Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) are delivering a speech Wednesday afternoon in reaction to President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office. The pair of lawmakers is expected to begin their remarks attacking Trump at 2:30 p.m. on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. AGUILAR REJECTS TRUMP […]
The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in a pivotal case over whether Oklahoma may establish the nation’s first taxpayer-funded religious charter school — a legal showdown with sweeping implications for the First Amendment’s religion clauses and the future of public education. The proposed school, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, would offer K-12 […]
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday to eliminate the production of the penny, after President Donald Trump ordered the Treasury to do so in February. The “Common Cents Act” would require the Treasury to stop minting pennies and require cash transactions to be rounded up or down to the nearest five cents. Pennies […]
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said President Donald Trump is correct in assessing that the Democratic Party wants to raise taxes but argued it wants to aim these raises at billionaires like Trump and Elon Musk. Trump made his assessment during his 100-day rally in Michigan on Tuesday, joking that he had “never heard” of a […]
President Donald Trump‘s trade war with China could deliver a knockout punch to San Francisco’s Chinatown. Trump’s steep tariffs on Chinese goods, which are at 145%, are creating nearly impossible conditions for the historic immigrant community that is made up mostly of about 1,000 small businesses. About 90% of the goods sold in Chinatown are from […]
EXCLUSIVE — A House Republican has introduced legislation to clamp down on Mexican cartels and foreign terrorist organizations that use commercial wire transfer services to send money within or outside of the United States, a move that is meant to stop international crime rings from shifting profits back home. Rep. Pat Harrigan (R-NC) on Wednesday debuted […]
House Republicans are looking to reshape college students’ federal loans as part of the GOP’s reconciliation legislation. House Education and Workforce Committee Republicans released their plans, which could make borrowing money for college more expensive by limiting who can get Pell Grants, restricting access to college financial aid, and lowering loan limits for parents and […]
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is trying to recoup his legal expenses and more in his case against a state trooper who accused him of sexual harassment. Cuomo claims the state trooper’s lawsuit was part of a scheme by the state police force to attack him while he was governor. “Trooper 1’s allegations against […]
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia University student from the West Bank, after Mahdawi spent more than two weeks in immigration detention following his abrupt arrest during a naturalization interview. The 34-year-old permanent U.S. resident was detained by armed Department of Homeland Security agents on April 14 while […]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) acknowledged his own Democratic Party‘s defeated stance in suggesting things could only improve. The Republican Party currently holds the White House, the majority in the Senate, and the House of Representatives. Van Hollen could not deny the change in popularity Wednesday at an Axios’ News Shapers event when reporter Stephen Neukam […]
