Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) introduced a resolution on Friday to ban sitting senators from trading on prediction markets, such as Kalshi or Polymarket. The freshman lawmaker’s measure is the latest instance of Congress seeking to regulate insider trading on the betting platforms. The newly filed legislation would amend Senate rules to prohibit members from entering […]
President Donald Trump celebrated his administration’s success in beautifying Washington, D.C., specifically the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool and the fountains at Lafayette Park. Last month, Trump said he tasked Interior Secretary Doug Burgum with “fixing the absolutely filthy” reflecting pool on the National Mall after the Biden administration failed to do so. Trump now says […]
California State Assemblyman Carl DeMaio, a Republican lawmaker in the state legislature, secured more than the necessary number of signatures to get a voter ID initiative on the November ballot. California Secretary of State Shirley Weber, a Democrat, issued a notice on Friday announcing the development. The document lists DeMaio, California Republican state Sen. Tony […]
Washington D.C. officials briefly displayed the wrong national flag ahead of King Charles III’s visit next week, after district public works crews mistakenly installed Australian flags instead of the Union Jack along a stretch of 17th Street NW near the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. A D.C. Department of Transportation official told the Washington Examiner that […]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) said he would drop his GOP party label and register as an independent if Pennsylvania were not a closed primary state. “I registered Republican when I was 18 because I liked Reagan, I still like Reagan,” Fitzpatrick said in an interview with Punchbowl News. “I’ve, over the years, even before I […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is once again trying to thread a political needle, only this time, he may be tying himself in knots. Asked directly this week whether he would back a candidate in the state’s gubernatorial race, the outgoing governor, who is widely expected to run for president in 2028, sidestepped with a […]
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser is partnering with U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro to urge the D.C. Council to pass increased protections for domestic violence victims. The two district leaders said their proposed legislation, the Protecting Victims Amendment Act of 2026, is due to the increasing number of domestic violence-related assault with a dangerous weapon […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is set to go on maternity leave next week to give birth to her second child. But before signing off, Leavitt joked with reporters about President Donald Trump’s penchant for taking calls from journalists at all times of the day. “On a personal matter, this will likely be my […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) says Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ), who has been missing from the lower chamber since early March due to his health, will be “back to 100% very soon.” Kean, the second-term congressman who represents northwest New Jersey, has not voted on the House floor since March 5 and has missed […]
House Republicans are escalating their response to activist-led jury nullification efforts, with Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA) rolling out new legislation and advancing an appropriations directive aimed at shutting down training programs that encourage jurors to disregard evidence and the law to send a political message. Letlow on Thursday introduced the “No Rogue Jurors Act,” which […]
