Almost 40 percent of Americans report facing extreme weather: Survey
(The Hill) - Nearly 40 percent of Americans experienced extreme weather last year — and those who did were more likely to be concerned about climate change, according to new polling. Gallup found...
View ArticleTrump steps up efforts to exert control over DC
President Trump is growing more aggressive in his posture towards Washington, D.C, threatening to exert more control over the local affairs of the nation's capital. The president signed an executive...
View ArticleMusk says he sent MAGA influencer Ashley St. Clair $2.5 million, open to...
(The Hill) - Tech billionaire Elon Musk and conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair publicly feuded on X on Monday after she accused the world’s richest man of withdrawing childcare support and...
View ArticleSenate Democrat will block Trump’s VA nominees to protest cuts
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) says he will put a hold on President Trump’s nominees to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to protest cuts at the agency that provides lifelong health care...
View ArticleLive updates: House Republicans thwart leadership's effort to block proxy...
A group of House Republicans rebelled against GOP leadership’s effort to block a vote on allowing proxy voting for new parents and delivering a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) The gambit drew the...
View ArticleBooker talks through the night in marathon floor speech to protest Trump
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) pulled an all-nighter, delivering a marathon speech on the Senate floor that lasted well into Tuesday morning in a push to combat the Trump administration’s policies. Booker,...
View ArticleHouse GOP leaders play hardball to stop Luna push for proxy voting for new...
House Republican leaders are playing hardball as they try to stop Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) from triggering a vote on a bill to allow proxy voting for new parents, throwing a procedural hurdle...
View ArticleYale professor leaving US: Trump launching 'brutal attack' on freedom
(The Hill) -- A professor at Yale University said Monday he would be leaving his post and the country over the Trump administration’s “brutal attack” on free speech. “The message is that they’re going...
View ArticleRepublicans face possible rebellion over hardball tactic on proxy voting
An effort by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to stop Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s (R-Fla.) push for allowing proxy voting for new parents is on thin ice as a number of Republicans warn they may vote against...
View ArticleThune urging GOP colleagues to kill resolution to undo Trump tariffs
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is urging Republicans to defeat a Democratic-sponsored resolution to undo President Trump’s 25-percent tariff on Canadian imports, arguing the tariff is...
View ArticleMajor union launches ad campaign featuring detained Tufts student
A major labor union launched a six-figure ad campaign on Tuesday featuring Tufts University Ph.D. student Rumeysa Ozturk decrying what it called an infringement on the First Amendment. The Service...
View ArticleSupreme Court appears poised to revive terror victims suit against...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to uphold a law allowing Americans injured by acts of terror in the Middle East to take Palestinian leadership groups to U.S. courts for damages. In 2019,...
View ArticleHouse Republicans torpedo Johnson effort to block proxy voting for new parents
A group of House Republicans rebelled against GOP leaders on Tuesday over their effort to block a vote on allowing proxy voting for new parents — thwarting other party priorities in the process and...
View ArticleHouse cancels rest of votes for week after GOP floor rebellion
House Republican leaders on Tuesday canceled votes for the rest of the week after a band of GOP lawmakers staged a rebellion on the floor, bringing legislative action to a screeching halt. House...
View ArticleThese 9 House Republicans rebelled against GOP leadership over parental proxy...
Nine House Republicans defied GOP leadership on Tuesday and opposed an effort to block a bill instituting proxy voting for new parents from coming to the floor, halting key legislative action in the...
View ArticleTrump announces $100M deal with law firm tied to Doug Emhoff, Jan. 6 House panel
President Trump on Tuesday announced his administration struck a deal with a law firm with ties to former second gentleman Doug Emhoff and the House panel that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the...
View ArticleJudge refuses Trump admin's request to move Mahmoud Khalil case to Louisiana
A New Jersey-based federal judge on Tuesday declined the Trump administration’s request to transfer pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil’s immigration detention challenge to Louisiana, where is he...
View ArticleBooker sets record for longest Senate speech in history
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Tuesday set a new record for longest floor speech in Senate history, having held the floor for 25 hours and 5 minutes to decry potential GOP spending cuts in their looming...
View ArticleRepublican Jimmy Patronis wins special election for Gaetz's Florida seat
(The Hill) – Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis has won the special election to replace former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) in the 1st Congressional District, defeating Democrat Gay Valimont,...
View Article5 takeaways from Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Florida special elections
Democrats scored a critical win Tuesday in their first major test at the ballot box since President Trump took office in January. The elections came amid growing anger over the Trump’s...
View ArticleMcMahon meeting with House Democrats over Education Department layoffs
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is having a meeting with House Democrats Wednesday over their concerns surrounding the layoffs at the Department of Education, which she and President Trump have been...
View ArticleSenate Republicans set to bypass parliamentarian on Trump tax cuts
Republicans are set to make the audacious play of bypassing the Senate parliamentarian and moving forward with a budget resolution based on a scoring baseline set by Budget Committee Chair Lindsey...
View Article5 questions about Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs
(The Hill) - President Trump plans to announce reciprocal tariffs on a host of nations Wednesday at a White House event. Trump has deemed April 2 “Liberation Day” because of the tariffs, and the White...
View Article4 key takeaways as Trump’s sweeping HHS layoffs begin
(The Hill) -- Thousands of employees across the vast Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began receiving layoff notices as early as 5 a.m. on Tuesday. The purge comes on the heels of HHS...
View ArticleWhy Tesla may avoid the blow of Trump's auto tariffs
(The Hill) -- Elon Musk’s focus on American-made products at Tesla could shield his company from the brunt of President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on foreign vehicles and automobile parts. While...
