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WATCH LIVE: House Rules Committee hearing on bill to reopen government

The House Rules Committee is holding a hearing on the Senate’s bill to reopen the government. The hearing began shortly after 6:30 p.m. JOHNSON TO SWEAR IN ADELITA GRIJALVA SEVEN WEEKS AFTER ELECTION WIN The government shutdown is on the verge of ending after a group of Senate Democrats struck a deal with Republicans. House […]

Trump downplays concerns over proposed 50-year mortgages: ‘It’s not even a big deal’

President Donald Trump brushed off conservative backlash to his administration’s exploration of 50-year home loans, arguing the plan could slightly ease monthly payments amid soaring housing costs, even as critics warn it would trap buyers in decades of debt. During a Monday night appearance on Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle, host Laura Ingraham pressed Trump […]

Sean Duffy slams ‘AWOL’ Buttigieg: I’m ‘cleaning up your messes. Sit this one out.’

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and current Secretary Sean Duffy traded sharp words Monday over the air traffic controller shortage that has disrupted U.S. travel during the government shutdown. Buttigieg, who led the Department of Transportation under President Joe Biden, blasted President Donald Trump on X after he told controllers who walked off the job […]

Duffy vows penalties for air traffic controllers missing work, worries about their ‘patriotism’

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened penalties for air traffic controllers who failed to show up for work for extended periods during the government shutdown. Speaking with reporters on Tuesday, Duffy specified that his ire wasn’t directed at all air traffic controllers who missed work during the shutdown period, but only those who “systemically weren’t doing […]

Supreme Court extends halt on using child nutrition funds for SNAP as House set to vote on reopening government

The Supreme Court extended a pause on Tuesday of a lower court’s order for the Trump administration to use child nutrition funds to fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, as the House of Representatives is expected to pass legislation to reopen the government as soon as Wednesday. The unsigned order from the high court extends an administrative stay initially granted […]

Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva seven weeks after election win

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will swear in Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) on Wednesday after a seven-week delay. Grijalva won a special election called after the death of her father and predecessor, Rep. Raúl Grijalva. She then broke the record for the longest delay faced by a representative between winning an election and being sworn […]

Antifa behind violent counterprotest against TPUSA event at UC Berkeley

Monday’s violent counterprotest against a Turning Point USA event at the University of California, Berkeley, was organized by an outside antifa agitator group responsible for leading previous uprisings on campus and across the city. Ahead of the TPUSA speaking event, which ended in several assaults and arrests, an antifa coalition, called By Any Means Necessary, […]

Top Netanyahu confidant who led Israeli ceasefire negotiation team resigns

A top confidant to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who played a leading role in Jerusalem’s October ceasefire negotiations team, resigned from his ministerial post. The U.S.-born Ron Dermer began serving as Israeli minister of strategic affairs in December 2022, a position in which he became highly influential in crafting Netanyahu’s response to Hamas’s Oct. […]

MAGA-land troubles growing for Trump and GOP

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) isn’t the only one. As President Donald Trump turns to traditional second-term issues such as foreign policy, his Make America Great Again base is starting to vent that the shift away from focusing on deporting immigrants, slashing government, and cutting prices is not what they voted for. TRUMP LOSING TOUCH […]

Reagan-appointed judge resigns to pursue anti-Trump activism

A judge appointed by former President Ronald Reagan resigned last week to protest the presidency of President Donald Trump. U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf of Massachusetts said he gave up the job he wanted to serve in for life because he could “no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say […]
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