House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) is confident that the Trump administration will release the Epstein files after the committee subpoenaed the Department of Justice for them Tuesday. Comer says he doesn’t anticipate a conflict with the DOJ over the files, which the Trump administration has yet to release after President Donald Trump pledged […]
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) is asking the Texas Supreme Court to strip the alleged “ringleader” leading Texas Democrats of his elected office. Abbott filed an emergency petition Tuesday to remove Democratic Texas House Minority Leader Gene Wu from his post. Texas Democrats have been away from their home state to deny Texas Republicans the quorum […]
President Donald Trump declined to wave off Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from fully occupying Gaza, as tensions grow within the Israeli government over the proposed offensive. “I really can’t say,” Trump said, speaking to reporters on Tuesday afternoon. “It is going to be pretty much up to Israel.” Pressed on the occupation question, Trump […]
President Donald Trump said the FBI “may have to” get involved to potentially arrest the Texas Democrats who refuse to grant their state’s Republicans a quorum for a redistricting vote. Texas House Democrats have taken refuge in blue states such as Illinois, New York, and Massachusetts to stall a new map proposed by the Texas […]
A federal judge prevented the Trump administration from reallocating billions of dollars to a FEMA disaster prevention program on Tuesday. Judge Richard Stearns of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted a preliminary injunction blocking allocated funds from being steered away from FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program. The program awards grants to […]
A Texas state Democrat who fled the Lone Star State as Republicans look to implement new congressional maps defended the decision during a press conference in Massachusetts Tuesday afternoon. State Democratic Sen. Carol Alvarado said the redistricting effort in Texas was not just an issue in the Lone Star State, but a problem for the […]
The Trump administration has nixed Elon Musk’s “five things” process, in which workers gave the administration bullet points summarizing their actions over the past week. The move further reduces Musk’s impact on the administration several months after his contentious departure. Once a senior adviser to the president and the head of the Department of Government […]
(The Center Square) – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wants President Donald Trump to abandon his “failed tariff-tax plan.” This comes as Trump’s administration is praising the tariffs for bringing in record revenue totaling more than $150 billion in the first six months of 2025, signaling what the White House is calling America’s “Golden Age.” The messaging from Democrats […]
President Donald Trump signaled his support for Vice President JD Vance to take up the Make America Great Again mantle ahead of the 2028 GOP presidential primary. Trump stopped just short of saying that Vance was his successor when asked by a reporter whether the heir apparent to the MAGA movement is the vice president. […]
(The Center Square) – Increased deficits for farmers and obstacles for producers seeking to enroll in the H-2A visa program are cited in a letter from a portion of the congressional delegation in the Carolinas. Republican U.S. Sens. Ted Budd of North Carolina and Tim Scott of South Carolina, and South Carolina Republican U.S. Rep. […]
