Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) demanded Friday that President Donald Trump dismiss Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., arguing that Kennedy’s rejection of mainstream science has destabilized the nation’s public health system and endangered people. “Donald Trump knew Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be a disastrous pick to lead health care […]
Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) announced $252 million in spending cuts to address Colorado’s $750 million budget gap caused by federal tax changes. The cuts come just days after the Colorado legislature, in a special session, approved changes to the state’s business tax policy to reduce the size of the budget deficit by a third, generating […]
Workers organizations are planning hundreds of “Workers Over Billionaires” protests across the United States this Labor Day weekend, with several planned surrounding the District of Columbia area. Washington has been the site of various smaller protests this summer, but Labor Day protest organizers from organizations such as May Day Strong and the AFL-CIO are expecting […]
It was just pure luck that the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals‘ protesting monkey ran into Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington this month. But Kennedy didn’t turn away, and the monkey didn’t jeer. Instead, the secretary asked to pose with the monkey and a fellow T. rex […]
President Donald Trump revoked former Vice President Kamala Harris‘s Secret Service detail on the eve of her book launch and tour. A senior White House official confirmed Trump’s decision to the Washington Examiner on Friday but underscored that vice presidential Secret Service protection “typically” only lasts six months after the second-in-command leaves office. Harris’s highly […]
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte said Thursday that he filed a second criminal referral to the Department of Justice against Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, whom President Donald Trump is attempting to fire. Pulte said the new referral relates to a third mortgage at her Cambridge, Massachusetts, property. In government ethics filings, he […]
Republican senators are in for a chaotic stint upon their return from the August recess next week after a series of high-profile firings by President Donald Trump that will require a congressional response. Several hearings and confirmations are on the horizon in the upper chamber after the dramatic removal of a trio of Senate-confirmed officials, […]
The Supreme Court has been away from Washington, D.C. for two months, since its final regular decision day, but as its emergency docket has continued to fill up during the summer, the justices are showing growing frustration over lower courts’ orders. As lower courts continue to issue orders blocking various actions by the Trump administration, […]
Abbe Lowell, a longtime Washington litigator who’s represented Democrats and Republicans facing politically contentious cases, has a new bloc of clients since launching his own firm earlier this year: enemies of the Trump administration. Lowell has decades of experience defending high-profile legislators and political figures on both sides of the aisle, including Jared Kushner and […]
A horrific mass shooting in Minneapolis has spawned a heated political debate over the power of prayer versus the power of government. Liberal Democrats, frustrated by their inability to enact sweeping gun control measures, have long responded with hostility to conservative Republicans offering their “thoughts and prayers” in the wake of mass shootings, viewing it […]
