Senate staffers, including those who work to keep the chamber running, will miss their first paycheck Monday as the government shutdown nears its three-week mark, and more congressional employees begin to seek temporary relief. The grim milestone is but the latest consequence of the protracted partisan fight on Capitol Hill over Democratic demands to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies. […]
President Donald Trump jokingly disparaged Kevin Rudd, Australia‘s ambassador to the United States, over negative comments Rudd made about the president in the past during a Monday morning bilateral with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The president at first claimed that he did not recall Rudd’s comments about him in the past, or even knowing […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed her full response to a reporter who she accused of “constantly bombarding [her] phone with Democrat talking points.” HuffPost reached out to the Trump administration over the weekend to inquire about who had picked Budapest as the location for the summit to host negotiations between President Donald Trump […]
The average price of gasoline in the United States has fallen to $2.98, hitting its lowest point since the pandemic-era low prices of 2020. The national average gas price sits $0.152 lower than it did one year ago and $0.193 lower than just one month ago, according to a GasBuddy analysis. This follows the lowest […]
Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday that former President Joe Biden was “always engaged” cognitively while promoting her new book Independent. Jean-Pierre announced she left the Democratic Party in June when unveiling her new book, and said Monday her book is “connected” to her story and the “disappointment” she has with the […]
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) called out Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) Monday for not ‘doing their jobs’ during the government shutdown while they attended “No Kings” rallies last weekend. House Democrats have spent the last 20 days calling out their Republican colleagues for being on “vacation,” as […]
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier launched a criminal investigation into the online gaming platform Roblox, calling it “a breeding ground for child predators.” The criminal investigation follows a civil subpoena that Uthmeier’s office issued to Roblox in April over its child protection policies. Uthmeier said in an interview on Fox & Friends that his office […]
Independent candidate Andrew Cuomo ramped up his attacks against Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa in the final stretch of New York City‘s mayoral race on Monday, saying his opponent was never battle-tested by voters and was instead “put on” the ballot by GOP leadership. “Nobody voted for Curtis Sliwa,” he said on Fox News’s America’s Newsroom. […]
They’ve blamed the government shutdown on congressional Republicans, claimed White House tariffs would steal Christmas and even rolled out funny costumes at Saturday’s “No Kings” protest, but nothing seems to be working for Democrats. And now, after falling to a new low in popularity, Democrats have sunk below Republicans in the key “favorability index,” a […]
The Supreme Court agreed to take a case Monday over whether a federal law banning illegal drug users from owning guns violates the Second Amendment. The law at the center of the case was also the basis for one of the three gun charges Hunter Biden, son of former President Joe Biden, was found guilty […]
