Influencer Dylan Mulvaney appeared on ABC’s The View, reflecting on being labeled as an “activist” while also expressing appreciation for support received from the transgender community during the Bud Light boycott. When co-host Sara Haines asked Mulvaney on Monday about “doing brand deals with some companies,” the social media influencer jokingly responded with a smile, […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) cited Washington Examiner reporting in his criticism Monday from the chamber floor of Democrats rekindling their love for the filibuster now that they’re in the minority. Seeking to stonewall congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump, Senate Democrats last week launched their third legislative filibuster of the new Congress, blocking […]
The Education Department has warned 60 colleges and universities there will be consequences if they do not protect Jewish students on their respective campuses. Education Secretary Linda McMahon‘s Office of Civil Rights issued the warning in a letter Monday, reminding the institutions, federal funding recipients that are all under investigation or monitoring for potential violations […]
Former Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Labor Department, was confirmed by the Senate with bipartisan support. The Senate voted 67-32 to confirm DeRemer, 56, to the role. The confirmation of Chavez-DeRemer, who had the support of the Teamsters president but was opposed by some free-market conservatives, could signal a shift in […]
Leaders in Washington, D.C., condemned a Republican-led continuing resolution that would cut the district’s 2025 budget by 16%. House Republicans announced their stopgap bill to fund the federal government on Saturday that included cutting the district’s budget by approximately $1 billion. Speaking outside the Capitol at a press conference, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Washington […]
The Trump administration displayed a new view of President Donald Trump’s Oval Office, bearing 20 different portraits of the nation’s historical figures. White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino released the Oval Office’s updated look on Monday afternoon, showing five portraits added since last month when the Trump administration released a 360-degree video touting […]
President Donald Trump administered the oath of office to new Secret Service Director Sean Curran on Monday evening at the White House. Curran previously served as the head of Trump’s Secret Service detail and personally shielded the president with his body following the failed attempt on Trump’s life in Butler, Pennsylvania, last summer. Curran was […]
Elon Musk wants to double the number of people working for the Department of Government Efficiency from 100 employees to 200 despite the pseudo-agency’s negative effect on the rest of his businesses. “We’re a little over 100 at this point. Get to 200,” Musk told Fox Business Channel’s Larry Kudlow Monday. “Basically, it’s software people, […]
The House Freedom Caucus handed Democrats ammunition on Monday after dropping an op-ed that calls for reforms to Medicaid and boosted the Democrats’ narrative that the GOP wants to gut the beneficiary program for millions of Americans. Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris (R-MD) and Reps. Chip Roy (R-TX) and Eric Burlison (R-MO) called on lawmakers […]
Democrats are looking to prevent President Donald Trump from “illegally withholding or diverting funding” appropriated in the Republican-led continuing resolution set for a vote on Tuesday through an eleventh-hour amendment. Introduced by Rep. Laura Friedman (D-CA) on Monday, the amendment would ensure that the president “recognizes, and states that they will uphold, Congress’ constitutional authority […]
