Democrats are rallying around protecting Social Security against the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency as the party works to win back voters lost in 2024. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin, and former Social Security Administration Commissioner Martin O’Malley blasted the Trump administration for […]
Georgia is planning to eliminate approximately half a million voters from its registration rolls in one of the largest registration removals in U.S. history. Around 455,000 inactive voter registrations will be removed from the state’s registration list this summer, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. More than half of the registrations that are set to be […]
A panel of judges in the appellate court in the District of Columbia expressed mixed concerns Monday during oral arguments over a lawsuit involving President Donald Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members. The three-judge panel, comprising two Republican-appointed judges and one Democrat-appointed judge, focused on the due process […]
The Turkish government refuses to yield from its arrest of the president’s most high-profile political rival, detaining over 1,000 people amid demonstrations in Istanbul. Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested on corruption charges last week by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government, alongside approximately 100 other “suspects.” Several dozens more were arrested in the following days, some […]
As Democrats struggle to chart their party’s future amid competing visions for countering President Donald Trump, recently released campaign finance filings show that Democratic fundraising is more or less keeping pace with Republicans. Multiple people familiar with Democratic fundraising have complained to the press both on and off the record that donors are frustrated with the […]
The Department of Energy announced Monday it would delay the effective date of three Biden administration home appliance rules. “Under President Trump’s leadership, the Department of Energy is taking critical steps every day to help American families prosper,” DOE Secretary Chris Wright said in a statement. “By removing burdensome regulations put in place by the Biden administration, we […]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) called for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to be “knocked over the head” in a recent interview discussing what Democrats can do in future elections against the Texas senator. When Crockett was asked how Democrats win elections in Texas, she suggested, “I think you punch” against your opponents. She then recalled how […]
President Donald Trump promised April 2 would be “liberation day” as his reciprocal tariffs go into effect, but he acknowledged Monday that there might be some wiggle room at the margins. “I may give a lot of countries breaks,” Trump said Monday when asked about possible exceptions. “It’s reciprocal, but we might be even nicer than that. We’ve […]
A prominent liberal group is warning Democratic leaders that they will lose base supporters over the Democratic Party’s strategies, or lack thereof, in pushing back against President Donald Trump’s administration. MoveOn, a large progressive organization, wrote in a letter to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) that its […]
EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) is working to curb what Republicans are denouncing as overreach from “unelected radicals in robes” following a series of judicial rulings that have hamstrung President Donald Trump’s agenda. Lee is introducing the Restraining Judicial Activists Act of 2025, first shared with the Washington Examiner on Monday, as congressional Republicans […]
