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 […]
Michigan lawmakers passed a short-term continuation budget early Wednesday to avert a statewide government shutdown. The continuing budget will fund the state government for one week, giving lawmakers that long to finalize a budget deal between the Michigan House and Senate. A joint statement by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, state Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks, a […]
Five Republicans crossed party lines on Tuesday to pass a bill in the Pennsylvania state House mandating universal background checks for gun purchases. The state currently only requires background checks when someone purchases a handgun, according to Democratic State Rep. Perry Warren. He introduced legislation that would expand the gun control regulations to include background […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) condemned President Donald Trump’s Truth Social post that used artificial intelligence to edit a clip of him, only to become the subject of a second post. Trump posted an altered video of Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) after he met with them to discuss negotiations over […]
The Supreme Court will soon hear a case involving a challenge to a law allowing late-arriving mail-in ballots. However, the dispute before the justices will not be over whether the law is constitutional, but if the candidate has standing to sue over it. In Bost v. Illinois Board of Elections, the question of whether a […]
Former House Republican Madison Cawthorn announced on Wednesday that he will run for Congress again, this time for the seat currently held by Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), who is running for Florida governor next year. Cawthorn filed to run for Congress nearly a month after he was arrested after failing to appear in court for […]
The government shutdown could turn into a protracted debacle, as Washington lawmakers on either side of the aisle appear unlikely to be headed toward a compromise. Congress’s failure to reach a government funding deal resulted in the first shutdown in years on Wednesday. Republicans and Democrats are locked in a stalemate, with Democrats demanding expanded […]
Republican leaders in Congress, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), are holding a press conference at 10 a.m. on the first day of the federal government shutdown. POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON THE RISE IN THE US: A TIMELINE OF KEY INCIDENTS The government shut down on Wednesday after both […]
