President Donald Trump‘s latest economic overture to voters mirrors former President Joe Biden‘s messaging spin, which largely failed to resonate with the public and led to significant Democratic losses in the 2022 midterm and 2024 general election cycles. On the campaign trail, Trump vowed to reverse inflation and lower prices across the board immediately upon […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) razor-thin majority is expected to shrink after Tuesday’s special election in Virginia, where the Democratic candidate is likely to sail to victory to finish the term of the late Rep. Gerry Connolly. James Walkinshaw, a Democrat who served as Connolly’s chief of staff and is currently a Fairfax County Board […]
President Donald Trump and his MAGA agenda are not shy when it comes to bending conservative norms. In his second term, states’ rights, once a rallying cry for conservatives, are under pressure. Trump has strong-armed private companies and universities, and is testing the approach to free speech, while showing flexible foreign policy when it comes […]
Republicans and Democrats have traded places from their positions in years past on a Senate rule change the GOP majority is making to fast-track a backlog of President Donald Trump’s nominees. Democrats championed a similar proposal in 2023 to confirm some of then-President Joe Biden’s nominees en bloc with a roll call vote to minimize […]
Happy Tuesday, this is Congress Editor David Sivak welcoming you to Capitol Tea, your inside guide to Capitol Hill intrigue and all of Washington’s biggest personalities. Miss our last edition? Catch up here. In this edition … – Thomas Massie’s “glow-up.” The House rabble-rouser gave us a window into how he trimmed down. – “Golden […]
Boston, a sanctuary city facing a federal lawsuit for its policies obstructing deportation operations, has freed more than 200 criminally accused illegal aliens from police custody in defiance of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention requests, according to a Washington Examiner review of annual noncompliance reports. In 2014, the Democrat-dominated Boston City Council passed the Boston […]
FBI Director Kash Patel said the FBI has been investigating the murder of Iryna Zarutska “from day one.” Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was murdered in Charlotte, North Carolina, last month, but her fatal stabbing came to widespread attention on Friday after the Charlotte Area Transit System released footage of the attack. After right-wing commentators decried a […]
Former President Bill Clinton allegedly praised disgraced convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s “childlike curiosity” in a compilation of birthday messages. On Monday, the House Oversight Committee released a compilation of birthday messages from Epstein’s associates, compiled by associate Ghislaine Maxwell for his 50th birthday. One of them was from Clinton, in a message ascribed to […]
Vice President JD Vance dismissed a photo of an alleged birthday letter from President Donald Trump to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, doubting its authenticity. The House Oversight Committee received a book of messages allegedly compiled by Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell on Monday in response to Chairman James Comer’s (R-KY) subpoena from Aug. […]
The House Oversight Committee is nearing completion of its investigation into former President Joe Biden’s inner circle and his use of the autopen during his presidency. The committee has been moving quickly through the investigation, conducting 12 interviews thus far, with two more on the books, as it looks into whether Biden’s inner circle hid […]