View ArticleDem attorneys general use new media to mount Trump resistance
Court proceedings might often unfold behind closed doors, but the Democratic attorneys general challenging President Trump’s expansive agenda want to bring their work to your feed. Democratic...
View ArticleEric Adams corruption case dismissed by federal judge: 'Smacks of a bargain'
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) with prejudice, ensuring they cannot be refiled, writing that a Department of Justice (DOJ) request to leave...
View ArticleGmail planning end-to-end encrypted emails
(The Hill) -- Google announced Tuesday that Gmail users will soon be able to send and receive encrypted emails without a third-party provider. The new process will allow Gmail users to send end-to-end...
View ArticleSupreme Court rules in favor of FDA in dispute over flavored vapes
(The Hill) — A unanimous Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a lower court ruling and found the Food and Drug Administration acted lawfully when it blocked two vaping companies from marketing fruity...
View ArticlePotential Trump tariff plan could cost households thousands: new analysis
(The Hill) — President Donald Trump's potential plan to impose a 20 percent broad tariff on all imports could put a squeeze on households, especially those on the lower end of the income spectrum, an...
View ArticleNo bathroom breaks: How Booker accomplished record Senate speech
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) set a new record for the longest Senate speech in history on Monday and Tuesday by holding the upper chamber’s floor for more than 25 hours. Booker slammed the policies...
View ArticleJeffries hammers Trump: It’s ‘recession day,’ not ‘liberation day’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday hammered President Trump and congressional Republicans with accusations that they’re tanking the economy in the name of boosting it. The...
View ArticleGOP braces for potential defeat on Trump tariff bill
Senate Republicans are bracing for the passage of a bipartisan bill to undo President Trump’s 25-percent tariff against Canada, which would deal Trump an embarrassing setback on “Liberation Day,” an...
View ArticleTesla sales plunge to lowest level since 2022 amid Trump backlash
(The Hill) - Tesla sales dropped by nearly 13 percent in the first three months of the year amid a broader backlash against CEO Elon Musk and his leadership of President Trump's Department of...
View ArticleFormer aide slams California Democrat in video announcing primary campaign
Jake Rakov, a former aide to Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), on Wednesday announced he is launching a primary challenge against his onetime boss. In a video announcing his campaign, Rakov directly...
View ArticleTrump imposes 10 percent global tariffs; higher rate for 'worst offenders'
President Trump on Wednesday announced a baseline 10 percent tariff on imports from all foreign countries, as well as higher tariff rates for dozens of nations that the White House deemed the “worst...
View ArticleTrump restoring millions in family planning funds for two states
(The Hill) — The Trump administration is restoring millions of dollars in Title X funds to Oklahoma and Tennessee after the Biden administration chose to withhold those funds because both states...
View ArticleUS House Minority leader says it's 'very likely' they sue Abbott over Turner...
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — At the tail end of a 30-minute press conference on Wednesday, U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, told reporters the House Democrats would likely sue Texas Gov....
View ArticleSenate budget blueprint empowers GOP chair to decide if Trump tax cuts add to...
Senate Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a 70-page budget resolution that they say would give Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a staunch ally of President Trump, the power to...
View ArticleTrump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs: Here's how much countries are getting hit
President Trump on Wednesday announced he was imposing reciprocal tariffs on dozens of nations, citing what he called years of unfair trade practices. Trump announced in the Rose Garden that all...
View ArticleJohnson: 'Working on every possible accommodation' for mothers amid parental...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said he is “working on every possible accommodation” to make it easier for mothers to serve in Congress amid the impasse between GOP leadership and Rep. Anna...
View Article5 things to know about Republicans’ new blueprint to pass Trump's agenda
Senate Republicans on Wednesday rolled out a 70-page blueprint to advance President Trump’s tax agenda, along with directions that could pave the way for more than a trillion dollars in cuts to...
View ArticleTrump gambles on tariffs as nation braces for economic fallout
President Trump took his biggest gamble yet on the economy Wednesday when he pressed forward with sweeping tariffs on imports from nearly every country in the world. But in fulfilling a key campaign...
View ArticleDemocrats find reasons for hope from elections, GOP stumbles
Embattled Democrats have new reason to hope. The party has spent the early months of the year soul-searching the causes of a bitter election defeat and fighting internally over how best to counter...
View ArticleSpeaker Johnson scrambles for solutions to parental proxy voting impasse
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is scrambling to break the impasse over the push to allow proxy voting for new parents, as the standoff between GOP leadership and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) hardens....
View ArticleMarkets plunge in reaction to Trump 'Liberation Day' tariffs
Stocks plunged Thursday morning as U.S. trading opened for the first time after President Trump’s announcement of heavy tariffs on nearly every nation exporting products to the United States. The Dow...
View ArticleDemocrats call for confirmation hearing for Trump DC prosecutor nominee
Senate Judiciary Democrats are pushing for a rare hearing on a U.S. attorney nominee as they argue President Trump’s pick to lead the office in D.C., Ed Martin, is especially alarming and deserving of...
View ArticleWhite House defends not including Russia, North Korea on tariffs
(The Hill) -- The White House on Thursday defended its decision to not include Russia, North Korea, Cuba or Belarus in the latest round of tariffs, which targeted dozens of global trading partners...
View ArticleNational Security Council staffers fired in wake of Trump meeting with Laura...
Multiple staff members on the White House National Security Council were fired Thursday following a meeting President Trump had with far-right activist Laura Loomer where she raised questions about...
View ArticleWhite House postpones Saturday garden tours due to anti-Trump demonstrations
(The Hill) -- The White House is rescheduling one of its annual spring garden tour dates due to a "massive" anti-Trump demonstration expected to take place near 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The spring...
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