Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre may have titled her new book Independent, but she is not declaring her independence from former President Joe Biden just yet. It’s a stance that not only seems at odds with the message written on the jacket cover — the subtitle is “A Look Inside A Broken White House, […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will hold a press conference at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday. THUNE SIDESTEPS MIKE JOHNSON RECESS CRITICISM: ‘TRY NOT TO GIVE THE HOUSE ADVICE’ The briefing will be his 22nd of the government shutdown as this period of lapse on funding becomes the second-longest shutdown in U.S. history. The House has […]
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) on Tuesday announced he has launched a state-led operation to “clean up” Austin by removing homeless camps in the capital city. “Texans should not endure public safety risks from homeless encampments and individuals,” the governor said in a statement. “Weapons, needles, and other debris should not litter the streets of our […]
EXCLUSIVE — A leading Republican super PAC is attacking Democrat Roy Cooper, an ex-governor running for Senate in North Carolina, as soft on crime on the two-month anniversary of the fatal train stabbing of Iryna Zarutska. The Senate Leadership Fund, a group aligned with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), is airing a new ad […]
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is using a lengthy filibuster speech to criticize President Donald Trump as Senate Democrats utilize the procedural tool to block passage of a GOP-backed measure to open the government. “I’m holding the Senate floor to protest Trump’s grave threats to democracy. We cannot pretend this is normal,” he said in a […]
TRUMP: ‘I DON’T WANT A WASTE OF TIME’: After Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with his Russian counterpart and reported back that Russia has flatly rejected President Donald Trump’s proposal to freeze the battle lines in Ukraine, and “let history decide,” who won, Trump abruptly pulled the plug on a peace summit with Russian […]
Former Sen. John E. Sununu (R) has officially jumped into the race to reclaim New Hampshire‘s Senate seat, after he was ousted by current Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D) in 2008. “Washington’s never been perfect. It’s not meant to be,” Sununu said in his campaign launch video. “When I was there, people with different opinions could […]
President Donald Trump is stuck between a rock and a hard place, forced to balance the government shutdown-linked delay of promised emergency aid for American farmers with continued efforts to prop up a political ally in Latin America. The Trump administration had repeatedly promised to stand up a bailout of American farmers, who have been […]
From meme wars to middle-school humor, the Trump administration’s digital playbook is built to capture Gen Z’s attention, even if it risks alienating everyone else. President Donald Trump himself recently shared an AI-generated video showing him piloting a fighter jet and dumping what appeared to be feces on protesters, one of several pieces of synthetic […]
President Donald Trump keeps easing political pressure on Democrats to end the government shutdown, which could become the country’s longest and has no end in sight. Three weeks since the federal government shut down after Republicans declined Democrats’ demands to extend Obamacare healthcare insurance premium tax credits, Trump has repeatedly undermined his own political leverage […]
