Virginia Senate President pro tempore Louise Lucas (D), a woman helping lead the charge to redraw the commonwealth’s congressional maps to favor Democrats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, has used her donors’ cash to: bankroll her family business, fund her daughter’s political career, cut checks to churches who support her party, pay for casino […]
The government shutdown is one step closer to ending after the House Rules Committee advanced the Senate’s short-term funding bill Tuesday night. The panel voted 8-4, along party lines, to pass the measure, teeing up the legislation for a full floor vote on Wednesday. Democrats used the Rules meeting to criticize the Senate deal, which […]
Jack Schlossberg, the only grandson of former President John F. Kennedy, announced he was running for the congressional seat of Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who is retiring at the end of his term in 2026. Nadler first won election to Congress in 1992. Schlossberg announced his candidacy for Nadler’s seat with a video posted to […]
House members racing to return to Washington ahead of Wednesday’s vote on a measure that would fund the government have taken matters into their own hands to ensure they get back in time. As the government shutdown enters day 43, lawmakers have booked multiple flights, taken a train, driven, or, in the case of Rep. […]
House Republicans signalled their unhappiness with a Senate provision that would allow those affected by Operation Arctic Frost to sue the government. Reps. Tom Cole (R-OK), Chip Roy (R-TX), Austin Scott (R-GA), and Morgan Griffith (R-VA) were among the Republicans who voiced displeasure with the provision in a House Rules Committee hearing. The provision would […]
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) praised President Donald Trump’s teased healthcare plan, comparing its effect to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. Speaking on Tuesday after Trump said he would pursue his own healthcare reforms, dubbed “Trumpcare,” to replace Obamacare, Burchett gave the concept a positive reception. He suggested that the political affect of the plan […]
The House Rules Committee is holding a hearing on the Senate’s bill to reopen the government. The hearing began shortly after 6:30 p.m. JOHNSON TO SWEAR IN ADELITA GRIJALVA SEVEN WEEKS AFTER ELECTION WIN The government shutdown is on the verge of ending after a group of Senate Democrats struck a deal with Republicans. House […]
President Donald Trump brushed off conservative backlash to his administration’s exploration of 50-year home loans, arguing the plan could slightly ease monthly payments amid soaring housing costs, even as critics warn it would trap buyers in decades of debt. During a Monday night appearance on Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle, host Laura Ingraham pressed Trump […]
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and current Secretary Sean Duffy traded sharp words Monday over the air traffic controller shortage that has disrupted U.S. travel during the government shutdown. Buttigieg, who led the Department of Transportation under President Joe Biden, blasted President Donald Trump on X after he told controllers who walked off the job […]
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened penalties for air traffic controllers who failed to show up for work for extended periods during the government shutdown. Speaking with reporters on Tuesday, Duffy specified that his ire wasn’t directed at all air traffic controllers who missed work during the shutdown period, but only those who “systemically weren’t doing […]
