” the Alabama governor declared in the ad. Waters was on MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show” and condemned Ivey for what she called “plain racist ignorance, in your face.” In comments given to Breitbart News, Ivey declared a “liberal” California congresswoman...

House Republicans are considering term limits for committee chairmen and ranking members, a move that could curb many influential Democrats’ power under a potential Republican House majority. House Republicans already have term limits within the GOP Conference, but adopting the potential rule could significantly curb many potential Democrat ranking members.

Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) said on this week’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show” that Gov. Kay Ivey (R-AL) was pushing “plain racist ignorance, in your face.” In a campaign ad, Ivey said, “With Joe Biden shipping illegal immigrants to the states, we’re going to have to learn Spanish. My message to Biden, ‘No way, Jose.’ That’s why I sent National Guard troops to protect the southern border, and that’s why we banned sanctuary cities in Alabama. The left can try to cancel me. I don’t care. But here in Alabama, we’re going to enforce the law.”

California Democrat has consistently paid daughter campaign cash since 2003 ... Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., paid her daughter another $24,000 in campaign cash during the most recent quarter, Federal Election Commission records reviewed by Fox News Digital show. Karen Waters, who has been organizing slate-mailing operations to bolster her mother's re-election for nearly two decades, and her company, Progressive Connections, have received more than $1.2 million since 2003 for campaign services, including "slate mailer management" fees and "campaign managing services." ... Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., paid out nearly $3 million to her husband Tim Mynett's political consulting firm, the E...

Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) said Saturday on Cheddar Business Network’s “All Hands” that domestic terrorists “took part in the invasion and the insurrection of our Capital” on January 6, 2021. On the Democrats voting legislation, Waters said, “We’ve got to work harder. We’ve got to tell the story. We’ve got to help people to understand what voter suppression is and how it works. People don’t sometimes know that when you don’t have enough polling places, that may be the decision of some local jurisdiction to make you not vote, to have your disgusted and not stand in line.”

Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) said Sunday on MSNBC that Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) did not “care” about black people. According to Waters, they were unwilling to ditch the filibuster to pass voting legislation.

California Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters claimed her Senate colleagues, Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va, and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., "don't care" about minorities and Black people during an MSNBC interview with host Aaron Gilchrist Sunday. Waters blasted the senators for giving the Republicans the opportunity to filibuster the Democrats' sweeping voting bill that passed in the House Thursday. Both Sinema and Manchin have said they oppose eliminating the filibuster. "They have sent the signal. They have been clear about it. They don't care about minorities. They don't care about Blacks. They don't care about people in their own districts who they're going...

Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) said on this week’s broadcast of MSNBC “The Sunday Show” that Republicans did not have “the guts to stand up like real human beings” to former President Donald Trump. Reacting to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) saying it was a “false narrative” that there were thousands of armed insurrectionists at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, Waters said, “Well, you know, I’m still surprised at how brazen they are. they openly lie.”

Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) said on this week’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Alex Witt Reports” that Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) announcement he would not vote for President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better Act was “disgusting.” Waters said, “While Manchin is exercising unusual power because of the numbers and is willing to be one man, one person that will hold up assistance to the American people, is absolutely disgusting and amazing to me. ”

US Rep. Maxine Waters was spotted without her mask on during a United Airlines flight - and a witness claims she kept it off for an entire hour - despite the mandatory mask regulations in place and the growing risk of COVID-19 as cases of the Omicron variant soar. Waters, a California Democrat, was pictured on a flight from Dulles Airport, in Virginia, to Los Angeles International without her mask on and even took a nap maskless, all while flight attendants supposedly nagged other passengers to wear their masks, the Daily Wire reported. Attendants brought her fresh coffee while she...

Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) said on this week’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show” that Republicans were worse than “evil.” Capehart said, “Let’s put up on the screen some recent sampling of the Republican’s violent rhetoric that we have seen. You see Boebert, her Islamic-phobic remarks against Congresswoman Omar. You have Congressman Gosar and the anime video. Marjorie Taylor Greene, that’s just two of many things she has done, including getting up in the face of Congresswoman Cori Bush so much so Congresswoman Bush moved her office because she felt threatened. Then you see Congressman Yoho for misogynistic remarks against...

Not content with overfishing its own coastline in a non-sustainable way, China has now turned to unethical pirate fishing in the territorial waters of less powerful nations around the world. Chinese fishermen turn off their GPS transponders that can be traced electronically, send out false electronic signals, violate U.N. maritime law, enter the sovereign fishing territory of foreign nations, illegally fish with slave-like labor, and then escape to international waters with their catch. Some fishing fleets are so large that they can be seen from space.For China, world fishing is now like the wild west, with a value in billions...

Pink Floyd rocker Roger Waters announced on Thursday that he has wed his fifth wife, Kamilah Chavis at his Bridgehampton estate in New York, which he purchased in 2010 for $16.2 million. Taking to both Instagram and Twitter to share photos of their special day, Waters, 78, penned: 'I'm so happy, finally a keeper.' Kamilah looked beautiful in a white lace wedding dress and beamed as Waters slipped a ring onto her finger. Roger - whose net worth is said to be $310 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth - revealed in a 2018 interview that he met Kamilah a...

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) was mocked Tuesday after claiming that a “hacker” had “erased” her Twitter account — despite making this announcement from her account and with no evidence of past posts being deleted. “I have been hacked and my Twitter account has been erased,” Waters, who serves as chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, wrote on Twitter. The California Democrat claimed she knew the culprit behind the so-called hack, vowing: “I will take care of this. M Waters.”

Far-left California lawmaker Rep. Maxine Waters (D) celebrated the Democrat-passed abortion bill Friday, which essentially bars state governments from enacting any “law, rule, regulation, standard, or other provision” that violates the act permitting the brutal killing of unborn children even up to birth. “Leave women alone!” the 83-year-old lawmaker declared, blasting Texas for prioritizing protection for unborn children. “The Texas legislature voted to interfere with a woman’s right to choose & they’re rewarding vigilantes for coming after women & their doctors. Today, I voted to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act. Governor Abbott, this one’s for you!” she said, using...

Remember when former President Barack Obama said that for a society to be healthy and functioning, it must have a “common baseline of facts”? Democratic Party leaders missed the memo. Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California claimed Wednesday that the Border Patrol’s recent treatment of Haitian asylum-seekers illegally entering the United States is “worse than slavery.” "What we witnessed takes us back hundreds of years,” the congresswoman said. “What we witnessed was worse than what we witnessed in slavery.” She added, "Cowboys with their reins, again, whipping Black people, Haitians, into the water where they're scrambling and falling down when...

Sunday on CNN, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) decried Republicans and former President Donald Trump warning that they posed a threat to voting rights. Waters singled out Republicans because of efforts within GOP-led state legislatures to shore election integrity. Waters also called on attorneys general in Georgia and New York City to aggressively pursue Trump during her interview with Jim Acosta.