House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) have reached a deal to end her effort to ensure new parents can vote by proxy. Last week, Luna and Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) succeeded in their efforts to sink a measure designed to disable new parents from voting remotely. Luna and Petterson designed […]
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) argued that former Vice President Kamala Harris was unable to distance herself from the “status quo” in the 2024 election, which ultimately cost her the victory against President Donald Trump. Schiff was asked if he felt that former President Joe Biden’s aides and advisers had misled voters on Biden’s capacity to […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi pushed back on the notion that President Donald Trump would defy rulings handed down to him by the Supreme Court. She argued that the true “constitutional crisis” is the high volume of lawsuits that have been filed against the Trump administration and the judge’s rulings against the White House. “Just since […]
Rep. David Valadao (R-CA) said he would support a bill to restore tariff power to Congress after President Donald Trump announced sweeping levies against nearly every country last week. Valadao joined Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) in calling for the legislative branch to be the one to decide on tariffs. Bacon is drafting a bill that […]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) called upon fellow members of Congress on both sides of the aisle to resist President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Last week, Trump announced “reciprocal tariffs” on nearly 200 countries across the world, levies his administration has said will free the United States from relying on other countries for trade. Crockett has emerged […]
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) offered criticism to his own party while acknowledging he’s not “the best spokesperson” since he lost in the last presidential election. Walz, who plans to run for reelection for Minnesota governor in 2026, remains the face of several Democratic campaigns, most recently appearing at an event on behalf of Wisconsin Supreme […]
Saturday Night Live dedicated its cold open segment to President Donald Trump’s tariffs. SNL cast member James Austin Johnson gave his Trump impression to explain the tariffs that began the same day the episode aired. Every tariff against all 86 countries will begin on Apr. 9, as the first round was the baseline tariff of 10%. “They […]
United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his government is looking at increasing the country’s industry to offset the impact of the tariffs that the Trump administration imposed. The country was hoping it would be spared from President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs,” but they were hit with a 10% tariff across the board. Starmer noted […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis made a surprise entrance to St. Peter’s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and health workers on Sunday, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican since leaving the hospital two weeks ago after a life-threatening bout with pneumonia. The pontiff waved at the crowd of faithful that stood […]
The federal agency on the frontlines of President Donald Trump’s tariffs war faces the enormous task of policing imports for tax evasion and applying the new tariff rates without holding up international trade. Since Trump’s “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs were announced, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it had “successfully implemented” tariffs in the past […]
