Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) railed against the Trump administration in a press briefing on Tuesday for not allowing emergency funds to be used for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits during the government shutdown. SNAP funding is expected to lapse on Nov. 1, and the Department of Agriculture has announced that contingency funds will not be […]
House Democrats intensified their pushback against a new House Oversight Committee report scrutinizing former President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen, framing the investigation as a political diversion while the federal government remains shut down, despite the fact that the committee’s investigation began months earlier. “While House Republicans obsess about President Biden’s health, they are […]
President Donald Trump’s nominee for Kuwait ambassador lacks the support to be confirmed over what Republicans say is a history of antisemitism and sympathy toward U.S.-designated terrorist groups. Amer Ghalib, the former first Muslim-American mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan, faced bipartisan backlash last week during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Enough GOP senators oppose his […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said he “doesn’t see a path” for President Donald Trump to serve a third term, despite Trump suggesting otherwise. “Well, there is the 22nd Amendment,” Johnson said at a press conference Tuesday, adding that he spoke with Trump that morning as the president continues on his tour of Asia. “I […]
Kai Trump, President Donald Trump’s granddaughter, announced Tuesday she is making her Ladies Professional Golf Association debut next month, fulfilling “a dream” of hers. Trump, the daughter of Donald Trump Jr., caught the nation’s attention when she spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention to stump for her “normal grandpa” in the presidential election. Since […]
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from requiring state sexual education programs to remove references to gender identity to continue receiving federal grants. Judge Ann Aiken of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon granted a request on Monday from Democrat-led states, including Oregon, Washington, New York, and Maryland, along with […]
Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger outraised her Republican competitor, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, by more than $2 million in the last campaign finance reports filed before Election Day. Between Oct. 1 and Oct. 23, Spanberger raised $11.73 million compared to Earle-Sears’s $9.5 million, according to the Virginia Public Access Project, which posted finance reports […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Tuesday called into question every executive action made by the Biden administration that did not have written authorization from President Joe Biden, alleging that the orders “simply were not all his own actions.” Johnson’s comments come just hours after the Oversight Committee released its findings of the Biden administration’s […]
Washington Examiner Senior Writer Joe Concha mocked Glamour magazine’s annual Women of the Year list and the addition of actress Rachel Zegler. Glamour continued a tradition, established in 1990, of publishing a list of influential women in its November edition. Zegler was one of dozens featured, with Glamour writing that she “is building a powerful […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ordering the military to “carry out immediate and powerful strikes in the Gaza Strip” following shots fired at soldiers in Rafah on Tuesday. Israel Defense Forces personnel were reportedly shot at and returned fire. After this, coupled with alleged attempts by Hamas to dupe officials over the return of […]
