New York state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani responded to Rep. Andy Ogles’s (R-TN) call late last week for his deportation by casting it as merely part of the “smears and slander” that have surrounded his New York City mayoral campaign. In an appearance on NBC News’s Meet the Press, Mamdani said it’s been “difficult” dealing with scrutiny from […]
Republicans brought a simmering debate over the cost of President Donald Trump‘s agenda to the Senate floor, raising a wonky but consequential question that could greenlight trillions in new spending. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) raised a point of order Sunday afternoon, just after clerks finished reading all 940 pages of Trump’s tax agenda. The motion […]
The United Nations‘s nuclear chief warned that Tehran could begin enriching uranium once again in a few months after Iran’s main nuclear facilities were targeted in U.S. strikes. Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told CBS News in a Friday interview that the damage done to Iran‘s nuclear facilities was […]
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) predicted that more universities will be pressured to cave to the Trump administration after former University of Virginia President Jim Ryan was “threatened” out of his position. Earlier this week, Ryan resigned a year ahead of his planned exit after a spat with President Donald Trump over the school’s diversity, equity, […]
A new Republican challenger is taking on incumbent Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA). Anthony “Tony” Sabio bills himself as a “battle-tested patriot” instead of a career politician in the fight for Virginia’s 8th Congressional District. The Puerto Rican native comes from a U.S. military, Secret Service, and CIA background, and, settling in northern Virginia after his time […]
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino celebrated charges against an alleged agent of the Chinese Communist Party by pledging there will be more to come. Linda Sun, a former aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY), was charged earlier this week with accepting bribes from companies selling personal protective equipment during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Bongino shared the announcement […]
Senate floor staff on Sunday concluded the out-loud reading to the chamber of President Donald Trump’s nearly 1,000-page tax and spending bill, fulfilling a demand by Democrats in a symbolic protest of the Republican legislation that was one step closer to final passage. Clerks began reading aloud at 11:08 p.m. Saturday and finished the 940-page […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) explained that he will not endorse Zohran Mamdani, the New York City Democratic mayoral nominee, without a “substantive conversation.” Mamdani won the nomination earlier this week as a socialist candidate. The 33-year-old defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the election determined by ranked choice voting. Jeffries had […]
The Congressional Budget Office said the Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will add some $3.3 trillion to deficits over the next decade. The new numbers, which came after rulings from the Senate parliamentarian about various provisions and changes to the bill from the House version, represent a $4.5 trillion decrease in tax revenues and a […]
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced on Sunday he will not seek reelection next year, a surprise decision that came just hours after President Donald Trump threatened to back a primary challenge over his opposition to his tax and spending cut agenda. “As many of my colleagues have noticed over the last year, and at times even […]
