During a debate at the Virginia Military Institute on Tuesday, two law professors were asked about a charge that has become a frequent refrain among Democrats despite a flurry of strong legal victories for the Trump administration this year: Is the United States in a constitutional crisis under President Donald Trump? The Steamboat Institute’s debate resolution, […]
A handful of Democrats and Republicans are asking that their pay be withheld during the government shutdown, arguing that they should face the same consequences as federal workers and agents. Among the Republicans asking for their paychecks to be paused are Reps. Chip Roy (R-TX), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Tom Barrett (R-WI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bob […]
Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel called President Donald Trump a “son of a b****” on Tuesday after returning from a brief suspension over a joke about how Trump chose to grieve Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Jimmy Kimmel Live! was suspended for roughly a week after Kimmel joked that President Donald Trump was grieving the late conservative commentator […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is holding a press briefing at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, the first since the government shut down. TRUMP ANNOUNCES DEAL WITH PFIZER TO LOWER DRUG COSTS Leavitt’s briefing comes 13 hours after federal funding lapsed, sending the government into its first shutdown since December 2018 to January 2019. The […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) did not commit to extending Obamacare tax credits that expire at the end of the year, a sticking point for Democrats as the government enters the first day of its first shutdown in seven years. Johnson was asked during a press conference with House and Senate GOP leaders whether he […]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) kept his caucus mostly in lockstep on the third vote to fund the government as Republicans hope to peel off Democrats uncomfortable with a protracted government shutdown. Schumer did not lose any additional votes on Wednesday as Republicans put up the same House-passed funding bill that failed hours before […]
A conservative Wisconsin appeals court judge announced Wednesday that she will run for the open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Appeals Court Judge Maria Lazar is the first conservative candidate to enter the race after conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley announced that she will not seek reelection. While technically nonpartisan, the past two Wisconsin Supreme […]
Americans want nuclear power now more than ever. Support has surged to new highs, giving President Donald Trump a boost in his goal of expanding nuclear power-generating technology and building homegrown energy plants to fuel data centers. In a new poll shared with Washington Secrets, 69% of registered voters backed Trump’s plan, more than twice […]
The Supreme Court will allow Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook to remain in her position for now, while scheduling oral arguments in President Donald Trump‘s bid to fire her for January. The Trump administration asked the high court to allow Cook to be fired while the case proceeds in lower courts, but instead, the justices, in […]
President Donald Trump granted major security guarantees to Qatar after a controversial Israeli airstrike targeted Hamas’s leadership in Doha. Trump made the guarantee in an executive order, dated Monday but revealed on Wednesday. The order highlighted the close relationship between Qatar and the United States, bound by “close cooperation, shared interests, and the close relationship […]
