The House Judiciary Committee is seeking answers on Washington state’s “sanctuary” status for illegal immigrants and how the state interacts with federal immigration officials. Congress and the Trump administration have placed increased scrutiny on states and cities that have vowed to be “sanctuaries” for illegal immigrants and not cooperate with federal deportation efforts. Washington state […]
A coalition of Democratic governors and attorneys general in 23 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., for the department’s cuts of $12 billion in public health funding. At the center of that is a cut of $11.4 billion […]
Democratic Kentucky state Rep. Pamela Stevenson announced a bid to fill outgoing Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) seat ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Stevenson declared her candidacy on Monday, marking a long-shot bid to become the state’s first Democratic senator since 1999. “For 40 years, Mitch McConnell watched Kentucky from 30,000 feet,” she said in […]
The Washington Examiner‘s chief political correspondent, Byron York, expressed skepticism about the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, specifically whether it could properly gauge the public’s feelings about President Donald Trump‘s leadership over the last two months. Tuesday’s election, which will pit Republican Brad Schimel against Democrat Susan Crawford for the state’s Supreme Court, has garnered national […]
The Senate’s budget headaches are spreading to the House as Republicans accuse the upper chamber of being “unserious” about cutting federal spending. The topic of reconciliation, the legislative process Congress will use to pass President Donald Trump’s agenda, came up in Tuesday’s conference meeting of House Republicans, with Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX), the Budget Committee […]
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said his most recent legislation is meant to keep judges in their branch of government instead of veering into “policymaking.” Nearly two weeks have passed since Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling prohibiting deportation flights while he oversees a case involving five immigrants with active […]
Wyoming entrepreneur Reid Rasner has offered himself as the most “Trumpian” and least influenced by China buyers to offer a bid for the social media platform TikTok. Lawmakers have long opposed TikTok’s algorithm because the app’s parent company, ByteDance, has ties to the Chinese Communist Party. While the TikTok ban went into effect as expected on Jan. 19, hours […]
Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) introduced legislation that will place a 70% tariff on wagyu beef and other cattle-related imports from Australia. Stuzman’s bill comes ahead of Wednesday, which President Donald Trump dubbed “Liberation Day,” when he plans to announce reciprocal tariffs on other countries to match those placed on U.S. products. “Australians are taking advantage […]
If Sen. Cory Booker‘s (D-NJ) red-eye rant on President Donald Trump was supposed to launch him into the 2028 presidential race or at least show that his Democratic Party has life, he won’t be happy with the latest message from voters. Instead of more Trump hate spewed by liberal politicians, likely voters prefer a more […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) targeted Republicans in the Florida legislature for their focus on other priorities while he promoted a proposal to cut property taxes in the Sunshine State. Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez (R) has championed a proposal to cut the state’s sales tax from 6% to 5.25%. DeSantis announced a counterproposal on Monday […]
