Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins appeared alongside House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Friday on Capitol Hill, the latest high-profile guest the speaker has hosted as the government shutdown persists. Johnson has hosted a slew of guests at his daily press conference each morning, with Rollins’s appearance coinciding with the lapse of funding for the […]
RIVERSIDE, California — Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) has survived multiple redistricting efforts. The 72-year-old, who represents part of Southern California’s Inland Empire, is the longest-serving Republican in the state’s congressional delegation. He has held his seat for 33 years, watched his district be redrawn twice, and isn’t afraid of a fair fight. But Calvert claims that Gov. […]
Ohio’s redistricting commission passed a Republican-favored map unanimously Friday as onlookers jeered and yelled that lawmakers “sold” them out. The new map could grant Republicans two more House seats as the national redistricting battle continues. A bipartisan commission crafted the new map, enabling it to take effect immediately instead of having to go through the […]
The family of Virginia Giuffre, the late trafficking victim of Jeffrey Epstein, is celebrating the ultimate downfall of the prince she accused of assaulting her. Prince Andrew, who Giuffre publicly claimed had sex with her on Little St. James Island when she was 17, has been stripped of all titles, peerages, and privileges by his […]
Virginians are headed to the polls on Nov. 4 to choose between a slew of candidates campaigning for seats in the House of Delegates. In Democrats’ fight to hold on to their razor-thin 51-49 majority in the state House, the party is running candidates in all 100 districts for the first time in recent history. […]
Republican congressional leaders held firm Friday in their support for the Senate’s legislative filibuster, resisting President Donald Trump’s latest call for Republicans to repeal the 60-vote threshold to reopen the government and advance his agenda with only a simple majority. “Leader Thune’s position on the importance of the legislative filibuster is unchanged,” Ryan Wrasse, a […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is set to hold a press conference around 10 a.m. Friday with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. PUBLIC BLAMES GOP MORE THAN DEMOCRATS FOR SHUTDOWN AHEAD OF SNAP FUNDING DEADLINE The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will run out of money on Saturday, ratcheting up pressure on both parties to get a […]
The public continues to blame Republicans more than Democrats for the government shutdown despite the GOP’s best efforts to convince the people otherwise. In an ABC News-Washington Post-Ipsos poll released Thursday, 45% of respondents said President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are responsible for the shutdown, while 33% said congressional Democrats are responsible, and another […]
Capitol Hill staffers, already frustrated by the prospect of a first missed paycheck on Friday due to the government shutdown, have begun highlighting how seemingly everyday, small tasks are becoming increasingly difficult. “There have been so many small inconveniences where we don’t realize are essential to having an open and effective government — the doors being […]
President Donald Trump and Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping seem to be embracing a water-under-the-bridge mentality following their trade summit in South Korea. Despite speculation that the summit could prove to be a tense confrontation between the two world leaders — their first time meeting in person since Trump returned to office — the United […]
